pto alignment

[gator]

Try this,
Take the shear pin (bolt) out of the PTO shaft at the spreader gearbox. Remove and collapse the PTO shaft and install on tractor. Extend shaft and slip back onto gear box shaft. Reach inside spreader and turn agitator or turn distributor disk to align shear pin hole, install pin and tighten, you're done in less than a minute.

 

[5030]

Here's the skinny on a PTO shaft:

If your PTO shaft is hydraulically controlled like the newer (2002) L-series Kubota's, you can't turn the shaft more than 1/4 turn. Same goes for large John Deere Ag tractors like the 4440. It's easier to muscle the pto shaft of the implement or jog the output shaft on the tractor to somewhat match up. then the 1/4 turn will allow you to mate the couplings. I use the jog method on our large Deere's. Most of the implements that we use like our 15' mower/conditioner would take Charles Atlas to turn the PTO shaft. On smaller stuff where you can turn the implement's PTO shaft more easily, it's quicker to muscle the shaft and apply the 1/4 turn for final alignment. Just a word of safety, I know of a few farmers that have gotten their coats, shirt sleeves, hair or fingers tied up in a PTO shaft. They ALL lost, the PTO shaft won. I'm careful, I still have all my fingers, for now. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Daryl
Forage Services, L.P.

 

[Trev]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> However, yesterday I struggled with it for 45 min., bent over in an awkward postion, engaging the pto, trying again, looking at it again, swearing, etc </font>

The solution I found was to install a PTO overrun clutch. While it is not nessasary on newer tractors, it prevents wear to the PTO breaks ( if your tractor has them ), and makes hooking the PTO up a snap.
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Ed, I have a confession to make. I actually bought an overrun clutch last fall after we all discussed it in some thread. Then I found my PTO shafts needed to be shortened, and then it got to be fall and time to think about snow plows more than PTO stuff.. and.. well.. I never did get around to learning how to shorten a PTO shaft! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I'll learn it this summer!

 

[Egon]

Trev:
Hacksaw or recipricating saw or cut off saw or hot saw and it's all done.

Egon

 

[tractorhal]

Trev. When you shorten shaft cut equal amounts off each shaft. i.e. if it needs to be 3'' shorter cut 1.5'' off each shaft.

 

[thcri]

Wally,

I have never had luck removing a PTO at the implement end. It just seems like they are rusted there or banged up and not to moveable. If a person holds the PTO shaft verticle you can move the implement by turning it clockwise once the shaft is in a verticle position.

murph

 

[memenzel]

On a JD 955, there is a pto brake and whether the engine is running or stopped, the brake is engaged. With the engine off, you can move the pto engagement lever half way between on and off. This will disengage the brake and not engage the clutch. Then you wil be able to turn the pto shaft freely. Please only try this with the engine shut off and key removed so the lever cannot accidentally engage and start the pto turning. When running a pto implement, when disengaging if you do this slowly, you can feel where the clutch disengages and before the brake engages, that is the spot you are looking for. There is no detent or locking position at that point. When I had my 955, and didn't want the implement to stop quickly, I would move to that position and let coast to a stop, then move the lever to the off position. Hope this helps
Thanks

Mike

 

[joecdeere]

With my spreader, I just give the slinger disc a little turn with one hand and it will turn the back feed the shaft until it will line up. Same thing with my bush-hog, with my tiller however, I join the bar through the universal method. And again guys, please never, never, never, be between your tractor and ANY implement with the tractor running, even when hooking up, be to the side.It's just not the place to be when Murphy's Law happens ! Besides, we'd miss ya here!

 

[normde2001]

"if it needs to be 3'' shorter cut 1.5'' off each shaft."

Are you sure about that? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

You need to cut 3" off each part - if your pto already was pretty much all scrunched up already.

--->Paul