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Hi All,
Well over the weekend I tried out my bush hog for the first time. The grass was about 2 ft. tall and since we only go there on weekends, I was behind. I have a long story but really need some help so here goes.
When the dealer brought out my tractor (TC40D) with the bush hog (Rhino SE5) he showed me how to use it. When he first engaged the PTO, there was a "pop" but he said, "Oh, that's just the paint..." Made sense to me. This was two months ago. Friday I hooked up the brand new bush hog went out to mow and it wouldn't cut anything...
Well, it was the shear bolt that "popped" on delivery, and after much reading of the boards here and the owner's manual, I bought some grade 2 shear bolts and got everything working. I mowed for the first time yesterday, taking it easy, and really trying to finese engaging the PTO.
The PTO on the TC40D basically engages full force as it is hard to "feather" the engagement. This, I think, is why the dealer sheared the bolt the first day.
Anyway, after mowing for 1 hour, I was really getting the hang of it and decided to mow a bit of the pasture. Not 20 ft into the pasture there as a "bang." I immediately pulled up the cutter and dropped the throttle. I had hit about 4 ft of rolled up barbed wire. The shear bolt sheared and was laying on the cutter.
I grabbed my spare shear bolt, but, as you can see from the attached picture, when it sheared it pushed the yoke heavily back into the gear box. In fact, the cutter still cuts and I have tried to pry the yoke forward to no avail. From the picture, you can see the remains of the shear bolt and it is actually loose in the hole, but I can't for the life of me get the yoke to move forward so I can put in a new bolt.
Is there a special tool that I can use here. Would this be a warranty item? I've got but 1 hour on my new Rhino and I've already got this major problem.
Thanks for listening...
Well over the weekend I tried out my bush hog for the first time. The grass was about 2 ft. tall and since we only go there on weekends, I was behind. I have a long story but really need some help so here goes.
When the dealer brought out my tractor (TC40D) with the bush hog (Rhino SE5) he showed me how to use it. When he first engaged the PTO, there was a "pop" but he said, "Oh, that's just the paint..." Made sense to me. This was two months ago. Friday I hooked up the brand new bush hog went out to mow and it wouldn't cut anything...
Well, it was the shear bolt that "popped" on delivery, and after much reading of the boards here and the owner's manual, I bought some grade 2 shear bolts and got everything working. I mowed for the first time yesterday, taking it easy, and really trying to finese engaging the PTO.
The PTO on the TC40D basically engages full force as it is hard to "feather" the engagement. This, I think, is why the dealer sheared the bolt the first day.
Anyway, after mowing for 1 hour, I was really getting the hang of it and decided to mow a bit of the pasture. Not 20 ft into the pasture there as a "bang." I immediately pulled up the cutter and dropped the throttle. I had hit about 4 ft of rolled up barbed wire. The shear bolt sheared and was laying on the cutter.
I grabbed my spare shear bolt, but, as you can see from the attached picture, when it sheared it pushed the yoke heavily back into the gear box. In fact, the cutter still cuts and I have tried to pry the yoke forward to no avail. From the picture, you can see the remains of the shear bolt and it is actually loose in the hole, but I can't for the life of me get the yoke to move forward so I can put in a new bolt.
Is there a special tool that I can use here. Would this be a warranty item? I've got but 1 hour on my new Rhino and I've already got this major problem.
Thanks for listening...