PTO Safety COver

[Larry_Sheehan]

The plastic cover on my PTO drive shaft has cracked.
The steel is fine, I'm just having trouble finding a reasonably proced replacement cover.

Any hiints?

 

[Soundguy]

TSC and the JD dealer have some plastic sheats for certain models..

Soundguy

 

[Billy_S]

On my rotary mower, the PTO shaft cover broke the first time I used it. Or, at least half of it did. I guess I am not smart enough to figure out how to take the other half off to replace it. The KK manual says nothing about it.

 

[Soundguy]

There are a few different types of shafts out there... Some have plastic screw heads that 'cam' when you turn them so that the outter shaft unlocks from the shroud. Some you line up the white tabs with open slots, and then push the shroud back.. etc. In many cases there are a few vauge directions.. or arrows molded into the shaft showing you what you need to do... ( the eurocardan ones are speeeecial... )

Soundguy

 

[AndyMA]

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The steel is fine, I'm just having trouble finding a reasonably proced replacement cover.

Any hiints? )</font>

Isn't that what high quality duct tape is for?

Andy

 

[ToadHill]

In WW2 they used condoms to keep the rain out of gun barrels. It's a thought.

 

[AndyMA]

Just wait until you see the price of a replacement cover. If they are only cracked, I wasn't kidding about duct tape. I also have to say that I grew up before all PTO's were covered and I still run some uncovered.

Andy

 

[Larry_Sheehan]

I called KK and they have a replacement for 75.00
Duct tape is looking better all the time.

 

[Billy_S]

Mein Gott, $75 for a cover? I guess mine will just stay uncovered.

Maybe, in my rookieness, I am missing the point of a PTO shaft cover anyway. Sure, it looks mean, spinning, uncovered, but it is a long way away from where I am sitting on the tractor.

 

[firemanpat2910]

one good reason to have the cover is to keep vines and such from wrapping around the spinning shaft. Not only are they a pain to get off but last weekend I had a vine snag on the shaft that had a 2 foot long whipping "tail". was actualy hitting the fenders on my tractor. This was on my OLD JD cutter that we use for the rough stuff. On the Brown 72" with the sheild we hardly ever get anything wrapped around it. A chunk of bailing wire caught whipped around a few hundred times and then flung at you would probably hurt. I think Ill make a sheild for old green. 2 peices of pvc slipped inside each other might work,I have to check the scrap pile and see what I can come up with.