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Once again, I appreciate all of the responses. The dealer is fully into "the implement PTO could be at fault" scenario, for obvious reasons - but all repairs thus far have been done under warranty. Couple of observations as to the implement PTO shaft: 1. PTO shaft is virtually new -...

Yeah, that's because the PTO shaft is working its way out of the case and the gear/bearing stack. Everything is supposed to be clamped together between the output bearing shoulder and the nut. Once the nut fell off, the only thing stopping that blessed event was the rear seal. The bearing...

Just one additional clarification - the oil leak was between the seal and the case - not between the seal and the PTO shaft. The seal was physically expelled from the housing - visible in the pic with the first post.

Appreciate the responses. For the record, Kubota has issues with breathers - simply bad design and poor location for such theoretically critical items - already resulted in a collapsed fuel tank. Bad engineering. Breather theory was, in fact, bogus. Nothing plugged. Once the tech grudgingly...

The PTO seal has blown out twice (within 1 hour of working with the replacement seal) on this M5112 tractor - which has less than 1000 hours since it was purchased. Dealer simply replaced the seal under warranty. The dealer now seems to think this may be caused by a plugged breather...