snowcrash
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- Tractor
- nh tl90a, ford 5000, mf 231, ford 2000 & 4000 and some others
My problem is it sounds like the pto has a bearing that is going bad and wondering if it is that and what would it take to fix it without putting it in the shop.
I'm going to say that I'm probably at blame for my problem but I don't know. I was having to drill some holes for some posts on hill that was nothing but hard rock/pit gravel and my 12" auger is dulled down. Either way, the tractor was backed up the hill with the nose going downhill. It took a while to get the holes drilled though because I would try the big bit and go as far as it would go with some help of a pipe and myself and friend sitting on it while my sister ran the tractor. Anyways, I'd switch to a smaller bit and get the hole drilled and then switch bits to try and get it go down easier.
Well, needless to say, the pto started to make almost like a grinding noise and then it finally clicked that the oil was going downhill and running the pto as long as we did on those 2 holes we were trying to might have caused a bearing or something to go bad??
It never came to my mind before doing it or while doing it that that could happen if possible but wanted to get your ideas on my problem. I know when we bought the tractor 4 years ago or so, the guy said that some tractors came from the factory and when running the pto, you might here a grinding noise in there and it would have to be brought in for an adjustment.
I don't know if maybe whatever he was talking about has happened or there is a bearing going out, but it sounds like it is near the shaft where the noise could be coming from?
What do you guys thing, could it be a bearing or is something out of adjustment. I just hope it's not an expensive fix?? If is a bearing, how would I go about fixing it, is it something I can do myself? There are just not much info out there so I'm hoping somebody on here might could shed some light on my problem.
Thanks for your help,
Charlie
I'm going to say that I'm probably at blame for my problem but I don't know. I was having to drill some holes for some posts on hill that was nothing but hard rock/pit gravel and my 12" auger is dulled down. Either way, the tractor was backed up the hill with the nose going downhill. It took a while to get the holes drilled though because I would try the big bit and go as far as it would go with some help of a pipe and myself and friend sitting on it while my sister ran the tractor. Anyways, I'd switch to a smaller bit and get the hole drilled and then switch bits to try and get it go down easier.
Well, needless to say, the pto started to make almost like a grinding noise and then it finally clicked that the oil was going downhill and running the pto as long as we did on those 2 holes we were trying to might have caused a bearing or something to go bad??
It never came to my mind before doing it or while doing it that that could happen if possible but wanted to get your ideas on my problem. I know when we bought the tractor 4 years ago or so, the guy said that some tractors came from the factory and when running the pto, you might here a grinding noise in there and it would have to be brought in for an adjustment.
I don't know if maybe whatever he was talking about has happened or there is a bearing going out, but it sounds like it is near the shaft where the noise could be coming from?
What do you guys thing, could it be a bearing or is something out of adjustment. I just hope it's not an expensive fix?? If is a bearing, how would I go about fixing it, is it something I can do myself? There are just not much info out there so I'm hoping somebody on here might could shed some light on my problem.
Thanks for your help,
Charlie