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Its absolutely freezing here in Indiana and I've been plowing some snow with the C165. I've noticed some grinding when driving it and when I shut it off in neutral and go to push it it grinds even worse and the tires are fighting each other. The input shaft doesn't turn when I push or pull the tractor in "neutral" which is good.. Is it possible the shifter screw is loose?

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953 nut

Given the cold temperatures I would suspect your transaxle has water in the oil which has frozen into little chunks creating lots of resistance. Put a heat lamp or other heater under it and when it warms up give it another try.

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I noticed the plow frame seemed to have some vibration to it... looked underneath and the crossbar for short frame tractors was still in the plow and hitting the brake band when the plow was lifted up :roll: problem solved!

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2 hours ago, Team70R said:

problem solved!

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