dufferDave
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I have an old Ariens riding mower (model 96046? or 936037? too many numbers on the sticker) with a Peerless manual-shift 206 565 transaxle. Got it out a few weeks back to begin harvesting the lawn and it would not move. Here is the extent of my trouble-shooting expertise:
-- Put it in any fwd gear (6 to choose from) and I get no drive motion. Put it in reverse and ditto.
-- Clutch pedal/linkage moves freely and seems to be working properly. Drive belt has good tension and firmly rotates the big drive pulley on top of the transaxle.
-- Gearshift handle/linkage moves freely and seems to be working properly. Linkage and levers on the side of the transaxle move along with the chassis gearshift linkage from up front.
-- Rear wheels/tires spin freely in both fwd and rvrse with gear selector set in any fwd drive position. Normal rear drive operation would be for opposite wheel to spin in fwd direction if you spin the first side in reverse (some sort of Pos-i-traction or the like) but that doesn't happen, they both just free-wheel randomly.
-- Ariens is a big help: they want me to take it to a dealer. (I don't have any way to haul that monster down the highway.)
So my questions: did I miss a belt tension or something? did I miss some other lever or switch or control in the mechanicals? Is my ancient (20+ years old) transmission gummed up inside? What do I check to find out if the problem is on the chassis side or inside the transaxle?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
-Dave
-- Put it in any fwd gear (6 to choose from) and I get no drive motion. Put it in reverse and ditto.
-- Clutch pedal/linkage moves freely and seems to be working properly. Drive belt has good tension and firmly rotates the big drive pulley on top of the transaxle.
-- Gearshift handle/linkage moves freely and seems to be working properly. Linkage and levers on the side of the transaxle move along with the chassis gearshift linkage from up front.
-- Rear wheels/tires spin freely in both fwd and rvrse with gear selector set in any fwd drive position. Normal rear drive operation would be for opposite wheel to spin in fwd direction if you spin the first side in reverse (some sort of Pos-i-traction or the like) but that doesn't happen, they both just free-wheel randomly.
-- Ariens is a big help: they want me to take it to a dealer. (I don't have any way to haul that monster down the highway.)
So my questions: did I miss a belt tension or something? did I miss some other lever or switch or control in the mechanicals? Is my ancient (20+ years old) transmission gummed up inside? What do I check to find out if the problem is on the chassis side or inside the transaxle?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
-Dave
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