Hello all, first time poster here so hopefully this is the correct forum. I'm operating a 6105E and the shuttle shift has always had an issue with it where I've had to use the clutch to shift in-between gears, or to shift from neutral to forward, or from neutral to reverse. Brought it to Deere and they informed us it was a fairly common issue of a low quality snap ring that fails inside the transmission and they would have to break the tractor apart and charge us two arms and a leg to get it fixed. Decided the fix wasn't worth the cost so have just been using the clutch to shift for the last 18 months or so, no problem. Well last week while cutting hay at 540 rpms, I usually just push the "turtle" button on my shifter to hit low range to make my turns in B2, and it started making a loud kind of whining noise all of a sudden. It was probably about 2 hours into cutting and now, every time I shift into low range it makes the whining noise. High range is just fine and quiet, as usual, but every single gear from A1 to D3 makes that whining noise in low range now. I'm scared to use it at all and low rain and haven't been. If anybody may have an idea of what this could be possibly a direction to point me in, it would be very much appreciated. I need my low range and I'm not going to run it until I know for sure it won't be doing any damage. Im no master mechanic but I'm definitely mechanically inclined and i do the work on all of our tractors around the farm here so I'm hoping I can help save my boss a few tens of thousands of dollars on this one. He's a good old guy just trying to make a decent living and could definitely use a break on the price gouging that happens with these green tractors. Im sure everyone understands that one. Thanks, J.R.
