Firstly, I have just joined this forum, so hello!
I have bought a second hand Yanmar Ke-160, which is my first tractor (and first time I have driven one since a Ferguson TE20 as a young boy!).
It came with a FEL, rotavator, finish mower and transport box. I have a lot to learn and am reading through this great forum, but I do have an immediate question.
The manual says it has no one-way clutch, and for high speed tools such as mowers, the PTO drive shaft should be fitted with a one-way clutch (I think this is referred to on the site as an overrun clutch or coupling). The previous owner did not use one of these. I understand it can cause difficulties stopping the tractor when the clutch is engaged, but the shaft only seems to rotate very briefly after doing this (and it does not continue to drive the tractor), and after testing I do not see any risk of it hurtling me through a fence. However, I would like to know if this practice could be doing any damage to the transmission? If it is, I guess the answer is to buy an overrun coupling and shorten the drive shaft?
Thank you.
I have bought a second hand Yanmar Ke-160, which is my first tractor (and first time I have driven one since a Ferguson TE20 as a young boy!).
It came with a FEL, rotavator, finish mower and transport box. I have a lot to learn and am reading through this great forum, but I do have an immediate question.
The manual says it has no one-way clutch, and for high speed tools such as mowers, the PTO drive shaft should be fitted with a one-way clutch (I think this is referred to on the site as an overrun clutch or coupling). The previous owner did not use one of these. I understand it can cause difficulties stopping the tractor when the clutch is engaged, but the shaft only seems to rotate very briefly after doing this (and it does not continue to drive the tractor), and after testing I do not see any risk of it hurtling me through a fence. However, I would like to know if this practice could be doing any damage to the transmission? If it is, I guess the answer is to buy an overrun coupling and shorten the drive shaft?
Thank you.