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I REPLACED THE DRIVE BELT ON MY 1980 HYDRO 175 & HAD REMOVED SOME OF THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE. PUT ALL BACK TOGETHER AND NOW IT RUNS IN REVERSE WHEN PUT IT FORWARD AND VICE VERSA.
HOW IN THE WORLD DID I MANAGE THIS? WHAT CAN I DO TO FIX THIS? THANKS

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UN lock your Cap locks...

You either have your belt twisted... and running the trans axle backwards OR you have the linkage upside down... give it a close visual inspection... :smile:KennyV

KennyV said:

WELCOME to these Forums...
UN lock your Cap locks...

You either have your belt twisted... and running the trans axle backwards OR you have the linkage upside down... give it a close visual inspection... :smile:KennyV

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Thanks KennyV, I appreciate your help and your quick response!

That model JD I could see where you could put the belt on wrong. The trans linkage only go's on one way.

new member here i have the same problem guy gave me a 175 that someone took trans apart and reinstalled and trans runs backwards belt and linkage look ok is there anything inside that could be installed wrong runs great and pulls great with no noises

Model number?

BlazNT said:

Model number?

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M00175X017171

I can not find that model number anywhere.

BlazNT said:

I can not find that model number anywhere.

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thats whats on the tag

I found the service manual. Page 72 has picture of belt routing. Get it while it is still there. I used M00175X to find it.
uni.edu/peterson/John%20Deere%20175%20Tractor/John%20Deere%20175%20Hydro%20Service%20Manual.pdf

BlazNT said:

I found the service manual. Page 72 has picture of belt routing. Get it while it is still there. I used M00175X to find it.
uni.edu/peterson/John%20Deere%20175%20Tractor/John%20Deere%20175%20Hydro%20Service%20Manual.pdf

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belt is right is there ANYTHING inside the transaxle that could be installed wrong? it is the peerless type

Service manual I showed you has pictures of the rear end taken apart. From what I can tell and I can tell a lot the only thing that can cause it to run backwards is the belt on backwards. From the passenger/shifter side the belt goes to top of pulley.

crickett said:

belt is right is there ANYTHING inside the transaxle that could be installed wrong? it is the peerless type

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If I looked at the correct post the tranny has been disassemble correct. From the parts diagram that I found you should have a eaton hydrostat connected to a differential unit. If that eaton unit has been taken apart and something was reinstalled in the wrong orientation it will cause the unit to work in the opposite direction than intended

ILENGINE said:

If I looked at the correct post the tranny has been disassemble correct. From the parts diagram that I found you should have a eaton hydrostat connected to a differential unit. If that eaton unit has been taken apart and something was reinstalled in the wrong orientation it will cause the unit to work in the opposite direction than intended

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yes it was taken apart not by me so i dont know what was done inside last owner used it that way till he got tired of it thats when i got it any idea were o start ?

crickett said:

yes it was taken apart not by me so i dont know what was done inside last owner used it that way till he got tired of it thats when i got it any idea were o start ?

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this is somewhat complicated. Go to jdparts.com and put your model number in the parts search. Navigate to your lawnmower, and work you way through the dropdown menus until you get to powertrain, eaton hydrostat. Now before you take your unit apart mark the locations of all the locations that the unit separates. Now look very carefully at items 28,32, and 48 something in that area of the unit has been turned 180 degrees from where it is designed to be. I suspect that if 28 and 32 are in facing the correct orientation then you may be able to rotate item 48 180 degrees from where you removed it. That should fix the direction problem.