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More information for anyone curious: The 1st and reverse function use the same gear on the main shaft. If the gear is slid to the front (1st position) it engages a gear on the lower counter shaft and drives the truck forward. If that gear is slid backwards, it engages the reverse idler gear...

Life and other priorities came in front of the truck, so I finally got to tare into my 1st gear problem 2 years later. My plan was to start by pulling the top of the transmission off as a bent fork was the most likely scenario. I was unable to get the top completely off with the cab on the...

I called Ron on my lunch break, and he was a huge help. Apparently first and reverse share the same gear, reverse adds in the reversing idler. Therefore the only thing it can be is a broken/misaligned shifter rail. I will pull apart the top of the transmission next time working on the truck...

I was leaning that way, and now that I know I can pull the floor I can actually inspect that. I was curious if even if its just the rails if that still meant pulling the transmission anyway.

Thats good to know. Going from the top changes my whole mindset, seems much easier that way. I can just hoist it down onto a pallet, and pull it out with the skid steer forks.

I just picked up my 817 yesterday, and discovered that I have no first gear. Reverse works, 2nd and the rest of the gears seem to also work. My friend has been checking the TMs, and we both searched a lot here and on google. This seems to be a very rare problem. I'm afraid it looks like I...