MarkCoburn
Member
I replaced my 13-year-old PTO due to nosy bearings and thought I'd show how I convinced the old one to come out.
This tool, a hammer, an impact driver, and PB Blaster were my primary tools.
My plan was to remove the bolt, stick the tool above the PTO, and pry off of this point:
I first tried a breaker bar on the bolt, but I could not figure out how to keep the PTO from just spinning,so I used an impact drill after some PB Blaster and that worked great.
Once I loosened the bolt, I put the pry bar in place, but no matter how hard I tried, i could not get it to budge. However, I noticed the PTO move down about an 8th of an inch when I hammered that pry-bar into place.
I put the bolt back in and tightened it so the PTO would move back up that 1/8th inch. I repeated thais up-down 1/8th with PB Blaster applications until the 1/8th turned into a 1/4th and eventually it came out.
When I put the new one in, I had the best luck by leaving the key slid down so I could engage it before the shaft,
You don't have to look very hard to see that I need a new drive belt, but that is for a different thread.
Clicking the picture below will link you to a video comparing the sound of the old and new PTOs.
This tool, a hammer, an impact driver, and PB Blaster were my primary tools.
My plan was to remove the bolt, stick the tool above the PTO, and pry off of this point:
I first tried a breaker bar on the bolt, but I could not figure out how to keep the PTO from just spinning,so I used an impact drill after some PB Blaster and that worked great.
Once I loosened the bolt, I put the pry bar in place, but no matter how hard I tried, i could not get it to budge. However, I noticed the PTO move down about an 8th of an inch when I hammered that pry-bar into place.
I put the bolt back in and tightened it so the PTO would move back up that 1/8th inch. I repeated thais up-down 1/8th with PB Blaster applications until the 1/8th turned into a 1/4th and eventually it came out.
When I put the new one in, I had the best luck by leaving the key slid down so I could engage it before the shaft,
You don't have to look very hard to see that I need a new drive belt, but that is for a different thread.
Clicking the picture below will link you to a video comparing the sound of the old and new PTOs.