I hope no one minds if I'm jumping in here as I have similar issues? On my LGT2654 when I disengage the trans it doesn't free wheel like it did. When the trans is engaged and the rear on jack stands if I take one wheel and turn it, the other wheel rotates the opposite way. If I grab both wheels and spin them in the same direction you can hear a noise in the rear which sounds like I'm overcoming some kind of a friction disc. Imagine if you could take a car disc brake, aplly the brakes and if you could turn the rotor yoy would get a friction draggign noise. That is the similar noise I'm hearing from my axle, engaged or disengaged. My bely popped off last week so I put a new belt on. It jumped off again the other day. Something is causing the belt to jump off at the rear pulley/fan. It only happens when going from forward to reverse. If the rear were to jamb would the belt jump off the pulley or slip? I'm thinking it would jump as it has been doing so I'm figuring something in my axle is tighteneing up. Soory to be so wordy, I'm just trying to give you the facts.
I am tempted to crack open the rear but since they tell you it's a sealed assembly and a service tech should look at it, will I be able to obtain any parts to fix it?
By the way, how does the power get applied from the belt pulley to the tires. I thought it was all gear driven but if I spin the pulley & fan by hand the rear wheels do not move. With all of the talk about pumps and filters I'll assume it is more involved?
Thanks,