Broke my PTO shaft

[ddb123]

Well, I've had better days. I borrowed my dad's tiller to till my garden, and it has a teensy tiny short little pto shaft. I hooked it up to my tractor and it would barely stay on. I lengthened the top link and it tucked it in a little. It worked for one row, then right when I got comfortable, the shaft came apart, spun around, stuck on my side link and stalled my tractor. I decided not to push it any farther (too late!) and took the tiller off. That's when I noticed oil coming from beneath my pto shaft on my tractor.

I engaged the pto and it spun, but it sounded like it was wobbling around, and sure enough, it was.

It's a little hard to see, but the shaft is bent and there is/was oil coming out.

So, how screwed am I? Would I have just been ahead to buy myself a freakin' tiller? Should I just give up and trade it in on that shiny new GL HST I've been drooling over?? Should I admit to my girlfriend that I'm not a real man and she should look elsewhere for support and protection???

:ashamed:

 

[gengine]

Man, what a pain. But don't worry, real men break things all the time. It's just natural. You can keep borrowing the tiller, just buy a longer pto shaft to use with your tractor. It's cheaper than a tiller by far. The pto shafts that I have had apart for new seals were pretty simple. Some one will chime in on your tractor soon, sorry I can't help you here, but I don't think you have to worry.

 

[rambler]

You're just a 'farmer' trying to save a buck. Happens.

Most of your troubles should come out with the shaft by unbolting the 4 bolts around the pto. Hope it didn't hurt any internal gears, and shouldn't be too bad on parts and labor.

--->Paul

 

[Deano]

I've broke stuff....it only happens to real men!

And, some women too!! (that is my official disclaimer!!)

 

[Freakingstang]

you are supposed to be proud of carnage!!!!

lol:thumbsup:

Anyways, good luck!

 

[ddb123]

Worst day ever? LOL

I was just on my way to work and starting to feel a little better about my pto incident. I haven't really looked at it again or found out any info on it, but I just figured hey, that's life, s*** happens. So I was on my way to work and all of a sudden my car dies! It started right up again but was sputtering and acting like it was out of gas, then died again. I did that about three more times and was able to get it a little farther each time until it was off the highway. My girlfriend came and brought me home. Now I'm afraid to get in my truck and go pick up my car!

This is actually getting kind of humorous! I'm not all that upset about it anymore, but I thought you guys might get a kick out of this.

 

[Dutch61]

You should go buy a lottery ticket and ask the guy behind you to share his winnings.

 

[Dgoatrider]

Ok I'll add my week for ya. Sat I was just finishing up clearing cedar trees and a small cedar took out my valve stem on a rear wheel I don't have the know how to fix it so tractor sits the rest of weekend till service truck comes Monday a fixes for $165. On Monday at 5am I try to go to work and my pickup won't start. Oh well wife's gets to drive me to work. On Tuesday I'm 650 miles from home having a good day and the turbo starts to scream and I have to get towed off I-70 to the shop cause they don't want to risk extra damage. Company got a $750.tow bill and I get a night in the motel turned out a $30 clamp broke at least I got back on the road by 6am. At least all my animals got there hay out before I played in the woods. Oh yea 23 of our goats started to kid on weds so when I get home sat I have plenty to do and no tractor time. Got 10 kids on the ground so far and 18 does to go. things break and theres never enough time so go with it.

 

[ddb123]

Ok I'll add my week for ya. Sat I was just finishing up clearing cedar trees and a small cedar took out my valve stem on a rear wheel I don't have the know how to fix it so tractor sits the rest of weekend till service truck comes Monday a fixes for $165. On Monday at 5am I try to go to work and my pickup won't start. Oh well wife's gets to drive me to work. On Tuesday I'm 650 miles from home having a good day and the turbo starts to scream and I have to get towed off I-70 to the shop cause they don't want to risk extra damage. Company got a $750.tow bill and I get a night in the motel turned out a $30 clamp broke at least I got back on the road by 6am. At least all my animals got there hay out before I played in the woods. Oh yea 23 of our goats started to kid on weds so when I get home sat I have plenty to do and no tractor time. Got 10 kids on the ground so far and 18 does to go. things break and theres never enough time so go with it.

Wow that really puts things in perspective. My truck took my car to the dealership, my guess is it's a fuel pump. Real good local tractor mechanic came to look at my tractor, he's going to start working on it soon. I don't really care how much it costs, I just feel a lot better knowing the stuff is going to get fixed and the process is started.

Okay, I DO care how much it costs! Lol

 

[ddb123]

Always make sure your PTO drive shaft is the right length. Unless you want to learn the $1200 hard way! (I chose the hard way)

The good news is I'm also getting my 400 hour service done included with that price, so when I get my tractor back in a week I'll be good to for a long time, provided I don't break anything else!