Rebuilding a lawn tractor transaxle [Part 1 of 2]

[jgibbs704]

The following tools/information will be helpful or needed before starting: Ring clip removal tool Ratchet and Scocket set * 7/16" Socket * 9/16" Socket Box end wrenches * 7/16" * 9/16" Flat head screw driver or a 5-n-1 tool 1/8" Allen key set Paper Towels ATV Silicone Gloves Bentonite grease, Tecumseh part number 788067B. Parts cleaner

[LaPavoniMac]

what size is the shaft for the pulley on these? Is it the same as the lt1000 6 speed? Are the shafts keyed?

[mrbabbles100]

hey i have a quick question. Were building a lawnmower and we have it baiscly built but were trying to figure out where the balls on the shifting mechanism go. do they shift to where their sposed to be? or what please answer

[brkillpack1]

I was wondering if you could sell me a transaxle with reverse.

[MJCPeters]

Thanks- I hve to repair a different type but this gives me the general knowledge I need to tackle the repair. Great video (thanks for the time lapse, shows the process without dragging it out)

[surfsup021]

cool,,done this before

[jowilker]

I watched your video, and tore into a 6 spd that I have. It would not shift at all, so I used your guidance & got it open. The gears all look nice but the shaft that the selector slides along was totally rusted & gunked up.

So I installed another 6 speed that I have and it has 6 forwards & no reverse. Is there an adjustment inside the case to get it to find the 8th spot for reverse?

best

John in NC

[jphiiarc]

Its a shame we dont have you Location, I would have some more get rich programs I need help.

[TheMrDoItYourselfer]

I got a free mower with a 6 speed tecumseh. Do you think I could machine new gears for it?

[balak121]

does the transaxel work as a clutch also so i can just put a pulley on a verticle shaft and hook it up to a transaxle without any clutch or anything else.

[Awesome25ification]

My transmission just stopped working and the tractor doesnt move in any gear. Can you help

[Rottmad]

did you Gents ever work on a Tuff Torq transaxle?

[ad356]

that thing is light duty. why bother. i would buy something older and made of heavy duty cast iron.

[flagator32148]

yes but what years a make of the lawn tractors will have this kind of transaxles in them ?Also can you use 90w rear end oil for cars & trucks after you clean it out ? thanks

[skate4life2206]

what is the size of the shaft the pulley goes on

[PTEredmond]

i got a 7 speed i changed the pullys around (made my own) and thing was going wicked fast till the belt exploded now i hear a grinding noise in the tranny is it possible i fucked the gears or somthing inside it buy it going to fast or could it be somthing else?

[ringbolt9]

awesome 

[TheCraftsman11]

Thanks for posting this vidieo! I race lawnmowers and this vid helped me repair my transaxle.

Thanks alot

Shawn

[Motorfordtoyota]

How much would like a side imput 3 speed one cost, I want one to retro fit onto my gokart when I ever get around to fixing it!

[bigblocksrock]

lol Dont clean it whatever you do

[Turbo231]

Had put this in my favorites, still a fantastic video. Thumbs up.

[camarolover1982]

i have a tranny just like that in my craftsman and it is REALLY hard to shift wats wrong wit it?

[stydel311]

my 3 speed honda pushmower did this. its engagement cable was stretched, so i titened it, and eventually it broke.  Only a 13 dollar repair though!

[justin3zelda]

still my favorite part of this video is when the cars are going mach 1 when you speed up the video

[passwordiswhat]

is that a calculator watch?

[benpie12]

min tranny u cant shift while not moving but u can shift like nothing going in 6th u can jump to 1st or even reverse without clutch =/

[Americanminor1]

dood is fast

[JoshIsNotMyName]

thanks i didnt know how to remove the transaxle pulley until now haha, thanks!

[davidmuel11]

Hello i am making a gokart out of my cub cadet. I have a side drive briggs and need to find an axel. Could i take apart a hydro static diff to make an axel???

[anjoeiscool]

can you please tell me wat to do ?

[anjoeiscool]

I have a question one of my tire is going to other way as another so when i push the tractor foward one wheen is going backwards can you haelp me.

[JacknifeCreations]

@anjoeiscool something is jammed up in your tranny, the differential is what is making it turn in different directions like that.

[anjoeiscool]

I have a question one of my tire is going to other way as another so when i push the tractor foward one wheen is going backwards can you haelp me.

[314percy]

i might know whats wrong with the gears, there is a little notch on the end caps that are on the gears that touch the case and they have to be on the side or the trany will be tight and wont move

[brent3360]

i need help with my tranny i took it apart to put another axle in it and when i tighted everything i put it in revrse and the pulley felt tight then i put it in 6th and i couldnt even move the pulley i need help with it badly

[ringbolt9]

excellent !!

