Hoe to tell brush cutter shaft is bent

Mitigator33 · May 21, 2011

Today while cutting brush my float on my tractor got stuck and my shaft was against the top of my deck. It caused a small indention in the top of the deck where it rubbed while spinning and chewed the shaft cover into and exposed the shaft.

I disengaged it immediately but as it was powering down all this happened. After I checked it and did not see a noticeable bend on the shaft I re-engaged the PTO and there was no wobbling of the deck but the shaft looked wobbly. It could have been the cover that is now cut into but I did not want to risk it and just shut it down until I could gather info and test a few things out.

Can you guys give me pointers on knowing if there is shaft damage?

whistlepig · May 21, 2011

If it doesn't wobble it isn't bent.

jdtractor · May 21, 2011

hi its not bent if no wobble i have done that several times ,and ended up throw the shaft guard in the brush pile to be burnt when i set fire to it. they are a p.i.a. the shaft works fine on both of my mowers without the dam guards. keep on mowing! my .02cts