Hello everyone, I'm a newbie to the forum and this is my first post.
I've been reading and appreciate the helpful members here. Wish I had more experience with
PTO shafts but I do not. I'm thankful for finding this forum and for the knowledge of the members.
Recently I purchased a three point tiller that was the attachment for a 1986 Dayton/MTD lawn tractor. It's in real nice shape and I want to use it with my Yanmar YM1610.
I've made some modifications to the three point hitch and it will now line up correctly. The tiller came with a
PTO shaft but the female yoke that connected to the lawn tractor was an odd spline size. I purchased a six spline quick disconnect and took the shaft to a machine shop. They
cut off the odd end, welded on the new yoke which now works fine. I read the advice here about measuring for the correct shaft length and right now the shaft is back at the shop to be
cut shorter. A question came to my mind after reading some threads here on the topic of an overrunning clutch.
Should I use an overrunning clutch to run the rotary tiller?
I have a 38" bushhog and mow grass without any problems.
Any advice will be much appreciated
Retired chief corpsman
USN