When attaching the PTO drive shaft to my Kubota the locking pin, which has an external spring, pops up as soon as the collar reaches the narrowing in the PTO neck. On the end that attaches to the chipper the spring is obviously inside the collar, i.e., it is not visible, but you can feel it when compressing and releasing locking pin. When I slide that collar over the chipper spindle the pin stays ~90% depressed, i.e., never fully pops up. The spindle is fully inserted into the collar and to get the collar to detach I've had to use a C-clamp to fully depress locking pin and a crow bar to wedge the collar off.
Is the locking pin supposed to fully pop up when the collar to the chipper spindle is attached? If it doesn't fully pop up could that mean the collar is on too far?
Is the locking pin supposed to fully pop up when the collar to the chipper spindle is attached? If it doesn't fully pop up could that mean the collar is on too far?