Ford 8730 a bit sick

[cormywormy]

well lads I hope ye all had a good Christmas.

I'm after buying a ford 8730 powershift that's a bit sick. She locked on the road at 40k and when it did so it broke the 2 back cast centres with the shock. It also must have snapped a shaft from the gearbox as it won't drive. When you put it in gear there is no noise from the gearbox just error codes.

Some lads said to me it must have been the brakes locked or the a tooth broke in the diff and jammed it but I took off the 2 half axles and the diff seems fine also the brakes are to,

Any advice on the next step? I'm thinking of taking the cab of and splitting it at the gearbox to check for damage.

Cheers
Cormac

 

[T Bourne]

Is it still locked or did it come free?

 

[Zebbedee]

Limited knowledge on that fordies but to come to such a solid stop to break both wheels is incredible,,,,,,,,,

 

[Lincsman]

Is it a powershift? if so did it try to select all gears (or more than 1) at once..ie electrical issue.

 

[kill]

Your a brave man as the damage and forces that snapped the wheel's to that degree must have done untold damage elsewhere with stresses that severe.
I'd find a backend off some rusted out wreck.

 

[powerontheland]

Fit with a dual power box.

 

[phil]

Hammond Lane

 

[cormywormy]

Is it still locked or did it come free?

No she came free after it locked

Is it a powershift? if so did it try to select all gears (or more than 1) at once..ie electrical issue.

It is putting up a lot of error codes alright , which are just short circuits. Good point though, I may look into it further.

Your a brave man as the damage and forces that snapped the wheel's to that degree must have done untold damage elsewhere with stresses that severe.
I'd find a backend off some rusted out wreck.

I know of 2 back ends I can take parts from and a full back end if I need it. I was expecting to find the diff in bits but it's perfect . I keep ye updated anyways . Thanks for the replies

Hammond Lane

Now now, it's not a John Deere where talking about .

 

[james ds]

Cormac your in hard luck there , were you only bringing it home after buying it , if so any chance of bringing it back.

 

[cfr1964]

Limited knowledge on that fordies but to come to such a solid stop to break both wheels is incredible,,,,,,,,,

The driver must have got a fair wee surprise

 

[phil]

Cormac your in hard luck there , were you only bringing it home after buying it , if so any chance of bringing it back.

Ah he loves wrenching

 

[cormywormy]

Cormac your in hard luck there , were you only bringing it home after buying it , if so any chance of bringing it back.

No James bought her as is, man I bought it off had the bad luck. In 2 years he owned it, done the engine the minute he bought it, full gearbox rebuild a year later and ten the brakes 2 months ago, and bang this happened.

The driver must have got a fair wee surprise

It didn't put him threw the windscreen funnily enough

 

[Lincsman]

The driver must have got a fair wee surprise

It would freewheel once the casting cracked open to release the wedges.

 

[Mursal]

Selected two gears?
Hope you dont mind me saying, give yourself a bit of room to work around the heavier bits, until you get them sitting on the ground. You need somewhere to go ..........

I wouldn't have thought transmission lock up would cause the wheels to split, more likely an impact, no?

Hope its an easy fix, let us know how you get one ........

 

[Kildare]

Hope you got at a good price. Nice bit of work there.

 

[phil]

Hope you got at a good price. Nice bit of work there.

Done deal

 

[multi power]

Selected two gears?
Hope you dont mind me saying, give yourself a bit of room to work around the heavier bits, until you get them sitting on the ground. You need somewhere to go ..........

I wouldn't have thought transmission lock up would cause the wheels to split, more likely an impact, no?

Hope its an easy fix, let us know how you get one ........

Amazing how quickly they stop, dad was saying injection pump in 35 went wrong and stopped on road, slid the back wheels

 

[Mursal]

Donedeal ...........
Well it wasn't in "Parts or Repair" or I would have saw it over the Christmas ..........

 

[Mursal]

Amazing how quickly they stop, dad was saying injection pump in 35 went wrong and stopped on road, slid the back wheels

You wouldn't think that (breaking the wheel centers) especially when buying, hard to believe ............

 

[ashmore]

You need to go on "The Big Ford 6 Cylinder Tractor Register" on Facebook. You'll get plenty of advice there.