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Allen2
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- Joined
- Mar 16, 2005
- Messages
- 60
- Location
- Westmoreland County, SW PA
- Tractor
- 2005 Kubota BX23 w/MMM, 1986 Simplicity Sunstar w/MMM & Blade
Henro,
You are absolutely right! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif If the yoke on the gearbox is oriented with the ears vertically up and down, then the ears on the yoke on the shaft side hit the spline. If you rotate so that the yoke on the gearbox has the ears horizontally side to side, the ear on the yoke on the gearbox goes inside of the one on the shaft side, which does not have anything sticking out. It doesn't go a full 90-degress, but it does go far enough to get it out of the way. I attached a pic of this position for those of you like me who work better with a picture. Moral of the story is to spin the shaft until the yoke on the gearbox is horizontal, not vertical. Thanks for that insight. It never would have occurred to me. I am having too much fun with the mower deck off, I don't think it is going back on anytime soon.
Allen
You are absolutely right! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif If the yoke on the gearbox is oriented with the ears vertically up and down, then the ears on the yoke on the shaft side hit the spline. If you rotate so that the yoke on the gearbox has the ears horizontally side to side, the ear on the yoke on the gearbox goes inside of the one on the shaft side, which does not have anything sticking out. It doesn't go a full 90-degress, but it does go far enough to get it out of the way. I attached a pic of this position for those of you like me who work better with a picture. Moral of the story is to spin the shaft until the yoke on the gearbox is horizontal, not vertical. Thanks for that insight. It never would have occurred to me. I am having too much fun with the mower deck off, I don't think it is going back on anytime soon.
Allen
