Troy Bilt Pony Jumps Out of Gear || Grinds in Forward

Diagnosing and repairing a troy bilt rider with drive issues

[@philliphall5198]

This is common when the ooo oil is dryed out and not properly lubricant of the parts I use 140w gear oil back in them and have had no problems I’ve even added Lucas hub oil to the 140W to thicken it up which is how I do them all now for 15 years 😊

[@gadasavideos8564]

That slop is likely you moved to spot that the moveable clutch rides . Did you check for play in pinion shaft. I have one that grinds only in reverse and and needle bearings of pinion were allowed shaft to move to point wouldn't engage reverse bevel gear.

[@BobBasshead]

What happened to mine was the shift fork was worn (but no where as bad as yours was) and bent causing the forward/reverse gear cluster to shift under load causing the shaft to wear through the bronze bushing and damaging the lower half housing. Replacement lower and upper housings are available but a little pricey, so what I did was to replace all the bronze bushings and filled the worn area of the housing with a little bit of JB Weld then setting the forward/reverse cluster in place while the JB Weld was still soft then temporarily assemble the housings till the JB Weld cured overnight. The next day I installed a new shifter fork, thrust washers and shaft bushings and filled the all the gears, the differential and all the bushings with "00" grease available at Tractor Supply.

[@philliphall5198]

I’ve quit using the oo oil and went to 140w gear oil and 1/2 bottle of Lucas hub oil It will never run dry again and not lubricant parts 😊

[@gadasavideos8564]

Not actually posi-track. It's just the differential design than one wheel goes opposite. Posi-track actually overides the differential effect.

[@bobbyd6680]

Yeah, this is not how posi-traction works. It's not even limited slip. Posi wouldn't work very well on a small tractor with such a narrow turning radius.

[@gadasavideos8564]

Wow. Can't believe what would cause that wear on shift fork. Out of adjustment?

[@michaelgraves6657]

Mine does this as well changed belts at first but everything seems to be in place but I bet I have the same problem as well can I get the number again I looked on eBay and didn’t see the exact one but I’m gunna tear mine apart

[@vachabrown9111]

How do you enable the gears so you can move the Troy built pony around?

[@BlakesGarage1]

As in push it around manually?

[@DanielJensen-lp1jp]

What year/model number? How long is the shift fork? I've seen different ones, one like yours and one with a smooth shaft to shift lever.

[@BlakesGarage1]

I'm not sure unfortunately. This mower has been gone for a while

[@DanielJensen-lp1jp]

​@BlakesGarage1 can you take guess on year

[@BlakesGarage1]

@@DanielJensen-lp1jp 2008

[@DanielJensen-lp1jp]

Ok,thanks I'll try to adjust the level first.

[@Ray-qg5gj]

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