S854
Silver Member
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2017
- Messages
- 181
- Location
- Helena, MT
- Tractor
- ‘67 MF 135 Deluxe / ‘22 Kioti CK2610 HST/Bad Boy ZT Elite 54”
I put my Danuser F8 on my MF135 about a month ago… everything went as smooth as can be expected attaching a PHD during the attaching phase… Poked several holes in the ground with no issues…
Now I’m trying to get the thing off… unfortunately the PTO shaft is stuck on the PTO drive… the spring-loaded release collar moves forward easy enough…it feels normal… the spline on the PTO shaft moves about an eighth of an inch in relation to the splined drive (with the collar released)… so I don’t think the issue is with the splines themselves…
I’ve tried:
Seafoam DeepCreep in the release collar, also, sprayed in at both ends Of the splines…
A crowbar to pry the splines apart
Engaging the PTO (engine off) and tapping the U-joint back and forth rotation wise
come-along attached to the splines to pull it away from the tractor
Heated the splines (gently) with a torch
Extending and compressing the shaft (lifted the auger and moved it forward and aft)
Crowbar prying while rotating the shaft by hand and tapping the U-joint with a hammer
…and probably a few things I have forgotten…
it feels as though there’s a “mechanical” interference keeping it in place… like one of the ball bearings under the release collar isn’t retracting…
Anyone else experience this kind of thing? …and how was it solved?
Now I’m trying to get the thing off… unfortunately the PTO shaft is stuck on the PTO drive… the spring-loaded release collar moves forward easy enough…it feels normal… the spline on the PTO shaft moves about an eighth of an inch in relation to the splined drive (with the collar released)… so I don’t think the issue is with the splines themselves…
I’ve tried:
Seafoam DeepCreep in the release collar, also, sprayed in at both ends Of the splines…
A crowbar to pry the splines apart
Engaging the PTO (engine off) and tapping the U-joint back and forth rotation wise
come-along attached to the splines to pull it away from the tractor
Heated the splines (gently) with a torch
Extending and compressing the shaft (lifted the auger and moved it forward and aft)
Crowbar prying while rotating the shaft by hand and tapping the U-joint with a hammer
…and probably a few things I have forgotten…
it feels as though there’s a “mechanical” interference keeping it in place… like one of the ball bearings under the release collar isn’t retracting…
Anyone else experience this kind of thing? …and how was it solved?