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[Eaglebait Ranch]

I need to replace the flexible "thingy" that runs from the PTO shaft to the 3pt cement mixer. I don't know what it is called. As soon as one of you guys tells me, then I can start looking at what it will cost to replace.

Is it possible to just replace the male/female shafts, as that is what got broke when the hydrolic cylinder from the cement mixer to the tractor came off, causing the shafts to tweek enough so they won't go back together.

Of course............ It is a borrowed cement mixer and it is the first time I have borrowed ANY equipment from him, and I break something! Ya, I feel like you know what.

 

[George2615]

You should be able to take both halves of the PTO shaft to your nearest Tractor Supply / Northern Tool or Farm store and get a replacement. They just need to have the length and what is on each end. I don't know if you can buy just one half of the shaft. Here's a link to TSC showing the different size shafts.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp...Display&ip_categoryId=&ip_mode=&ip_perPage=20

 

[Jeeper]

pto shaft Jeeper

 

[6sunset6]

It is possible to replace just the shafts but it requires dismantling the bearing u joints at both ends and then reassembling. It is a little tricky if you have never done it before. And it requires knowing the exact size of the yoke on the end of the shaft. and it is pretty easy to damage the bearings.
Tractor supply or other farm supply complete PTO shaft asm. You need to know the tractor end shaft size and spline count . More than likely 1 3/8 -6 but not garanteed. Then the mixer end ,probably round 1" or 1 1/4 " diaim something like that. The shortest one they have will probably be too long. Around $170 I think
So you will have to cut the shafts. Probably the eaiest way is to match the one you have.
Check these guys they have a lot of it http://www.agrisupply.com

I just looked myself Maybe $100

 

[Eaglebait Ranch]

Hey, Thanks for the help.

After making a few calls tomorrow to find someone who carries "PTO shafts" I am going to unbolt the end which is connected to the mixer, run it into town, and get it replaced.

 

[kebo]

The end of the PTO shaft that attaches to the tractor usually has a sliding latch that locks it in place. You just push on one end of the latch, and either push or pull the end of the PTO shaft to remove/install. When putting the PTO shaft on, make SURE you hear and feel the latch snap in place so you'll know it's locked in. Don't want that shaft to come loose after you engage the PTO!!

 

[studor]

Just a thought -- if this shaft is triangular and has just come apart, try it different ways -- the triangle is not the same on all sides and only fits together one way ( I have a shaft like that on my rotary mower)

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Hey, Thanks for the help.

After making a few calls tomorrow to find someone who carries "PTO shafts" I am going to unbolt the end which is connected to the mixer, run it into town, and get it replaced.

Hey are those like "Easter sheep" in your Avitar picture?

 

[Eaglebait Ranch]

Good guess!

That actually came from an Easter Card someone gave me many years ago. Susan and I raise a few "colored" wool sheep. We have had as many as 40 various colored wool sheep. Our "15 Minutes of Fame" is that we used to own Raymond Burr's (Ironside and Perry Mason) silver wool ram. But, like Raymond Burr, he died!

 

[RadarTech]

Hey are those like "Easter sheep" in your Avitar picture?

I thought that was normal how else do we get pink and purple wool!!!!



J

 

[Eaglebait Ranch]

Just a thought -- if this shaft is triangular and has just come apart, try it different ways -- the triangle is not the same on all sides and only fits together one way ( I have a shaft like that on my rotary mower)

No, the male and female parts were kind of shaped like a football (). Now, the male part is shaped like a football, and the female part is more oval - and the male part won't fit into........... Is this going to be sensored?

 

[6sunset6]

I just thought about the shapes as well. They only go together one way.
Thats because the yokes on the ends have to line up the same way. So if you have to take the new one apart to cut it down you have a 50 -50 chance of putting back together the first time if you are not paying attention. just rotate one of the shafts. My shafts on my mixer are rectangular and close in size. I never get it right the first time. They come apart all the time if the 3 point is up and I dump. Or maybe it is down and I dump, what ever. But is is strange that it deformed like that, I would have though it would have just pulled apart.

 

[Eaglebait Ranch]

Bob,

Thanks for what you said. After a good night's sleep, and readin' what you wrote this morning, I am going back out there and dink around with the shaft and see if I can put it together. I was pretty frustrated with myself yesterday and may not of had the patience to examine the whole situation. I am sure I am not the only person who has been frustrated at feeling I have just "broke" a nice "toy" that belongs to someone else.

 

[rdbrumfield]

Just a thought -- if this shaft is triangular and has just come apart, try it different ways -- the triangle is not the same on all sides and only fits together one way ( I have a shaft like that on my rotary mower)

The shafts are built that way so the Ujoints are in time. You wouldn't think it would matter, but if you notice the ends of shafts, the bearing caps are always lined up. When sliding a shaft back together just take a look at the ends and match. It will be obvious if you are 180 out, the triangle will be opposite each other.

 

[studor]

Hey Eagle -- been there -- felt stupid -- the more you describe it the more I think it to be the issue. When I first got the rotary mower and the shaft pulled apart I spent about five minutes trying to put it together before discovering the problem. Looks the same but ain't. --- course you could always switch from coffee to something more relaxing

 

[Eaglebait Ranch]

Hey Eagle -- been there -- felt stupid --- course you could always switch from coffee to something more relaxing

It has been a rather "ruff" week for me, when it comes important things breaking. The other day I was roasting a second batch of green coffee beans. I saw what looked like too much smoke coming from the roaster. Sure nuf'! The tumbler, holding and turning the green beans in the roaster, jammed. The beans overheated, the roaster overheated, and the machine produced it's own . . . . . . meltdown!

The coffee roaster is still under warrantee, so I mailed that off to be replaced, and I ordered a new PTO shaft ($101.00). The shaft will be here next week, about the time the rainstorm arriving here leaves. So, at least next week I will get back to my cement project. In the mean time. . . . .

Thanks again guys for your help!

 

[GoldenEye]

Also another possibility, depending on how much overlap the two sections have, you can always cut off the deformed end(s) of the shaft, to get back to a good section.