doggman
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We had a guest driving our RTV900 today and he got the thing stuck in gear. Not only that but it was crosswise ( he was doing a back and fill U-turn) in a country lane that was lined with trees and thick brush so we couldn't just back it around. On top of that we were waiting for an out of state truck to pick up a sawmill -and the lanewas blocked by the RTV. </P>
Anyhow, we wound up getting the thing straightened out (Try pushing one of these in gear - not! My back still hurts) and drove it in reverse for a mile or two to get where we could work on it. The mail delivery gal was entertained when we driving "stem to stern" down the lane...</P>
After the sawmill headed down the road I called the dealer to see if there was a quick fix or if it was a common issue. No quick fix and it involved the dealer opening the trans to fix it.And, yes,they do see this problem from time to time.I never remembered seeing it in this forum. </P>
We figured that if it was going to the Kubota shopthen they wouldn't care if it was in pieces or not - so we marked everything and pulled the plate on top of the trans that has the shifting mechanism. It wasn't evident at first but we figured out the problem. There is a "fork" that fits around a "rod" under the trans plate that we removed. The other end of the rodrests intwo separate "cups" that are attached a sliding mechanism that moves the gears to the appropriate H-M-L-R range. Somehow therod (probably by forcing it) got out of the 2 "tines" of the fork. Consequently,since the rod was now "separated" from the shifting fork (at this pointI was leaving the"f" out of shift...) it was impossible to change gears.</P>
We aligned the cupsacross from each otherby sliding them with a screwdriver to get to the neutral position. We then put the rod back between the tines of the fork and moved it so that it would align and drop into the cups when we replaced the whole shifter plate assembly. The first time we missed the cups with the rod and were stuck in M. The second time we hit the mark. I could probably do the whole thing in 15 minutes now. </P>
We saved ourselves 6 hours of back and forth trailer time to the dealer, a repair bill, and the aggravation of being without the RTV and having to drive the Gator...</P>
Sometime, if I get the time and figure out how to post photos (I've tried unsuccessfully using the posted instructions) I'll do it for the benefit of the forum. </P>
And - don't ever get too far away from your tools...</P>
Anyhow, we wound up getting the thing straightened out (Try pushing one of these in gear - not! My back still hurts) and drove it in reverse for a mile or two to get where we could work on it. The mail delivery gal was entertained when we driving "stem to stern" down the lane...</P>
After the sawmill headed down the road I called the dealer to see if there was a quick fix or if it was a common issue. No quick fix and it involved the dealer opening the trans to fix it.And, yes,they do see this problem from time to time.I never remembered seeing it in this forum. </P>
We figured that if it was going to the Kubota shopthen they wouldn't care if it was in pieces or not - so we marked everything and pulled the plate on top of the trans that has the shifting mechanism. It wasn't evident at first but we figured out the problem. There is a "fork" that fits around a "rod" under the trans plate that we removed. The other end of the rodrests intwo separate "cups" that are attached a sliding mechanism that moves the gears to the appropriate H-M-L-R range. Somehow therod (probably by forcing it) got out of the 2 "tines" of the fork. Consequently,since the rod was now "separated" from the shifting fork (at this pointI was leaving the"f" out of shift...) it was impossible to change gears.</P>
We aligned the cupsacross from each otherby sliding them with a screwdriver to get to the neutral position. We then put the rod back between the tines of the fork and moved it so that it would align and drop into the cups when we replaced the whole shifter plate assembly. The first time we missed the cups with the rod and were stuck in M. The second time we hit the mark. I could probably do the whole thing in 15 minutes now. </P>
We saved ourselves 6 hours of back and forth trailer time to the dealer, a repair bill, and the aggravation of being without the RTV and having to drive the Gator...</P>
Sometime, if I get the time and figure out how to post photos (I've tried unsuccessfully using the posted instructions) I'll do it for the benefit of the forum. </P>
And - don't ever get too far away from your tools...</P>