whine in 4WD

[richardc]

Randy, You asked me if my 4wd was noisy. I told you my 4wd isn't working. Well! Today I was about to take it apart, to look for a pin out of place, And I found 4wd. I had been pushing the rod down too far. I could see that when I got under the tractor.
Now to answer your question: Yep! down hill it does whine. I didn't notice it going uphill. I didn't look forward to getting into that. It looked as if the trany oil would pour out when I removed the flange. Richard

[stumppuller]

The whine might be related to the straight cut gears used in some tractor transmissions, such as my Jinma. They sound disconcerting, but shouldn't be a problem.

[bradblazer]

To the gears going downhill is just like going in reverse. The backs of the teeth are meshing

[richardc]

That sounds right. This is the first time I clearly had it in 4WD. In the tractor's manual there is an arrow pointing to the 4wd handle and no instructions beyoud that. I backed up a friends drive to see if I could. It wasn't easy even in 4wd, there was about 1' of snow. Next season I'll take the Backhoe off for the winter. when I got the tractor there was already several feet and no place to put it. Also it is frame mounted and a little more work to take off. Randy should get some solace from what he reads here about the whine.