I lost my gearshift when shifting!

Posted by dave in york haven pa on July 21, 2006 at 06:55:28 from (12.108.117.125):

I was out in the field in 1st gear cutting field grass on my 1948 Farmall Cub, when I went to shift into reverse to back up. The gear shift didn't shift into reverse, so I tried again, and it came right out of the gearbox! So now my tractor is in neutral sitting in the middle of the field. I took the gearbox cover off to look inside, and I consulted my manual, but all I see diagramed in the service manual is how the tranmission gears themselves are supposed to be put together. The service manual only says: "25. Use a new gasket and install the gear shift assembly on the transmission case." Not much help to me. I need help! When looking inside the gear shift assembly, which I take to mean the cover plate, an "H" type piece of metal that doesn't move around inside too well, and the actual cone-type housing, I can't tell why it broke. The schematic diagram on page 6-3 of the Service Manual appears to show me what's there, but could I have lost some pieces from the gear shift assembly into the crankcase? I didn't see anything unusual in the crankcase itself, aside from the gears and oil. I don't know how to put it back together to get it working again-no documentation on how to do that and ensure its working properly. There doesn't appear to be replacement kits for the gear shift assembly on the web anywhere either-but I don't know why this came apart, so I don't know what to order to fix it or even how to!!! How frustrating is this! Has anyone out there ever had this happen to them? What's the remedy? I did put the cover back on and actually the entire assembly is put back together, it's just not connecting to the gears-it's not useable. I didn't want rainwater getting in there. Is there also some torque settings that need to be applied to the cover screws-nothing on that as well....Thanks in Advance, Dave

Replies:

• Re: I lost my gearshift when shifting! dave in york haven pa 09:20:05 07/21/06 (0)
• Re: I lost my gearshift when shifting! neblinc 08:43:57 07/21/06 (0)
• Re: I lost my gearshift when shifting! neblinc 08:35:09 07/21/06 (0)

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