The PTO shaft is 2 pieces. The piece that connects to the tractor, slide it off. Take it in the garage and lube it up(grin). You should be able to push in the pin w/minimal effort.
That's thar's funny right there... don't care who ya are...
Well, I finally put the tractor away and decided to try again tomorrow, since it was getting dark. In what order do you all go through to put an attachment on? I hooked on the lower lift arms and then the upper arm first. When I tried to hook the PTO part on, it wasn't lined up so it will fit together again. How do you rotate the shaft so it's lined up and will attach to the PTO again? I'm so new at this you wouldn't believe. Manuals aren't a lot of help for a newbie either. I guess they assume if you bought something like this you should know the basics
Yes it was the first time doing it by myself since I got it. I just watched when it was delivered. Here's what I did and learned: I hooked up the 3 pt hitch first. I have a quick hitch so it is a matter of matching up the hooks to the pins with the lift arms and then lenthening or shortening the top link to get the top hook lined up right. While I was doing this the pto shaft was just resting on a furniture dolly so it wouldn't get dirty. I had sprayed and lubed the connector and button on the pto shaft to a fairtheewell, and the pto on the tractor. I had not pulled the shaft apart and lubed that section (mistake). I went to line up the pto shaft and push button to get it to slide on and found left hand could not hold up shaft, push hard sliding the shaft to longer position while the right did the button thing with the lynch pin. So I made a sling for the pto shaft and hung it from the top link at about the right height and length. I had some twister things handy but baling twine would work. To get the splines to line up I grabbed the tractor pto shaft and it would turn. If you have the shaft close to it, you can feel when the teeth mesh. Then the hard part is holding that gd button down at the same time you push just far enough to get it started on the tractor pto. Then you can use both hands on the shaft cover to shove the shaft forward until you hear it click and the button pops out because its pin has dropped into the groove on the tractor pto. You can see from the above the importance of lubricating the shaft too.
Glad I could provide some levity, but I was serious.That's thar's funny right there... don't care who ya are...
Most implements get left out in the dirt, mud, rain and sun. Spoiled ones like mine get a covered shelter but that's pretty rare. So they get all kinds of garbage in those release pins and it causes them to require a bit more than 'minimal effort'.
Thanks D2 that's a good point. My rig doesn't have a lot of play in it due to QH and pretty tight check apparatus (doesn't have chains), but any slight shift in angle would make it harder. Doesn't sound like Sharryn has qh so could be a problem.
