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A friend who has a John Deere 2700 series Zetor (an Zetor 8540 I think) has stripped a major drive gear in the transmission. Is this a known fault or a one off failure?
Never heard of that. Only the 4th gear of a Zetor 3011 and Zetor 4712 sometimes broke a teeth, when the shift fork fell inbetween the gears due to 30 years of rough operators.
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.