[jenniesboy]

now only if you would make one for rebuilding a tractor engine. :) this was very helpfull now i know whats wrong with my tractor

[mecurycapri]

i lost mine in the parts washer somewhere

[mecurycapri]

what does that little ball and spring do that you put back in last through the hole

[theboredredneck]

it makes you feel that its in gear when you move the shifter i had mine apart today.....and lost the ball lol no big deal i just have to pay attention when i put it in gear now

[NRP1991]

its called a D-tent ball holds a specific gear

[leitzmanracing20]

well i have been looking and really cant find any so ??

[leitzmanracing20]

i was wondering if u new where any 6 speed transaxle are like the one ur fixing in the video are at???

[LynolsOffice]

@leitzmanracing20 You can usually find one used and working on eBay for cheap. Especially now in the winter.

[justicerobbie67]

@LynolsOffice i know i  found one i need craftsman part #166768 hydro transaxle. its

way cheaper on ebay.

[dirtscooterer06]

are all of the tecumseh peerless trasaxles manual shift??

[LynolsOffice]

@dirtscooterer06 No Peerless made hydros too.

[yoterbean]

hey guys i got a craftsman lt 1000 with 6 speed peerless wondering where you might get a good puley for the rear i want like a 5 in pully

[LynolsOffice]

Look for a really good hardware store on industrial supply store near you. Tractor Supply Company stores have a good assortment of universal pulleys too.

[pbgd3]

Measure the shaft and the key and then its standard parts.

[MegaDirtymax]

i hade to redue my transaxle on my simplicity brood mower cause i tryed to clime starts and i shared geards

[jeffhamula]

oh yeah, and i am going to keep all the old grease in there just because of all the comments you have had. Doesn't it have a half life of 6 billion years +/- 1?

[pbgd3]

You should definitely scrape up the old grease with something like an old credit card, or just a pair of rubber gloves, you don't need to use solvent and clean every bit of grease, but there are probably bits of metal worn off gears and such in that old grease, so it will work better with clean new grease.

[jeffhamula]

yeah, i actually ended up doing that. I found that my clutch keys were just bent... I did put new ones in, but then it was too hard to shift - almost bent the shifter as I wrenched on it. Oh well, I can always just rebuild it again.

[LynolsOffice]

@jeffhamula Did you try loosening up that Allen bolt that holds the shift detent ball and spring down? You'd be surprised how hard it can make the shifter move if you overtighten it.

[jeffhamula]

I really like your videos - they gave me confidence to buy a 11hp Craftsman this week as a project - with a plow & 38" deck w/ bagger. With some TLC runs great. It goes in to forward and back but not all the gears on the 5 speed. I open the Foote transaxle, and it seemed to be in great shape - not beat or worn. from playing around with it open, the shifter things in the axle dont grab well on the gears inside for gear 2-5. Which parts should I order to refurb this POS? is searsdirect ok?

[zugzub]

Nice video, but shame on you. You should have cleaned all the old grease out. With the gears wore the way they where you have contaminated grease thats just going to lead to another transmission failure down the road

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah, i was too impatient to wait a day for grease. If this was for anything other than a junky rust-bucket tractor, I would have put in fresh Bentonite grease, as I do when I repair other peoples transaxles. I haven't had any problems with this one, but I would certainly recommend not half-assing it like I did.

[biggray94]

how much did you charge fo that job?

[LynolsOffice]

I did it for myself, if I would have done it for a customer I would have put new grease in and charged $50 labor plus whatever the overpriced grease costs.

[sdylke]

ok thx i think i will be able to fix my trans axle of my john deere great video 5+

[BlakeMason2]

Excellent shot of the internals--i've never seen one before.  I thought it would have ATF insdie--grease is OK for gear teeth, but the side journals in the case--not so hot. That cheesey bevel input gear--no wonder that went bad--that looks too chinsey.

[jdstone67]

I have a 1991 Murray that the transaxle went out. I watched the video and took it apart. Cleaned it and ordering a new bushing. The pulley on top was warped. One question I have an extra part, it looks like a flat nickel. I looked at the parts diagram and didn't see it. I guessed it went between two bushings and it fits.

Hope it works after I put it back together. I had nothing to lose, it was slipping gears bad.

[LynolsOffice]

There is a piece like you described that goes on the end of the shaft opposite the brake disc end, sort of a cap to keep the grease in.

[jdstone67]

Thanks I found it on the parts diagram #68 they are calling it a disc. You saved me a headache, thanks gain.

[FordBroncoMower]

I have a ford mower and the brakes do not work because the trans axle leaks oil onto the brake pad. What can I do to fix this? Thanks.

