Wheel Horse Transaxle Locking HOW TO 

I hope this video helps some of you disassemble, lock/service, and reassemble you wheel horse 8 speed transaxles

So good, he can lock two at a time! Thanks for sharing.

I think your 10-pinion LSD is known as a Torsen style like an Eaton Tru Trac very cool to see these in tractors but I guess not aggressive enough, I've never personally used one. I always cry inside a bit at the irreversibility of Lincoln lockers but when ya need traction ya gotta do what ya gotta do😁. Anybody know if the Detroit locker technology made it into these transaxles? They are perfect IMO.

Hey man! Great video, now I know what side if the trans case goes up when disassembling it. Will need it some day to put a new gasket on. Also some info for the wheel horse fan. Input shaft seal #100442 Brake shaft seal #100441 And yes sand the axle shafts first that helps a lot, clean it very good, then remove old seals and put new ones on, And don't forget to put some anti-seize on the shaft and key way.

I appreciate you taking the time to make the video. The oe case gaskets are readily available from multiple sources and work great. Silicone/rtv is ok in a manual transmission as you've done but should never be used in a Hydro. On the 10 pinion differential. Those are not at all common in the first place and the spring to make it Limited Slip is available on the aftermarket now. You'd have the benefit of both wheels driving and be able to turn without damaging anything. Thanks!!

Thanks for the great video on this topic. I have a wheel horse uni drive / 8 speed and now I know exactly what to do to lock it.

Glad to see a good vidoe that's detailed. Also a video to trust as your projects speak for themselves.

I have 4 of these Wheel Horses, all are manual 1 1/8" axle 8 pinion tractors. The 10 pinion is the weakest WH rearend & its why they didnt make many. They actually took too much metal out upgrading the 8 pinion up to 10 pinions to help strengthen it but it only weakens them as cracks in the side plates developed on the 10 pinions. They quickly went back to 8 pinions again. So if you have any 10 pins apart again look very closely at the side plates before reassembling. "Supposedly" for reg mowing the 10 pins last yrs but once you start pushing dirt/heavy snow/tilling/pulling loads your trouble will begin, unlike the 8 pin that can do it all for several decades without issues. Too much of a good thing you know? Needless to say the most reliable one is the 8 pin 1 1/8 axle trans, its their stoutest trans. The 1 1/8 trans with 4 pinions are the same as the 8 pinion 1 1/8 trans. Just add 4 more pinions to greatly strengthen the 4 pinion trans. The extra pinion holes are already there so no need to drill into its plates, you simply drop the pinions right in! People are actually better off having the 1" axle setup with only 4 pinions vs the larger 1 1/8 axle unit with the 10 pinions for tilling/pushing/pulling heavy stuff since the 4 Pinion 1" axle rearend is the stronger between these two and held up quite well for decades. I never had any trans/engine issues either one from my Wheel Horses. My first horse is a 1976, its still going strong after mowing nearly 3 acres here over 40yrs. It pushed a lot of snow in winter, dirt in summer, tills up my garden twice a yr too. I just never had a major yet. Maintenance only, my biggest cost was two front tires, the rears are still the original tractor lug style and are hard as hell so thats my next repair for sure. Past due by a little for sure...lol! Hope this helps someone. Peace

Thanks for the videos always informative, keep up the good work.

Thanks man I've had a collection of wheel horses for some time I've always wondered how guys lock them .

Nice walk through. Very easy to understand

loved it!! now imma do mine!!!

it looks like you could do that 10 pinion the same as doc sprocket did a no weld locker on a 2300, i think that's the right one, he used cut pieces of steel and fit them between the pinion gears so they were locked, great video, my brother has a WH b80 with the 4 sp uni-drive, he needs to replace seals and outer axle bearings on it, this helped me get a good look at it before taking it apart

I know this an older video but for tge unidrive 8sp is there a preferred method to sealing up the fill hole in order to run it in mud mine for some reason fits real loose and just falls right out anyways

Good video

Where can I get axle bearings for my 8 speed? it is a C160 thanks.

I wish my 522xi was made with a locking differential.

I've got a 1979 (I believe) Wheel Horse model C-81 lawn tractor, with the 8 speed transmission (with high & low range). The transmission shifts gears ok, but the high-low gear range lever is stuck in the "high" range. I was wondering what I could do (without disassembling the transmission) that might get the lever to move into the "low" range. I'm not sure what's causing the high-low range lever to stick. Rust, maybe?

You made it look so simple. They look extremely heave duty on the inside. Do you still have a 27" tsls? They'd look good on that transaxle. Got any tractors that has a peerless 2300 in it. One question you may be able to answer. I got my 820 out of a murray gt Widebody. What is the one axle longer than the other? It messes with the offset of the rims and tires. Didn't notice it on the murray but it looks like crap on the Jacobsen.

Hey I see a kdka sticker on your garage door you from around Pittsburgh? My need help with wheel horse transdrive

They dont lock so the mower turns instead of pushing the front wheels straight, especially on wet grass. Cant lean a mower to turn it like you do 3-4 wheelers. This tears up the yard much worse locked up so if you plan on mowing just understand that it will. Btw- The reason that trans was so full of water very common. Its because the boot was bad so any rain/washing one that water runs right down the gear lever & inside its trans. One I bought was absolutely full inside like yours. I just flushed it with kerosene twice, then filled it with fluid. The owner almost loved it to death, he washed it off after each use.. lol Looked/ran like a new tractor but I sold it to a cousin dirt cheap. We thought it wouldnt last very long at all but its still going today, been over 20yrs.

well shiiiiiiiit :-)

What year did they start making the carriers out of aluminum? I have a c160 8 speed