Was doing what I thought was gonna be the last cut of the season. As I started to cut i heard some funny noises with the mower deck spinning. Popped open the lower panel and I could see the belt jumping a little bit. Not slipping but like binding up for a fast sec and the idler arm jumping. Looked a bit more and then the pto/drive shaft just shut right off.
PTO will make a noise for a sec if I try to re engage it and once started to spin the shaft for a rotation or two but then stopped.
Didn't have time to look at it more today, but will this week.
Any thoughts on where to start? My first thought was the gearbox..... But open to other suggestions? The mower drives and moves fine. Not sure of the pto side of the transmission could be the problem also. Was gonna disconnect the pto shaft and see if the trans pto would spin without the shaft, and that might narrow it down to the gear box.
PTO will make a noise for a sec if I try to re engage it and once started to spin the shaft for a rotation or two but then stopped.
Didn't have time to look at it more today, but will this week.
Any thoughts on where to start? My first thought was the gearbox..... But open to other suggestions? The mower drives and moves fine. Not sure of the pto side of the transmission could be the problem also. Was gonna disconnect the pto shaft and see if the trans pto would spin without the shaft, and that might narrow it down to the gear box.