question John Deere 2700 (Zetor) series fault ?

[corundal]

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?

 

[Renze]

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.

 

[corundal]

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

 

[donny2stroke]

those tractors were basically a Zetor 7245 (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:

 

[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 .