I'm taking the transmission out of my 8N. The front split is done. The book states to "remove the PTO shaft". Looking in the hole where the PTO lever is, I can see the PTO shaft going into the transmission. My question is, why do I need to take the PTO shaft out before pulling the transmission? It just has a spline on the end that will slip out of the transmission, so why do I need to take it out? There's a reason for my hesitation to take it out. The tractor has a backhoe on it and the hyd pump for it runs off the PTO. So there is brackets, etc. that I would have to take off which would really be a pain. So, please tell me what I'm missing that I have to pull it!
Thanks!
Norm
Thanks!
Norm