Littlecarpenter
Gear Grinder
You may have seen my pictures of the first ever trip in the 1955 Wagon used only to plow snow. It worked well except the 4 wheel drive doesn't turn the front wheels.
Investigating today and my buddy and I notice that the transfer case seems to function correctly, including locking up the shaft to the front differential but with the transfer case in the "out" position, one front wheel on the ground and the other front wheel off the ground that same shaft spins freely. In other words it has no connection to the front wheels. Our assumption is that the front differential is toast but before I go there I would like to confirm that our assumption is likely correct.
I need this to be available to work all winter and really can't afford to tear the entire front end apart "in season".
If we are correct does anyone have a short list of culprits? My first and worst thought is that a gear is completely broken (or missing). I will pull the cover at some point but even that requires quite a bit of disassembly due to the "custom" nature of the plow attachment - not by me - I bought it this way!
In the meantime I see chains for the rear tires in my near future - all my plowing is done on gravel.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
Scott
Investigating today and my buddy and I notice that the transfer case seems to function correctly, including locking up the shaft to the front differential but with the transfer case in the "out" position, one front wheel on the ground and the other front wheel off the ground that same shaft spins freely. In other words it has no connection to the front wheels. Our assumption is that the front differential is toast but before I go there I would like to confirm that our assumption is likely correct.
I need this to be available to work all winter and really can't afford to tear the entire front end apart "in season".
If we are correct does anyone have a short list of culprits? My first and worst thought is that a gear is completely broken (or missing). I will pull the cover at some point but even that requires quite a bit of disassembly due to the "custom" nature of the plow attachment - not by me - I bought it this way!
In the meantime I see chains for the rear tires in my near future - all my plowing is done on gravel.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
Scott