Stokes
Bronze Member
Hey Guys,
I recently bought an older B7100HST (early 1980s), and want to get it up to speed.
I've a few small issues I want to address now.
When I bought it, it had a Kubota 3-pt finish mower attached to it. The fellow that had it would mainly use the finish mower, but when he wasn't, he'd disconnect it at the drive line, and not actually take it off at the PTO spline. Well, of course, I want it to come off! I push in the button (tried every different depth, including as far as it'd go), but it just won't come off. Maybe I'm missing a trick here, and someone can point me in the right direction.
One of the things I thought would help was if I took off the PTO guard to access the back of the driveline. Six of the bolts come out easy enough, but the link bar pivot does not seem to want to slide out of the hitch. The is a bolt that comes up from the bottom and pins the bar in the middle, but I've removed that. I've banged on it with a hammer just a bit to see if I can break it free, but I don't want to damage it if I'm missing something else about it. The rod spins as free as the center 'flag' lets it, but the flag seems like it's welded (or maybe rusted) to the rod. Getting this rod out is necessary to get the PTO guard off the rest of the way.
Lastly, this machine was not equipped with a ROPs. I participated in the Kubota safety program that got me one of these on the cheap ($148+tax), but I don't want to install it today unless I can get this whole PTO spline/coupler figured out.
BTW, I got my ROPs through Kitsap Tractor. I know they have tons and tons of negative reviews online, but I had great luck with them. They didn't know about the program, but got up to speed pretty quick. Not only did they order it in for me, they didn't hammer me with some invented policy that they had to install it (and charger service hours), and they even scheduled getting it shipped up from Georgia to Washington by putting it on the truck with their regular deliveries, thus me getting it shipped in for free!!! The crate it came in was absolutely ridiculous, but it's a nice looking ROPs that will make the tractor safer and look better.
I recently bought an older B7100HST (early 1980s), and want to get it up to speed.
I've a few small issues I want to address now.
When I bought it, it had a Kubota 3-pt finish mower attached to it. The fellow that had it would mainly use the finish mower, but when he wasn't, he'd disconnect it at the drive line, and not actually take it off at the PTO spline. Well, of course, I want it to come off! I push in the button (tried every different depth, including as far as it'd go), but it just won't come off. Maybe I'm missing a trick here, and someone can point me in the right direction.
One of the things I thought would help was if I took off the PTO guard to access the back of the driveline. Six of the bolts come out easy enough, but the link bar pivot does not seem to want to slide out of the hitch. The is a bolt that comes up from the bottom and pins the bar in the middle, but I've removed that. I've banged on it with a hammer just a bit to see if I can break it free, but I don't want to damage it if I'm missing something else about it. The rod spins as free as the center 'flag' lets it, but the flag seems like it's welded (or maybe rusted) to the rod. Getting this rod out is necessary to get the PTO guard off the rest of the way.
Lastly, this machine was not equipped with a ROPs. I participated in the Kubota safety program that got me one of these on the cheap ($148+tax), but I don't want to install it today unless I can get this whole PTO spline/coupler figured out.
BTW, I got my ROPs through Kitsap Tractor. I know they have tons and tons of negative reviews online, but I had great luck with them. They didn't know about the program, but got up to speed pretty quick. Not only did they order it in for me, they didn't hammer me with some invented policy that they had to install it (and charger service hours), and they even scheduled getting it shipped up from Georgia to Washington by putting it on the truck with their regular deliveries, thus me getting it shipped in for free!!! The crate it came in was absolutely ridiculous, but it's a nice looking ROPs that will make the tractor safer and look better.
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