New Holland Safety Recall

[DieselMonk]

I've got the same recall notice for my 04 TC55DA today. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[13n0BrdngIrn]

Not all of the tractors in the serial range will require the update. Once the problem was recognized, some of the PTO stop plates were changed at the distribution facility.

NH dealers will have a complete list of all tractors that require the new PTO stop plate.

 

[have_blue]

My dealer has a rough serial number list, and already knew which customers would get the notice. He still needs all customers to call in just in case a tractor was sold.

He's going to wait until most of the owners have called in before he orders the the repair kits. I hope he gets it done before mowing season. I think I'll let him pick mine up after he has had plenty of practice on other people's tractors. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[techinNY]

To answer a few questions, some dealers did not know about it because NH notified the customers before the dealers. If you cannot turn your pto shaft to align splines you will not need the campaign done. This pertains to newer units that have a different pto stop plate. The older unit's stop plate has a notch between two ears that hold the ear on the disk in the pto clutch pack stationary so when you disengage the pto the disk in the clutch pack cannot build up any speed before it stops. The down side is that you can't rotate the shaft to align the splines. The newer units have one of the ears removed so you can rotate the pto shaft to align the splines. The down side is that when you disengage the pto, the ear on the disk in the clutch pack may be away from the stop plate, and if you disengage at pto speed or have a high enersia implement, the disk comes around and "slaps" the stop plate. Do this enough times and the ear on the disk will beat it's way through the stop plate and the pto may not stop turning even if it is disengaged. NH has made the stop plate thicker and put a bend in it so it engages more of the ear on the disk in the clutch pack. I would not take a chance, I would have them do it. Hope this helps.

 

[PineRidge]

I guess that's one less thing we need to worry about. We have always needed to rotate the spine on our RFM to make the attachment to the TC-40D, once the PTO is disengaged it is locked down. I learned early on that it's very simple to remove the belt guard on the RFM and simply tug on the belt to help align the PTO spline.

Then I pop the belt guard back in place.

 

[ptfarmermd]

Poleclimber.

Thanks for the heads-up. I just purchased my TC35A in mid-November 2004. I checked with the dealer the other day and my tractor is not in the recall. I guess because it was made in early to mid November and NH had already corrected this problem.
By the way, I looked at the recall notice you scanned a few weeks ago, then looked at it about a week later and discovered that you bought your tractor from the same place I bought mine, Antietam Tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I live about 2 - 3 miles from Antietam, so I am just a little closer than you. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I hope you get yours fixed soon, if it has not been fixed already.