[LynolsOffice]

You probably have to pull out your trans and seal the leak where the two halves of the trans case meet.

[suu747]

My 6 speed tranny gear shifter stuck and won't go into any gear. After watch this clip I took it apart , cleaned the gear shifter and shaft. new grease and it works great now,

This video has great details and simple

A+++++

I want to learn how to rebulid hydrostatic tranny. Can you shoot that clip?

Thanks again

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah that shifter sticking is a common thing. I havn't had a hydro die on me yet, so I never needed to open one up. But I have one now that might be dead, so who knows!

[megalord299]

hey man i have the same problem with my mower tranny. could you tell me how you fixed yours?

[suu747]

Great job

[GearHead1625]

"snap ring remover tool" lol i like it but i think there just called snap ring pliers

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah, but Sears wanted to make it sound technical, so that's what the package said, LOL.

[GearHead1625]

i see thats sears for you always wanting to make stuff sound technical

[joeldude76]

i didnt know the tires where driven by belt untill i was driving it and it wouldnt move anymore then saw the belt fell off i was like great my dads gonna be peed untill i seen the belt had fallen off.

[PedroProductions2]

What's the same of that tool on the bottom right at 0:03 with the red handle.

Thanks

[LynolsOffice]

That's a snap-ring pliers, It's worth the $5. You could try grinding down the tips of a needle-nose pliers, that works OK. Or you can use small flat-head screw drivers and pop it off, but that way is a BITCH.

[tractminister]

great vid gentlemen ,thanks.gives me the courage lol, to take mine apart and look at it to see if it needs any work.

[Chevypower265]

Great video, I will say tho, Peerless transaxles are better then any of them.

[DEFiANCE665]

I just tore my Dana/Foote transaxle out of my 92 LT4000, took about a cup and a half of grease out of it, and put in a quart of 80 wt gear oil, seems to be running alot better now... Still need to weld the spider gears though. Seems to shift better with gear oil in it too. I use this tractor for yard/trail riding and am looking for a 4" rear pulley for it...

[kpj200]

Trail riding? are you kidding me , rednecks are desperate for any fun haha

[DEFiANCE665]

lol.. Hey, im a poor bastard, and a redneck, but at least I dont live in a trailer. I dont have the money for a quad, even a used one, im only 17... But, its cheap fun...

[CraZyCarl6212]

Hey nice video. I have an identical transaxle (6 speed version) and it almost always sticks in first gear and I have to hit the shifter pretty hard to get out of first, any ideas on what would cause that and would it be fixable?

[LynolsOffice]

I would guess that you've got some rust inside on the shifter dentent ball (that's that ball and spring you see me putting back in, maybe in part 2) I would take it apart and clean and re grease the whole thing.

[Mississippi1313]

NOOOOOOOO Tecumseh>pearless>spicer

that sucks because both of my craftsman's have that and i HATE Tecumseh's!!

[LynolsOffice]

Well, if you hate Tecumseh in general, then steer clear of the Peerless trannys (that's the Tecumseh one) and get a Spicer/Dana or Foote. Now that the Tecumseh company is gone, they sold the Peerless trans division to Husqvarna, FYI.

[Mississippi1313]

ohh i have a spicer's,i thought you said it was in the Tecumseh family.Oh okay thanks for letting me know Tecumseh is out if its misery lol.

[MadSmokerBBQ]

did that work???

[kpj200]

Use transmission oil it's more slick and decreases the friction in the gears which gives you a much smoother shift!

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah, if it doesn't list the gear numbers on the shifter then it's probably a hydro.

[RussellWLC]

on my transaxle there is a bolt

when u were taking the snapring off was there a bolt on too?

just wondering because i need to put a smaller pulley on the transaxle so i can go fast and a bigger pulley on the front also i cant get the pulley off...is it because of that snapring

[LynolsOffice]

No, this one didn't have a bolt holding the pulley on, just the snap ring. Although I have seen that once before.

[Morganiz]

Where you rebuilding on a gighway, mg some of the noise was like coming over you guys..

Ok vid..

[LynolsOffice]

I guess it was the camera's mic, it picks up everything and overamplifys it. We were about 50ft from the road. It's supossed to be 30mph, but most cars do 50!!

[Morganiz]

I have a 12,5 hp White MTD L 125/96. Its a 97 model. Got it almost for free.

The tractor has no deck, do you know what type of deck i can use on this that fits right on besides the original?

;-)

[LynolsOffice]

If you can give the deck size number in inches I can probably tell you what you'll need.

