fastening pto shaft to tractor

khouse6 · Jun 4, 2018

a friend of mine has a small john deere tractor. i would call it a compact. he has a tiller attachment for it. the pto coupling is most difficult to fasten. a ring around the pto shaft has to be pulled towards the rear, while pushing the shaft onto the tractor pto. it does not want to do this. after quite a bit of huffing and puffing, finally can get it on. do you all have a slick trick for fastening the pto shaft to the tractor?

MARCORVET · Jun 4, 2018

Did you grease the PTO shaft? We always put a ring of grease around the shaft to make it easier to hook up.

riveroadrat · Jun 4, 2018

You dont have to pull the ring back until you get it lined up and started on. Once started then you pull the ring back and hold it with one thumb. I just got one of those myself.

khouse6 · Jun 4, 2018

yes, we did, and some w d 40 on top. takes 2 of us and some strong hands

should not be this difficult

the w d 40 helped. i use penetrant on nuts that are difficult to thread onto bolts

FBH44 · Jun 5, 2018

Just me, but I always use PB Blaster. MUCH better than WD.

Dan in Ohio · Jun 5, 2018

Yes, PB blaster. Think they make a silicone spray I use on my truck lock out hubs that works well without the smell. I also back up as close as needed then hook the PTO up
first to get more room. Still not my favorite job hooking up the tiller, the bush hog gives more room and longer PTO shaft.

khouse6 · Jun 5, 2018

(quoted from post at 10:59:49 06/05/18) Just me, but I always use PB Blaster. MUCH better than WD.

i prefer kroil. however, i was at friends house and that is what he had. lol

for some reason lube helps , in situations such as this. i have had trouble threading nuts onto bolts, sprayed a bit of penetrant on the threads and it went right on. ??? hmmm

wolfman · Jun 7, 2018

If you pull that ring back and turn it a tad to the left it will stay back to let you slide the PTO shaft on with both hands available, one to slightly turn the shaft and the other to slide it on.

khouse6 · Jun 7, 2018

(quoted from post at 03:04:24 06/08/18) If you pull that ring back and turn it a tad to the left it will stay back to let you slide the PTO shaft on with both hands available, one to slightly turn the shaft and the other to slide it on.

thanks

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