TractorGuy
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- Joined
- Sep 15, 2013
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- N. FL
- Tractor
- John Deere 4310 CUT, Ford New Holland 575E Industrial Backhoe, John Deere F725 Front Mount Mower
I have just been through the worst battle trying to connect a PTO shaft ever. Part of the problem is my little JD855 locks the output PTO shaft when the the PTO is turned off. That shaft cannot be turned by hand under any circumstances. Connecting my finish mower is usually somewhere between a cinch to very limited frustration getting the shaft connected. Hooking up the mower with the quick hitch is a breeze. I am usually hooking up the finish mower and everything is still where it got turned off at the last use. The other day I used my brush mower and when I tried to reconnect the finish mower it wasn't having it.
I took a hint from the dime in the glove tip I saw in another thread but I decided to weld a flat washer to the button on my yoke instead. This made the button MUCH easier to push and may have weakened the spring a little.
It still would not hint at engaging the splines so I used a saw chain sharpening stone on my dremel and went over all the male spline edges and beveled them slightly. I had previously cleaned, filed and felt everything and didn't see any burrs or anything but after cleaning it all up with the stone the shaft slid on like it was supposed to.
I took a hint from the dime in the glove tip I saw in another thread but I decided to weld a flat washer to the button on my yoke instead. This made the button MUCH easier to push and may have weakened the spring a little.
It still would not hint at engaging the splines so I used a saw chain sharpening stone on my dremel and went over all the male spline edges and beveled them slightly. I had previously cleaned, filed and felt everything and didn't see any burrs or anything but after cleaning it all up with the stone the shaft slid on like it was supposed to.