No PTO and only drives with the diff lock engaged

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Thank you for your time. I helping a friend who has a MF 3545, 2WD. It will only drive with the Diff Lock engaged, and the PTO doesn't work. I'm guessing the PTO clutch is gone and he doesn't need it anyway. will it hurt anything to operate (mostly disking, flat ground) with the diff lock on all the time?
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marchtransport said:
Thank you for your time. I helping a friend who has a MF 3545, 2WD. It will only drive with the Diff Lock engaged, and the PTO doesn't work. I'm guessing the PTO clutch is gone and he doesn't need it anyway. will it hurt anything to operate (mostly disking, flat ground) with the diff lock on all the time?
Thanks again for reading
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Sounds like a broken axle to me. When you engage the differential lock, you now have the non broken axle pulling the tractor forward.
 
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marchtransport said:
Thank you for your time. I helping a friend who has a MF 3545, 2WD. It will only drive with the Diff Lock engaged, and the PTO doesn't work. I'm guessing the PTO clutch is gone and he doesn't need it anyway. will it hurt anything to operate (mostly disking, flat ground) with the diff lock on all the time?
Thanks again for reading
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Why would the pto clutch affect it not driving on one side? I'm thinking with the info given, I'd be looking for a broken axle or stripped spline on one side.

And NO I wouldn't run it until I found out if broken parts or metal is floating around inside!

SR
 
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Sawyer Rob said:
Why would the pto clutch affect it not driving on one side? I'm thinking with the info given, I'd be looking for a broken axle or stripped spline on one side.

And NO I wouldn't run it until I found out if broken parts or metal is floating around inside!

SR
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I am thinking the PTO not working is yet another problem.. I still think the axle is broken or like you said splines stripped, which amounts to "broken"
 
   / No PTO and only drives with the diff lock engaged
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#5  
Thank you guys- I appreciate your responses.
 
   / No PTO and only drives with the diff lock engaged #6  
marchtransport said:
Thank you for your time. I helping a friend who has a MF 3545, 2WD. It will only drive with the Diff Lock engaged, and the PTO doesn't work. I'm guessing the PTO clutch is gone and he doesn't need it anyway. will it hurt anything to operate (mostly disking, flat ground) with the diff lock on all the time?
Thanks again for reading
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You are kidding right ??? Please tell use you were kidding.

TractorData.com Massey Ferguson 3545 tractor information
 
   / No PTO and only drives with the diff lock engaged
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#8  
No not kidding- Thanks for the responses
 
   / No PTO and only drives with the diff lock engaged #9  
marchtransport said:
Thank you for your time. I helping a friend who has a MF 3545, 2WD. It will only drive with the Diff Lock engaged, and the PTO doesn't work. I'm guessing the PTO clutch is gone and he doesn't need it anyway. will it hurt anything to operate (mostly disking, flat ground) with the diff lock on all the time?
Thanks again for reading
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Any 2WD tractor with the differential locked does not turn corners without slipping the rear wheels.

I would not recommend driving in diff lock with one this big. :thumbdown:

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Thank you- took the advice and parked it and put it up for sale. Someone might want it to repair, or for parts
Thank you again
 
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