PTO shafts.....need to be educated

[papachaz]

ok I've owned 4 or 5 tractors through the years. Every implement I've ever bought that needed a PTO shaft came with one.

today, I was tilling my garden spot getting ready to do something for the winter crop, and apparently my new LS tractor requires a longer PTO shaft than the old Ford that I've used this tiller with the last 4 years. It only overlapped about 3 inches, and it split out the end of the outer tube. This ones welded on, no pins to knock out and replace. by the time I buy some new tube and get it welded in, I'm not sure I'll have too much less than just buying a new shaft.

so, how do I tell what this one is, style I think is italian or european? and are there different sizes?

 

[xmikew]

If you know the manufacturer of the tiller you can call and ask what series you should be running. Or maybe it’s in the manual. If that’s not possible take a look at this: https://www.paulbparts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/determining-your-pto-series.pdf

 

[papachaz]

If you know the manufacturer of the tiller you can call and ask what series you should be running. Or maybe it’s in the manual. If that’s not possible take a look at this: https://www.paulbparts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/determining-your-pto-series.pdf

ok thanks! I'll check that site. It's an agric tiller, I bought it used and don't have a manual, but should be easy enough to find online. I guess I should have thought of that, and I'm just more brain dead this afternoon than normal :laughing:

 

[xmikew]

Also you might be surprised how hard it is to find certain drivelines at a decent price. I cut my tiller shaft too short (before coffee) and it had a shear bolt protection on the u joint where it will just spin if you hit a root and shear the bolt. I could not for the life of me find a good priced replacement. I usually use agrisupply for pto shafts but they didn’t carry it. Ended up buying new shaft and taking to machine shop to have them do the work which was much cheaper than the full replacement with the proper i joints etc. you might have better luck.

- Mike

 

[ruffdog]

Agri-supply sells replacement tubes you weld on. There have been other threads on the subject too.
replacement pto tube - Google Search

 

[3gunr]

CHeck out i beleive it was georgia equipment. Igot anew shaft with slip clutch for my 5 ft tiller for 140 bucks.

 

[WranglerX]

This may help....

Picture of broke shaft sort of looks like German "Lemon" style...

Power Take Off Replacements | Domestic and Metric Series | Moog

or...

PTO tubing - Google Search


Dale

 

[ruffdog]

I'm thinking it is the tri-point.......

 

[papachaz]

yeah definitely the tri point. I did some research, there's a local place that specializes in drive shafts. I called him and he said bring it to him, he has several pieces of the different sizes and he can probably cut out the bad and weld in a new piece, and if that's not the best option, he can sleeve it. He does a lot of them and it's not an unusual thing at all, and is typically way cheaper than buying a new shaft

I do appreciate all the responses! I did try to do a search, but the search feature up there is a google search???? good grief, I already did a google search

 

[WranglerX]

yeah definitely the tri point. I did some research, there's a local place that specializes in drive shafts. I called him and he said bring it to him, he has several pieces of the different sizes and he can probably cut out the bad and weld in a new piece, and if that's not the best option, he can sleeve it. He does a lot of them and it's not an unusual thing at all, and is typically way cheaper than buying a new shaft

I do appreciate all the responses! I did try to do a search, but the search feature up there is a google search???? good grief, I already did a google search

GOOGLE "image" search.... I find it faster and easier to find stuff visually then trying text searches when I do not know correct "keywords" for text search ...

Dale