Posthole Digger Post Hole Digger Question..........

[gltrap54]

Relic PD with a frozen PTO shaft......... Can this be heated with a torch to loosen the grease or am I doing more harm than good? :confused3:

 

[Peter 315]

Yes you can heat it .Then try and pull it apart ,and clean it up. I doubt there is any grease in it

 

[gltrap54]

Yes you can heat it .Then try and pull it apart ,and clean it up. I doubt there is any grease in it

Thanks Peter 315! I'll give it a shot!

 

[Fallon]

Worse case scenario a new shaft is under $200 or so at TSC. Penetrating oil, some heavy pulling while chained to a tree & maybe some heat might work. Cant hurt to try. Dont hitch it to the PTO on your tractor to try & pull it apart. Liable to break expensive things that way. Chain it to the hitch.

My old PHD ran fine for a long time after I bent & mostly unbent the PTO shaft... Twice. I was slightly off on reengineering the PHD to fit on my QH. Worked great as long as you extended the hydraulic toplink before lowering the 3pt.

 

[bdog]

Heat and penetrating oil are your friend. Penetrating oil has never done much for me when in a hurry but if no rush I have seen the stuff work wonders when you spray something daily for a week and then try taking it apart.

 

[spitter]

Let it soak in a bucket of evaporust that stuff works great.:drink:

 

[bigtiller]

Soak it in diesel fuel for a few days. A piece of rain gutter, cut to fit makes a good soaking container.

 

[Jw5875]

Get it hot enough for some candle wax to seep in.

JW5875

 

[bspeedy]

My 'heat wrench' almost never fails. I've never tried the candle wax thing, but I bet that does work...

 

[gltrap54]

Thanks fellas! lots of good ideas.......... replacing it might be the way to go..... Thus far I've invested $75, so I can afford to spend some money on it....