BX2350 - PTO lever "sticking"

[c-and-a]

For the first time today, I moved my PTO lever from mid+rear to just mid...

I was blowing leaves instead of bagging...

Once I was done, I had a heck of time getting the lever back to mid+rear to finish the job with a quick mow/bag...

Any thoughts on the difficulty or tricks to help, when she won't move properly?

Thx

 

[Barryh]

For the first time today, I moved my PTO lever from mid+rear to just mid...

I was blowing leaves instead of bagging...

Once I was done, I had a heck of time getting the lever back to mid+rear to finish the job with a quick mow/bag...

Any thoughts on the difficulty or tricks to help, when she won't move properly?

Thx

I had the same problem with my high Neutral low. After shifting into low it didn't want to come back out into Neutral with out a fight. I just used some spray grease and it's good as new, shifts with two fingers now. Just a thought.
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[Volfandt]

When my BX23 was new it seemed like every lever was tight. Once I had to shut the engine down and manually spin the pto shaft inorder to get the pto selector back to the mid position. The 4wd lever was tight too.

After I gave all the linkages a good squirt down with WD40 they worked alittle easier and after about 100 hrs they got alot easier, as they are today. Check them blown out and lubbed every now and then and it should get better.