Hello,
New to the forum, thanks everyone for your interest and consideration. I’ll try to be as concise as possible. My PTO gave up last week, no grinding, just no action. With the tractor shut down I manipulated the rear PTO in both high and low, can definitely feel it fetch turning in one direction, wiggle some in the other direction, then frees up. When in high range, mid still meshes with rear, but neither recieve power. I’m quite certain I’ve got to go deep, so I’ve taken off the fenders, floor, linkages, levers, ROPS. I assume I have to split the tractor. Seems as though the shift fork is working, as I can change between mid + rear PTO (high range) and rear only (low). I have the workshop manual (PDF) and from what I can tell, It appears the manual is showing steps to remove things like the the steering wheel, gauge panel, fuel lines etc, illustrated on pages 213 to roughly 222 (titled separating the clutch housing) I’m curious to know if all of these steps are necessary to split the tractor, or if I can somehow disconnect the prop shaft and split the machine in front of the HST. The manual seems to be a bit heavy on throwing parts left and right (battery, fuel tank) not that I’m too lazy to do it, just want to make sure I’m reading the manual right and want to ensure these steps are necessary for this repair. Thank you all for our attention, I welcome any advise or experience you can share.
New to the forum, thanks everyone for your interest and consideration. I’ll try to be as concise as possible. My PTO gave up last week, no grinding, just no action. With the tractor shut down I manipulated the rear PTO in both high and low, can definitely feel it fetch turning in one direction, wiggle some in the other direction, then frees up. When in high range, mid still meshes with rear, but neither recieve power. I’m quite certain I’ve got to go deep, so I’ve taken off the fenders, floor, linkages, levers, ROPS. I assume I have to split the tractor. Seems as though the shift fork is working, as I can change between mid + rear PTO (high range) and rear only (low). I have the workshop manual (PDF) and from what I can tell, It appears the manual is showing steps to remove things like the the steering wheel, gauge panel, fuel lines etc, illustrated on pages 213 to roughly 222 (titled separating the clutch housing) I’m curious to know if all of these steps are necessary to split the tractor, or if I can somehow disconnect the prop shaft and split the machine in front of the HST. The manual seems to be a bit heavy on throwing parts left and right (battery, fuel tank) not that I’m too lazy to do it, just want to make sure I’m reading the manual right and want to ensure these steps are necessary for this repair. Thank you all for our attention, I welcome any advise or experience you can share.
