John Deere Zetor fault

[corundal]

A friend who has a John Deere 2000 series Zetor (an 8540 I think) has stripped a major drive gear in the transmission. Is this a known fault or a one off failure?

 

[Renze]

Never heard of that. Only the 4th gear of a 3011 and 4712 sometimes broke a teeth, when the shift fork fell inbetween the gears due to 30 years of rough operators.

 

[corundal]

Thanks for that, I'll chase up more details of the fault.

 

[donny2stroke]

those tractors were basically a 7245 zetor (depending o the model) which had no transmission issues that i have heard of

 

[Renze]

those tractors were basically a 7245 zetor (depending o the model) which had no transmission issues that i have heard of

2700 and 2800 were the 8540 and 9540.

 

[donny2stroke]

those tractors were basically a 7245 zetor (depending o the model) which had no transmission issues that i have heard of

2700 and 2800 were the 8540 and 9540.

oh sorry, i was thinking of the 2300-2400 like these:
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100903161423/tractors/images/thumb/7/7d/JD_2300_MFWD_%28Zetor%291996.jpg/640px-JD_2300_MFWD_%28Zetor%291996.jpg

 

[corundal]

It was a 2700. It had 6000 hours on it and was using a mulcher. It stripped the main input shaft in the gearbox. The replacement part from John Deere cost $600. I suspect it would have been cheaper from Zetor .

 

[Renze]

I never ordered shafts but i bet its a lot cheaper at Zetor .