Quote Originally Posted by glockmail View Post
Its a Sears rear tine 5HP model, and I've owned it for 20 years, and worked it hard on both NY sod and Piedmont red clay. I loaned it to a neighbor to break up some hard dirt so he culd put a walk in, and it jammed. I don't blame him, as it's got more than a few hours on it, but I was not around to see it happen. I suspect he threw the shifter into revese with the flywheel still turning, or vice versa. It was getting to the point where it spun for a while after the "clutch" belt was disengaged.

I took the belt off and cannot rotate the input shaft pulley in either direction. I suspect I have a broken gear tooth. I have the parts diagram. As it will take a while to get at the transmission (its practically part of the frame) I don't plan on pulling it apart until I have a free weekend, maybe the last one in March, but most likely mid-April. If I have any problems with it then I'll post here or PM you.

Do you think I have a snowballs chance of fixing it or will I be wasting my time?
Piece of cake Glock.

We've got two of them torn down right now. One, the shifter was stuck in neutral, the other is "jammed", probably a combination of the shifter, and something else.

Here's the important thing, VERY IMPORTANT, each of these transmissions are HAND ASSEMBLED, the shims, how many there are, and their placement are unique to only THAT transmission.

Lay the trans on its side, with that half of the trans, that has the gear cluster laying against the work surface.

Oh, and another thing, the wheel shaft, and the tiller shaft must be clean, and free of rust, that's the side you'll be lifting away from the rest of the transmission. The littlest piece of dirt will drive you nuts, cause it will hang the transmission half from slipping over those shafts. A little prep work goes a long way.

The Sears unit you have is made by AYP(American Yard Products)actually a German/Swedish conglomerate, Electroluxe.

Good luck.....