foggy1111
Elite Member
On my 5' KK Rotary Kutter's PTO shaft......the roll pin, which connects the shaft with the u-joint, worked its way out of place (about 1/2 way out) and severed the PTO plastic safety shield. I had been nursing the other end of the safety "tube and bell joint" together as well....so it looks like I need to replace the entire unit (the plastic "weld" didn't hold up here). I understand from reading previous posts that there are about three brands for these shields. The brand I have is La Magdelena.
Is there a "standard" for these shields in order that they will interchange with one another?....or do I have to purchase the same brand to fit the iron I have? If they do interchange......is one brand better or worse than the others? I assume (errrr....hope) that TSC will have the replacement safety shields when I get there tomorrow.
I removed the old roll pin and installed a new one and then "staked" the casting with a center punch to hopefully prevent the pin from working loose again. Any advice here? (If that roll pin had come all the way out.....I can see where it could cause allot of damage).
Also of concern is that the bolts that hold the gear box to the cutter are all loose too. The safety shield drew my attention to the loose gear box after a pretty good workout in the brush. It appears that in order to tighten the bolts I will need to remove the stump jumper.....and I just read a post here on how to do that. I cant understand that KK didn't use lock washers on the gear box....they do on other joints.
Thanks for any comments.
Is there a "standard" for these shields in order that they will interchange with one another?....or do I have to purchase the same brand to fit the iron I have? If they do interchange......is one brand better or worse than the others? I assume (errrr....hope) that TSC will have the replacement safety shields when I get there tomorrow.
I removed the old roll pin and installed a new one and then "staked" the casting with a center punch to hopefully prevent the pin from working loose again. Any advice here? (If that roll pin had come all the way out.....I can see where it could cause allot of damage).
Also of concern is that the bolts that hold the gear box to the cutter are all loose too. The safety shield drew my attention to the loose gear box after a pretty good workout in the brush. It appears that in order to tighten the bolts I will need to remove the stump jumper.....and I just read a post here on how to do that. I cant understand that KK didn't use lock washers on the gear box....they do on other joints.
Thanks for any comments.