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Wheels and tines do not | 1. | Misadjusted drive belt and/or reverse disc | 1. | See Maintenance & Adjustments Section |
turn | 2. | Loose bolt on transmission drive pulley | 2. | Tighten bolt |
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| 3. | Worn worm gears | 3. | See authorized service dealer |
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Wheels and tines turn on | 1. | Loose drive belt | 1. | Adjust drive belt (See Maintenance & |
top of ground, but stop or |
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hesitate in soil | 2. | Loose bolt on transmission drive pulley | 2. | Tighten bolt |
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Wheels turn, but tines do | 1. | Tines/PTO clutch lever not engage | 1. | Engage lever |
not | 2. | Tines/PTO clutch lever out of adjustment | 2. | See Maintenance & Adjustments Section |
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| 3. | Dog clutch key missing | 3. | Contact authorized service dealer |
| 4. | Worn worm gears | 4. | Contact authorized service dealer |
| 5. | Missing or broken tines or tine hardware | 5. | See Service Section |
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Tines turn, but wheels do | 1. | Missing | 1. | Contact authorized service dealer |
not | 2. | Worn gears | 2. | Contact authorized service dealer |
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| 3. | Drive dogs on wheel clutch worn out or | 3. | Contact authorized service dealer |
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Wheels/Tines/PTO Lever | 1. | Drive belt too tight | 1. | See Maintenance & Adjustments Section |
does not stay in forward | 2. | Clutch Pawl spring overstretched | 2. | Replace spring |
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Wheels/Tines/PTO Lever | 1. | Worn reverse disc | 1. | Replace reverse disc |
hard to shift into reverse | 2. | Motor mount bars sticking | 2. | Lubricate mount bars |
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Tiller stays in reverse or | 1. | Motor mount bars sticking | 1. | Lubricate motor mount bars |
forward when Wheels/ |
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or lever is hard to shift |
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Wheel Speed Lever is hard | 1. | Eccentric lever is sticking | 1. | Lubrictate the eccentric lever and linkage to |
to shift |
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| 2. | Clutch inside transmission binding | 2. | Contact authorized service dealer |
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Wheel Speed Lever shifts | 1. | Connecting rod at back of lever backwards or | 1. | Straighten or replace linkage |
into FAST gear, but not |
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SLOW | 2. | Clutch inside transmission binding | 2. | Contact authorized service dealer |
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Wheel Speed Lever moves | 1. | Broken or worn eccentric shifting pin | 1. | Contact authorized service dealer |
freely, but does not change |
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Tiller jumps while tilling | 1. | Depth Regulator Lever is too deep for soil | 1. | Use a shallower setting |
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Depth Regulator Lever | 1. | Depth Regulator Lever bent | 1. | Straighten lever |
difficult to move | 2. | Depth Regulator Lever sticking | 2. | Lubricate lever |
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