Firstly hey neighbor! Never knew there was such a dedicated mule man so close to home. Just ran into this issue myself and going to start breaking out the transmission soon. Thanks for the relatively easy fix.
Sure easy fix when its on a work bench. Show the steps from the mule to the workbench Repair shop wants over $700 to fix because of the difficulty getting it out and back into the mule itself
I have a 4010 diesel and every so often it will pop out of gear for a split second and back into gear and not do it again for another few weeks. I adjusted my shifting levers ensuring that they are functioning properly but I think I may have a cog that is going bad.
I have a Mule 3010 that had low compression and I put a rebuilt engine in it. The problem I'm having now is that while both the primary drive clutch and secondary driven clutch spin together with the engine idling in neutral, as soon as you go to put it in any gear the secondary driven clutch completely stops moving and the primary drive clutch keeps turning so the belt makes a very loud squealing noise due to the friction of rubbing against the secondary driven pulley. I put a new secondary driven pulley and belt on it and the problem still exists. I inspected the two gear selector linkages on the transmission and they both operate freely. I even went out to look at a friend's Mule 3010 and took a video of the operation of the two gear selector positions in high gear, neutral, low gear, and reverse to compare and they look to be identical. Does anyone have a clue what would be causing this? The only other thing I can think of is that when I first went to start the engine, the shifter cable bracket was still hanging loose since it is bolted to the engine and I had to move it around a bit to get it in neutral so it would crank. Not certain if this could have caused any issues, but again both of the gear selector levers appear to be operating properly. Transmission fluid is full and clean. Any ideas?
Great advice! Should there be any end play in that shaft once assembled? I noticed mine moves on and out maybe an eighth of an inch while reinstalling the secondary clutch.
Gary Moore, I have a 1999 mule 550 2 wheel drive, that grinds going into forward and reverse - unless i basically kill the engine to shift into each...., would this fix work on my model and my issue, thanks for the help.
My 2008 mule 3010 makes a squealing noise when the 4x4 is in gaged. Only makes this noise when the vehicle is moving. The noise is coming from some where in the front. When the 4x4 is disengage, the squealing sound goes away 5 seconds after 4x4 is disengage. Anyone has an idea what is causing this noise?
I have a mule 5210 1999: can you still get spare parts for it, I have transmission problem, so thinking shift cog. My chap says no, but just checking thanks
That's the point in just flipping it. The cog only wears one side. If you think about it. the cog is on the input shaft which only turns only one direction so when you flip it's like new again!
Yes it works. It is the cureu to jumping out of gear. What you have to do is after this is done by all means lower the idle as low as you can. The high idel is what causes the problem. It has to not grind just putting in forward or reverse gear! You can call me if you need any info. 985750939.
