Troubleshooting - Troy-Bilt Big Red Garden Tiller Notice D'installation Et D'entretien

Troubleshooting

Problem
Wheels and tines do not turn
Wheels and tines turn on top
of ground, but stop or hesitate
in soil
Wheels turn, but tines do not
Tines turn, but wheels do not
Wheels/Tines/PTO Drive Lever
does not stay in forward
Wheels/Tines/PTO Drive Lever
hard to shift into reverse
Tiller stays in reverse or forward
when Wheels/Tines/PTO Drive
Lever is released or lever is hard
to shift
Wheel Speed Lever is hard
to shift
Wheel Speed Lever shifts into
FAST gear, but not SLOW
Wheel Speed Lever moves
freely, but does not
change gears
Tiller jumps while tilling
Depth Regulator Lever difficult
to move
Cause
1. Misadjusted drive belt and/or reverse disc
2. Loose bolt on transmission drive pulley
3. Worn worm gears
1. Loose drive belt
2. Loose bolt on transmission drive pulley
1. Tines/PTO Clutch Lever does not engage
2. Tines/PTO Clutch Lever out of adjustment
3. Dog clutch key missing
4. Worn worm gears
5. Missing or broken tines or tine hardware
1. Missing Hi-Pro key inside wheel clutch
2. Worn gears
3. Drive dogs on wheel clutch worn out or broken
1. Drive belt too tight
2. Clutch Pawl spring overstretched
1. Worn reverse disc
2. Motor mount bars sticking
1. Motor mount bars sticking
1. Eccentric lever is sticking
2. Clutch inside transmission binding
1. Connecting rod at back of lever backwards or bent
in towards transmission and hitting it
2. Clutch inside transmission binding
1. Broken or worn eccentric shifting pin
1. Depth Regulator Lever is too deep for
soil conditions
1. Depth Regulator Lever bent
2. Depth Regulator Lever sticking
Remedy
1. See Service section
2. Tighten bolt
3. See authorized service dealer
1. Adjust drive belt (See Service section)
2. Tighten bolt
1. Engage lever
2. See Service section
3. Contact authorized service dealer
4. Contact authorized service dealer
5. See Service section
1. Contact authorized service dealer
2. Contact authorized service dealer
3. Contact authorized service dealer
1. See Service section
2. Replace spring
1. Replace reverse disc
2. Lubricate mount bars
1. Lubricate motor mount bars
1. Lubricate the eccentric lever and linkage to wheel
speed lever
2. Contact authorized service dealer
1. Straighten or replace linkage
2. Contact authorized service dealer
1. Contact authorized service dealer
1. Use a shallower setting
1. Straighten lever
2. Lubricate lever
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