I finally got around to tearing down my Cub Cadet 100 for its’ 50 year rebuild.
It is in about a million pieces, but going fairly well. This is my main workhorse and I love the machine.
A tranny question: my machine doesn’t stay in gear too well and sometimes slips into neutral. This happens mostly in 2nd but has also done it to me in 1st and reverse as well. I don’t use third, so I can’t say much about it.
After some prior advice on this subject, I picked up shift forks, detent balls and springs in hopes of this fixing the problem. Upon inspection, I can see little difference between the old parts and the new ones. I don’t want to put the parts in and then go through the rather lengthy process of reassembly only to find out that the problem is still there.
My suspicions have now shifted to gearing, but I don’t know much about that area. I know a small engine guy that might be willing to tear into the tranny for me. My question is this: would worn gear teeth be the likely culprit? If so which gears should I be looking at. I don’t want to replace the whole gearset as it would cost more than the machine is worth.
Hopefully there is a real ‘gear’head on this forum.
Thanks much,
Todd
A tranny question: my machine doesn’t stay in gear too well and sometimes slips into neutral. This happens mostly in 2nd but has also done it to me in 1st and reverse as well. I don’t use third, so I can’t say much about it.
After some prior advice on this subject, I picked up shift forks, detent balls and springs in hopes of this fixing the problem. Upon inspection, I can see little difference between the old parts and the new ones. I don’t want to put the parts in and then go through the rather lengthy process of reassembly only to find out that the problem is still there.
My suspicions have now shifted to gearing, but I don’t know much about that area. I know a small engine guy that might be willing to tear into the tranny for me. My question is this: would worn gear teeth be the likely culprit? If so which gears should I be looking at. I don’t want to replace the whole gearset as it would cost more than the machine is worth.
Hopefully there is a real ‘gear’head on this forum.
Thanks much,
Todd
