FAULTY DRIVE TRAIN

FAULTY DRIVE TRAIN

The following conditions may indicate damaged shaft drive components:

TRBL SHTG

 

Symptoms

 

Possible Causes

 

 

1.A pronounced hesitation or “jerky” movement

A.Bearing damage.

during acceleration, deceleration, or sustained

 

speed. (This must not be confused with

B.Improper gear lash.

engine

surging

or

transmission

 

characteristics.)

 

 

C.Gear tooth damage.

2.A “rolling rumble” noticeable at low speed; a

 

high-pitched whine; a “clunk” from a shaft

D.Broken drive shaft.

drive component or area.

 

 

 

3.A locked-up condition of the shaft drive

E.Broken gear teeth.

mechanism, no power transmitted from the

 

engine to the front and/or rear wheels.

F.Seizure due to lack of lubrication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G.Small foreign objects lodged between the

 

 

 

 

moving parts.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

Areas A, B, and C above may be extremely difficult to diagnose. The symptoms are quite subtle and difficult to distinguish from normal machine operating noise. If there is reason to believe these components are damaged, remove the components and check them.

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