Gary N
Active Member
Eureka….I feel like I just found a gold mine with this forum! I have a Case 580B that I have been using on my property for about 9 years now, and I have to say that she’s been very dependable. Except for the occasional bursting hydraulic hose, it’s just been ordinary maintenance….until now. It has a hydrostatic tranny and it appears that they were pretty rare on the 580B’s, judging by searching and reading every 580B thread I could find in this forum. Anyway, I sure hope someone can point me in the right direction on where to start so here goes………..
Here’s just a quick picture of her……
Here’s a pic of the pedal arrangement in case it helps anyone truly identify it as a hydrostatic. It doesn’t have any stick shifting, just fwd and rev pedals, and when you let off any pedal, its tranny braking. It also has a lever on the steering column that can use for higher speeds like running down the road. The pedals are real low gear....say 3-5 mph max when floored.
So here’s the problem….My right rear wheel is intermittently locking up. When it does it, it’s a very solid lockup, metal to metal with about 1/2" of backlash, not like a friction lock up but a solid metal ratchet type lockup. If I put the outriggers down, raise the rears and alternate forward and reverse back and forth, I can often break her free, spin the wheels for awhile and then get busy but lately that hasn’t been working so I know it’s time to go in, but where do I start? Does anyone have any ideas or questions that could help identify the problem. Looking forward to some replies.
By the way...The steering column plate reads 580 BCK and s/n 8704088. Can anyone home me into a year with that?
On another note....I have learned more about my tractor in this forum than I have in the last 9 years by just asking around! Awesome and thanks in advance!
Here’s just a quick picture of her……
Here’s a pic of the pedal arrangement in case it helps anyone truly identify it as a hydrostatic. It doesn’t have any stick shifting, just fwd and rev pedals, and when you let off any pedal, its tranny braking. It also has a lever on the steering column that can use for higher speeds like running down the road. The pedals are real low gear....say 3-5 mph max when floored.
So here’s the problem….My right rear wheel is intermittently locking up. When it does it, it’s a very solid lockup, metal to metal with about 1/2" of backlash, not like a friction lock up but a solid metal ratchet type lockup. If I put the outriggers down, raise the rears and alternate forward and reverse back and forth, I can often break her free, spin the wheels for awhile and then get busy but lately that hasn’t been working so I know it’s time to go in, but where do I start? Does anyone have any ideas or questions that could help identify the problem. Looking forward to some replies.
By the way...The steering column plate reads 580 BCK and s/n 8704088. Can anyone home me into a year with that?
On another note....I have learned more about my tractor in this forum than I have in the last 9 years by just asking around! Awesome and thanks in advance!