I have a Mitsubishi MTE 2000D. Everything was fine until today while mowing a field I hit a 50 pound rock that wasn't there last year. Someone put it there to mark something I guess. I was swinging a 60" brush hog and broke the rock into three pieces. I stopped and picked up the pieces and started mowing again. Then 20 feet later there was a breaking metallic sound and the mower stopped rotating. Looking down I saw oil coming out from the bottom of the pto shaft where it exits the transmission. The output shaft is all floppy. I managed to get the mower off and the tractor back in the barn. I am wondering if anyone knows what my next step should be and what may have broken. I am guessing I will have to go into the transmission. There are 4 large bolts on the plate that is around the shaft where it exits the transmission. Could it maybe be as simple as removing the plate would allow access for repair? Any and all suggestions are welcome. I am a fair mechanic, enough to know to not just start ripping and tearing into it without knowing where I am going with it. Help?
broken pto, need advice
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Creamer
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I do not know Mitsubishis but I certainly would not hesitate to pull the four bolts and see what I could see You would know a lot more than what you do now and the tractor is down anyway.
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This is a different tractor, but it might give you an idea ....
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my tractor has a spring pin / clip pin you just remove and the PTO comes out. It's used to flip the pto to 1000 or 540...don't know if your tractor has that but it's pretty simple
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It appears that the PTO shaft may have broken, you won't know until you take a look. You didn't say whether the mower had a slip clutch or shear pin, either should have given way before the shaft. Keep us posted.
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Mitsubishi MTE 2000D PTO - Google Photos
I think I will need to open the lid on the transmission to get at the pto shaft. I also cannot find a way to remove the over running clutch, no shear pin or bolt, or really any sign of a way to remove it. This one came with the tractor, my last Mitzu I installe a or clutch and as I recall it had a drift pin that held it on and acted as a shear pin. Nothing like that on this one. Is it maybe factory installed?
Shane
I think I will need to open the lid on the transmission to get at the pto shaft. I also cannot find a way to remove the over running clutch, no shear pin or bolt, or really any sign of a way to remove it. This one came with the tractor, my last Mitzu I installe a or clutch and as I recall it had a drift pin that held it on and acted as a shear pin. Nothing like that on this one. Is it maybe factory installed?
Shane
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Is there a pin under those grease zerks?