Bayou 220 bevel gear play

GBAKMAN · 11-20-2008

I am working on a 1995 Bayou 220. I have a question for someone who has
been into these machines before. After removing the Front Bevel case,
and cleaning up the inside area, I noticed that the bevel gear (15 toooth
gear) that attaches to a shaft that goes into the tranny has about
1/2 to 3/4 inches of play or movement to it before it engages inside
gears. IS this a normal amount of play or should it be without any play?
Please provide advise. Thanks

99prairie400 · 11-20-2008

My experience with transmission play is with my P400. It doens't have the same type of transmission that yours does so it may not apply, but my transmission has play between the gear dogs and secondary gears inside the transmission. I always wondered why there was slop in there. I always (wrongly) assumed that it was combined lash between the two rear-ends and my final drive output case.

The gear dogs have pegs that are maybe 8mm in size that shoot into 13mm sized holes in the secondary gear sets. Each gear (high/low and reverse) has about the same amount of play in it so I'm assuming it's designed in to give the transmission some free play to engage into gear easier? I'm not really sure of their intent on the slop inside the tranny, but it's certainly present inside my unit.

GBAKMAN · 11-20-2008

I appreceiate the message, I would think that they are all about the same.
I hope to hear from others. Thanks

11-20-2008	#1 (permalink)
GBAKMAN Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16	Bayou 220 bevel gear play I am working on a 1995 Bayou 220. I have a question for someone who has been into these machines before. After removing the Front Bevel case, and cleaning up the inside area, I noticed that the bevel gear (15 toooth gear) that attaches to a shaft that goes into the tranny has about 1/2 to 3/4 inches of play or movement to it before it engages inside gears. IS this a normal amount of play or should it be without any play? Please provide advise. Thanks

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11-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
99prairie400 Top Gear Full Throttle BTK Expert Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Butner, NC Posts: 303	My experience with transmission play is with my P400. It doens't have the same type of transmission that yours does so it may not apply, but my transmission has play between the gear dogs and secondary gears inside the transmission. I always wondered why there was slop in there. I always (wrongly) assumed that it was combined lash between the two rear-ends and my final drive output case. The gear dogs have pegs that are maybe 8mm in size that shoot into 13mm sized holes in the secondary gear sets. Each gear (high/low and reverse) has about the same amount of play in it so I'm assuming it's designed in to give the transmission some free play to engage into gear easier? I'm not really sure of their intent on the slop inside the tranny, but it's certainly present inside my unit.

11-20-2008	#3 (permalink)
GBAKMAN Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16	I appreceiate the message, I would think that they are all about the same. I hope to hear from others. Thanks

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