Meet my girlfriend. I call her Topanga!
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Topic: Meet my girlfriend. I call her Topanga!
Posted By: tthams
Subject: Meet my girlfriend. I call her Topanga!
Date Posted: 06 May 2021 at 8:29pm
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Hey everyone! I need some advice, so I can take care of my 7060 with PS. This is the first tractor I have ever bought last September. I tested the tractor out before I bought it, and everything seemed fine. I even drove the tractor 60 miles to the farm with no problem. I put roughly 15 hours on the tractor before the transmission went to hell, and I believe it was my own fault that caused it. The tractor has 4600 original hours. I grew up with a PD, and I am so use to pushing the clutch all the way to the floor out of habit. I knew the inching spool was out of adjustment, but I figured I would address it after harvest and baby the clutch when I could. As mentioned 15 hours is all that I got out of the transmission. Long story short, I am getting the tractor back in the next week, and I am worried it will happen again. The transmission has been split and rebuilt. The clutch packs were toast, but everything else looked fine. I am assuming the inching spool will be adjusted correctly, so it doesn't stop the tractor when the transmission is warm. It happened a few times. The newer tractors can shift into gear from park without stepping in the clutch, I don't plan on doing that with the 7060 but wonder if it is possible. Is there any advice for shifting between the gears on the PS? Once the tractor is moving do I still lightly step on the clutch to switch gears, or can I just automatically shift up or down without stepping in the clutch on a Power Shift? I step on the brakes when coming to a stop out of habit as the tractor slows down after starting to step in the clutch, so I am using the brakes to stop the tractor when possible. Is roughly 5000 hours the lifespan on the PS transmission? I read that a few times on the Internet. Thanks, Troy  |
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 06 May 2021 at 8:55pm
| You can shift from one gear to the other without using clutch. Should use clutch from N to first and R. In 5 or 6, if you push clutch in, it will shift back to 4. MACK |
Posted By: tthams
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 5:50am
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Thanks Mack for the response. I was always using the clutch to start the tractor from neutral in the estimated gear I needed for the job when it was working, so sometimes I started in 3rd gear just like I would do on a PD. Is it possible to jump over a gear on these PS transmissions for example 3rd to 5th, or do you need to work up to 5th and go to 4th before getting to 5th gear? The transmission cost a little over $8,000 to repair, and on teacher's salary with a wife a three kids to feed, I can't afford to make an operator error again. Thanks, Troy |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 6:23am
| Shift one gear at a time!! I doubt very much that you destroyed the transmission in 15 hrs of run time. When properly adjusted, you push down with the "inching pedal" to a zone within a couple inches of the floor. You should feel a spring loaded "stop". This is all the farther you need to go to stop the tractors motion. Going down farther into this brake zone then applies the transmission brake, which stops the gears from turning to allow you to shift the range lever from low to high and park. It can also stop the tractors motion like a brake, but should NOT be used to do that. This inching pedal adjustment should be such that you must actually go into the zone intentionally to apply the transmission brake, not just up to the zone stop. There are hundreds of operators who have abused this feature by using it to stop the motion of the tractor without using the tractors wheel BRAKES. Over time, failure to use the wheel brakes and use the transmission brake to stop the tractor from rolling will cause troubles inside the tranny. You didn't do it in 15 hrs. Something else happened or you had a stuck valve causing it to be in two gears at once. Edit: Your owners manual has a whole page dedicated to the explanation of the inching pedal and transmission brake with diagrams. |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 10:39am
| I don't have any advice, but that is a beautiful tractor |
Posted By: tthams
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 11:12am
| Thanks for the replies. So just to confirm on a PS, don't start the tractor out 3rd if needed if that is what is needed? Always start in first gear and then work up to third gear? |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 6:13pm
| NO !! You can start out in ANY gear you want up to 4th !! Now, I would never start out in 4th while in HIGH RANGE. When in high range, I start out in 2nd gear most of the time, unless the load is very heavy. |
Posted By: rw
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 7:35am
| My 7060 PS has always engaged smoothest or been best at inching in second in high range or 4th low. We run the big round baler so we have to clutch and start off a lot. Third high has always shuddered so I try to never do that but have never understood why. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 8:05am
| There was a fix for third gear shudder. No one ever installed it on yours. |
Posted By: NEVER green
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 8:35am
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On my 8050 PS, sometimes I slam the tranny in neutral then use brakes or coast to a stop. ------------- 2-8050 1-7080 6080 D-19 modelE & A 7040 R50 |
Posted By: rw
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 9:08am
| Thanks for the info Dr. What does the 3rd gear update involve? |
Posted By: tthams
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 11:53am
| Thanks again for the replies with a special shout out to Dr. Allis. You have a lot of wisdom to share, and it is appreciated. |
Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 10 May 2021 at 7:04pm
| That's a sharp looking 7060. Did you wax and buff it? Dr. Allis and Mack have a whole lot of knowledge! |
Posted By: tthams
Date Posted: 10 May 2021 at 7:46pm
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Other than washing it often, it came looking that awesome when I bought it last September. The guy before me took real good care of it. The interior also looks just a good. For my first tractor that I bought, I sure am happy with it, even though the tranny didn't last long.  |