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In Reply to: Craftsman lawn tractor (hydro) won't move forward posted by Dale on Saturday, September 12, 2009:
I had the same thing happen and was told that I would have to spend roughly $600 for a new transaxle. The manufacturer of the transaxle ( can't recall the name of hand) had an article on their website back at that time stating that the problem was due to a clogged transaxle fluid filter. The filter isn't even mentioned in the Sears manual for the mower. The website actually had an illustration of the tranny which gave the part numbers of all of the internal parts as well as the recommended fluid, capacity and housing parts. They even sell the parts directly to the consumer. It turned out to be a $10 filter inside of the tranny that is easily replaceable if you're mechanically inclined. The most important thing when you split the tranny in half is to note where everything is located as you do so. I made a rough drawing of the transaxle and listed the bolts by location and numbered them. Be careful not to let the gears and the pins ( bearings) inside to fall out before you see and make a mental note as to how they are placed inside or you will have a difficult time replacing everything. You will also need to purchase a high temp gasket makeing compound like the Permatex form a gasket to seal the hales back together when reassembling it. The only thing that I'd not noticed when I took mine apart was how the little engage/disengage lever on the top rear left side of the housing was setup internally and therefore that no longer works at the present time and I will fix that in a few years when I have to change the filter again. The whole deal took about 3 hours considering it was my first try and I believe the fluid, gasket seal, filter and axle seals kit only cost around $40. shipped to my house. That certainly was allot easier to live with than the $600 for a new transaxle !
Oh one final thing is that once you're done and reinstalled the rear onto your mower you will have to fine tune your linkage since you pretty much have a new tranny now. Best wishes and once you've done yours there are allot of Craftsman and Murray mowers out there being sold cheaply because of the same issue so you could fix a few of those and resell at a nice profit to cover your own expense !
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