Transmission whine and crawl

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All the specs are in my profile. Mower was running fine then transmission started whining and slowed to a crawl. It will only drive if I give it very light throttle. If I push the drive lever full forward or back it stops and makes a loud whining/grinding noise. Is my tranny shot? I am so over this POS SABRE
 
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That whine/growl is typical of a hydrostat that has scored the pump/motor/center section. You are basically toast. May not be cost effective to repair or replace the transmission
 
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Make sure you are not low on fluid, mine did something similar when it lost fluid due to a leak.
 
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wfrpalm said:
Make sure you are not low on fluid, mine did something similar when it lost fluid due to a leak.
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It's a 'filled for life'
sealed unit. There's no way of checking that. Not that I know at least.
 
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You can buy a rebuilding kit for it.
Cheap and very easy to do.
Comes with instructions.
 
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Look up the transaxle model number on eBay.
 
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Carscw said:
Look up the transaxle model number on eBay.
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Would that be the model number of the particular Sabre mower itself, or is there a separate model number stamped on the actual transaxle?
From my initial search on ebay I am only coming up with price tags of $300-$500 for a complete unit. Not finding any rebuild kits. Can you provide a link to one such example of a Sabre rebuild kit?
 
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The tranny will have it's own model number tag on the housing. Most likely either hydrogear or tufftorq
 
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