[Deere842]

Rebuild these all the time...Pack grease where transaxles sit and then where all the gears are put 80/90 gear oil 3/4 the way up to the case and put permtex around the case

[BobbyFlanders]

when i had mine redone cause it wouldnt come out of reverse they said there were plastic gears in it is that true

[LynolsOffice]

Not in any of this type.

[BobbyFlanders]

how much is the grease an where do u put it in the tranny

[BobbyFlanders]

that one looks like the one thats on my yard king

[dmorley100]

If it were me working on it, I'd have cleaned out all that old crud inside the case.

[LynolsOffice]

If I could have bought new Bentonite grease somewhere local, I would have. It looked fine so I just left it. If it were anything besides this junky WeedEater, I would have ordered fresh stuff.

[57vett]

what type of transmition

[LynolsOffice]

check description

[ncrebelman09]

and i suggest you DO NOT mow witha small pulley on it its dangerous and gives lawnmower racing a bad name when people do stupid stuff like that

[2000F350powerstroke]

hey lynol i was using a lawn sweeper to day and i think my trans took a shit. it wont move in any gear and when i try to push it the pulley moves, do you think i need to tear it apart?

[LynolsOffice]

oooooohhh that sounds bad. Did it happen all of the sudden? did it make any unusual/loud noise when you lost gears?

[2000F350powerstroke]

im not sure but i did happen all of a sudden

[LynolsOffice]

Well, if it didn't make a loud noise it might not be catastrophic, lol! Better open it up and look at all the gears. Something might have come out of place.

[2000F350powerstroke]

well the reason it stopped moving was the belt tensionor spring came off and so the belt came off but was holding the belt up so i couldnt see. but im still gonna tear it apart because its starting to whine and lightly buck.

[99minerkc]

If you guys were to put a small pulley on instead of the original, what size would you put on, how would you know what size belt you would have to get to make it work well, and finally, would you be able to still cut grass or would the mower go too fast or just not cut? Thanks for the GREAT video!!

[LynolsOffice]

If you put a real small pulley on the trans, it'll be fast, but you'll loose power at the rear end. but since the cutting deck is run off the motor, as long as you don't change the motor's pulley, your deck will have the same power. So if you want to make your lawn tractor go a little faster, put a slightly smaller pulley on the trans. That way you'll have a small speed increase without loosing to much pulling power or making the tractor go so fast that even in 1st gear it can't cut the grass.

[LynolsOffice]

Oh and for the belts, just measure the size you need and buy it at an industrial supply company where they have lots of different belts, or buy it online.

[paulbreor]

im outside working on my and

i had to come and watch this video

of you guys do it to see if there is any other ways to pull off the primary pully on top....

i cant see that the pully and the shaft its on are two diffent thing cause they are rusted togther

Cant fight the rust

[sacalaitman]

You guys have done a great job with this Vid. now when r u going to make more? Its sounds to me like you two do this stuff all the time!

[KMScarboy]

now put on a smaller pulley!!!

[trucklover9]

hey this is josh, i have a question. my riding mower just wont stay charged. it has a new battery and all the wiring except the headlights are connected. what could it be?

[LynolsOffice]

Your stator (alternator type thing) could be bad. Try disconnecting the battery after you start it up and use a voltage tester to see if your getting 12v or so out of the positive wire that went to your battery. If your not showing enough volts, then check the volts at the wire that comes off the stator.

[1G0TP1NK8C1DB00TS0N9]

This is very cool, I have never heard of somebody taking a 5 speed and converting it to a 6 speed. But like you say, these things are so close in design that you can do that. I guess it would not be that hard to repair a gear transmition as I am seeing proof of that right now. However, I doubt you could just dive into a hydrostatic tranny in the same way.

Cool video, thanks for sharing :)

[dangeroustoys56]

It looks just like the one out of my 85 craftsman- i broke a few teeth off the pinion gears and locked er up. The only issue with going to 6 speeds is- the shifter 'gate' on the chassis will need to be opened up some. Im surprised y didnt clean all the old grease out and put new stuff in. I used mostly never seize, high temp wheel bering grease and 90 wt gear oil when i refilled the weedeaters trans.

Cool video.

[LynolsOffice]

I would have liked to put grease in, but I wanted it done that day. I would certainly recommend that in a case where teeth have snapped off gears, and for a tractor you use regularly. As far as the shifter gate, I've found that most tractors are made to accommodate a 6th gear position, as was the case for this Weed Eater.

[dangeroustoys56]

Ah- on my craftsman- even tho the trans was almost identical it still doesnt quite line up- i dont have acess to the other gear. Im planning on ditching the trans for a straight axle and go kart clutch anyway 'someday' in the next round of mods.

[GMCsierra1500]

I have a 5speed in my modified'84 craftsman. I find that that black muck likes to squeeze out between the two parts of the case.