Turn PTO by hand

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bacononeactual

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Michigan
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JD 770; LS G3038H
On my gear tractor I can turn my PTO shaft by hand (with engine off ) to line up spline with implement shaft. Can't do that on my g3038h, even with tractor in neutral. Is this typical on hydro tractors?
 
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I suspect the difference is that your LS PTO is electrically actuated where your gear tractor has clutch actuated PTO.

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My gear LS does the same thing.

Eugene
 
   / Turn PTO by hand #4  
It's what is called indexing, or getting a greasy hand. A very handy thing to be able to do. Some PTOs even have a brake in which case I suspect you would not be able to turn it.
 
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I suspect the difference is that your LS PTO is electrically actuated where your gear tractor has clutch actuated PTO.

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Correct, it is electrically actuated. I guess the answer is that there is no way to make the PTO shaft turn in this case. It's just a pain to have to turn the implement drive on some implements to match.
 
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Correct, it is electrically actuated. I guess the answer is that there is no way to make the PTO shaft turn in this case. It's just a pain to have to turn the implement drive on some implements to match.

A pain to be sure. My mower is so old there is enough slack in the gears and shaft that I could "probably" make it work- no on second thought it is so old it uses a shear pin at the PTO instead of the new kind with the spring lock. The back hoe, yes you can turn it by hand. The tiller- no way as it is new and there is no play at all. What does the owner's manual say?
 
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Correct, it is electrically actuated. I guess the answer is that there is no way to make the PTO shaft turn in this case. It's just a pain to have to turn the implement drive on some implements to match.

A pain to be sure. My mower is so old there is enough slack in the gears and shaft that I could "probably" make it work- no on second thought it is so old it uses a shear pin at the PTO instead of the new kind with the spring lock. The back hoe, yes you can turn it by hand. The tiller- no way as it is new and there is no play at all. What does the owner's manual say?
 

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