Found the problem!!!!! I turned each gear in the PTO housing by hand starting from the top input shaft and woring my way down. I removed each gear, checked the bearings and went to the next. The cluster gear had a little different feel to it and had a little suprise waiting for me at the other...
Well, I started tearing the tractor down once again.
When I took the The PTO housing off I decided to turn the pto over by hand and see if I could locate where the noise was coming from. The rattle seems to be coming from the top gear (the one that the shaft from the clutch goes into). I can...
My massey 1135 just ate it's second PTO clutch this year.
I'm going back in and looking at her insides once again to see if I can figure out what is causing this.
This clutch lasted all of 3 weeks. Same deal, clutch plates look fine and teeth are all gone.
I plan on going through the PTO...