TJP89
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My CK PTO turns with freely (I don't go near it with the engine on). As others have said, it must be the electronic engagement on the DK that brakes the rotation, unlike the mechanical PTO on the CKs. Isn't technology wonderful?
Kioti HST PTO true neutral position?
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Apsterbobed
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I don't have a pto auger so maybe I am completely off but could you install a slip clutch and do away with the sheer pin all together? If that is not an option would an overrunning clutch adapter give you the free play you need to realign the pin? I also don't have an overrunning clutch adapter so maybe they don't work like I think they do.
IslandTractor
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Slip clutches are wonderful so long as you maintain or use them regularly. If you use the implement infrequently the slip clutch cannot be relied upon unless you service it each time and that is a PITA which takes far more time than changing a sheer pin. A frozen slip clutch is useless/dangerous and the only way to know if it is frozen is to slip it which means detensioning the pressure plate which then requires retensioning before use. It's easy to spend half an hour fiddling with slip clutch maintenance. I hate sheer pins but I've grown to hate slip clutches too.
Apsterbobed
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I know that there is service time before you use the clutch but if you are breaking pins every few holes the time waisted messing with pins may be more than checking the clutch at the start of the fence job. Especially if you are fighting the auger to align the holes, but like I said my auger is hydraulic and I have no experience with the pto auger. Mine is for a high flow skidsteer so there is no worries about shearing pins...the thought of a rock is enough to stall my auger. I don't have nearly enough flow but I have enough that I can't out dig it with a shovel ! And the price was right (free to borrow whenever in exchange for its storage in my garage).
