Ck30 engaging pto grind noise

[atcNick]

What configuration are you guys in when you engage your pto for brush hogging. I get a grinding gear noise and have to push the lever through it. Does it at low and high rpm. Guy I bought the tractor from says that's normal. Your thoughts?

 

[N2DFire]

I don't get any grinding on our CK35 - sometimes it might feel a little "stiff" or a quick bump when engaging.

Especially for Brush Hogging where it's trying to spin up all that mass, I engage at idle and very gently let out on the clutch till things get moving, then throttle up.

Not trying to be a smart @$$ but (I'm assuming you have the gear model and not the hydrostatic) you do know it's a 2 stage clutch and depressing part way only disengages the transmission. To fully disengage the PTO you have to depress the clutch ALL the way thru it's range of travel. I bring this up because it was new to me coming from the old 8N Ford where depressing the clutch disengaged both transmission & PTO together. From my "muscle memory" if I wasn't moving then the PTO wasn't turning either so I had a little learning curve.

Hopefully it's this (or maybe the clutch linkage has slipped / out of adjustment and you're not getting the second stage like you think you are) and not something more serious.

 

[Lockport]

Mine will grind if I don't push in the clutch. Maybe your clutch is going.

 

[jabelding]

Will grind if you don't push the clutch pedal all the way to the floor. It also could be out of adjustment have you checked the free play movement?

 

[atcNick]

I started it up this morning, looks like I may not have had the clutch all the way in. I'll check again in a week when I take it out to henland