Shifting a Tractor

Anonymous-0 · Feb 18, 2009

I have been having trouble shifting a Farmall H. How do you know for cetian that it is in nuetal. Any other tips?

Nebraska Cowman · Feb 18, 2009

Sounds like your shifter may be worn excessively. It should be real easy to tell where neutral is. The retainer pin passes through another swivel pin. Both can become worn. Also the end of the shifter becomes worn so it will turn sideways in the rail. If you get to building it up I have a pic somewhere what it should look like.

Dave from Texas · Feb 18, 2009

There are 3 shifting rails. In neutral the gear shift leaver will move enough side ways to engage all 3 rails. In neutral the tractor will can be rolled by hand.

ScottyHOMeY · Feb 18, 2009

First question is whether you are trying to shift between gears while in motion. If so, your transmission wasn't sychronized to make that a smooth operation. In normal operation, you'll come to a stop, step on your clutch pedal for long enough to let the input shaft spin to a stop, then select your gear and engage the clutch. One leg is enough, but if you have three arms, you can reliably shift silently thorugh the gears.

Neutral you can generally slap the shifter from side to side. If your shifter mechanism is worn, it can wobble so that it doesn't move that freely, but that's the gist of it.

Shifting a Tractor

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