jd 350b popping out of reverse

sniezek66 · Post by **sniezek66** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:20 pm

hello guys , new to the site and i think it's great! Now hopefully you can help me out. recently did a major overhaul on our 1973 350 b crawler. We replaced the gas engine with a diesel, new steering clutchs (complete) and new main clutch (complete). It sat for 14 years in a garage and when we took it out for a test we noticed that it would pop out of reverse under and load or moving at high rpm. It's even hard to hold into reverse when it pops out. Is there something wong internally, or is something frozen or misadjusted? Any help would be great, we have alot of time and money into this and want it to be working correctly.

thanks
kurtis

Post by **Lavoy** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:50 pm

I would guess a bad bearing, or the gear itself is tapered.
Lavoy

pdmech08 · Post by **pdmech08** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:20 pm

I would have to agree with Lavoy. Either a bad bearing, which would allow the shaft to move end to end, (as well as up and down) or a worn gear. Although....... if it were a bad bearing it seems you may have trouble with other gears as well. Steve.

sniezek66 · Post by **sniezek66** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:48 pm

does that involve removing the hole transmission or can i get to that by removing the top cover where the shifter goes in? This crawler does not have reverser either.

sniezek66 · Post by **sniezek66** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:48 pm

also i'm not having trouble with any other gears.

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