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NH 555e backhoe with shuttle shift stuck in 3rd gear. The backhoe drives without any weird noise. I have searched online, but I can't find anyone else that has had this problem.
The shifter will not move. It doesn't matter if the machine is running or not. I just bought it as is ,so I don't know what happened to cause itWhen you say stuck, can you describe what you mean? Will pulling back the shifter not make it go into neutral, 2nd, or 4th?
I was hoping to hear it could be something simple like that. I ordered a repair manual for it. The machine has 7000 hrs on it. When I open it up I will check it out with a inspection scope,, but I will not be able to work on it until after the first of the yearRemove the gear shift cover. Use a steel bar and try to move the the rail that the gear shift lever. operates.
It it doesn't move you will prolly need to remove the shift rails see what the problem is.
It is common on high hour machines that the shift lever will get bound up on worn shift rails along with a shift lever.
I see that the NH online parts book is useless just like a lot of the Case Construction parts books.
I was able to see the 555E parts book on Messick's website.
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Yes ,it is a 4-in-1 bucket,, it also has a manual thumb on the hoe. It's going to quit a few hoses, lost 2 just lifting up the front bucket to load it on a trailer. The 4 front loader cylinders are going to need to be repacked,, and the boom swing cylinders.Good looking unit. Front forks on the bucket with teeth. Is that a 4-in-1 bucket?
My # is 031003413, circa '97-ish.
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I raised the machine and tried but no success. One thing I noticed was, the shifter placement doesn't seem to correlate to the gear it's inMight get it unstuck by heating it up good and jerk on it a little while pumping the throttle pedal up and down. Don't try to shift it into gear without putting the forward reverse lever in neutral or pushing the release button if it works. Should be able to come out of gear.
Impossible. You know their best tech did the work on your machine. We once had a guy in the shop we named Cooter. Took him a while to figure out why we gave him that nickname.The previous owner said that he took it to the dealership,,, the only thing I can think of is they put the shifter assembly in wrong
I didn't know that a Technician (using the term loosely) was working on it, but when you said that the shifter was not moving in relation to the gear pattern, I was thinking it was out of its normal position. I am really glad that you got it fixed up, and better yet, I love the price...don't get used to it...LOLHi everyone,, I cleaned very well and pulled the gearshifter assembly. I used a screwdriver and shifted the gear manually. It shifted like nothing was wrong , smooth and I didn't have to force it. I put it all back together and now it shifts fine. The previous owner said that he took it to the dealership,,, the only thing I can think of is they put the shifter assembly in wrong