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How do you stop/repair a pto shaft leak?
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Bruce (VA)
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" How do you stop/repair a pto shaft leak? "
You replace the seal & gasket.
Drain the fluid. (see tips 3 & 4) Don't try to short cut it by jacking up the rear end. If you have a defective front transmission seal, you will fill the bell housing w/ hydraulic fluid. Then you will be replacing the clutch. Remove the 4 bolts & pull the shaft out. The seal is held in place by two C spring clips. Take your needle nose pliers & remove the one in the front. Then, hang the shaft & bearing housing in your vice & tap the butt end of the shaft; the bearing cap will come off (and the shaft will land on your foot). Then, remove the other spring clip from the other side of the bearing. At this point, remember that you never bought a seal driver & go get a BF socket & drive the seal out. If you have the new style seal, the white side goes out. (open side to the oil) Put some grease on it.
Be careful of mission creep.
W/ the PTO shaft out, you are in a good position to drop & clean the pump out.
Post back for info on doing that if you're interested.
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You replace the seal & gasket.
Drain the fluid. (see tips 3 & 4) Don't try to short cut it by jacking up the rear end. If you have a defective front transmission seal, you will fill the bell housing w/ hydraulic fluid. Then you will be replacing the clutch. Remove the 4 bolts & pull the shaft out. The seal is held in place by two C spring clips. Take your needle nose pliers & remove the one in the front. Then, hang the shaft & bearing housing in your vice & tap the butt end of the shaft; the bearing cap will come off (and the shaft will land on your foot). Then, remove the other spring clip from the other side of the bearing. At this point, remember that you never bought a seal driver & go get a BF socket & drive the seal out. If you have the new style seal, the white side goes out. (open side to the oil) Put some grease on it.
Be careful of mission creep.
W/ the PTO shaft out, you are in a good position to drop & clean the pump out.
Post back for info on doing that if you're interested.
75 Tips
You don't say what tractor you have. If you have a 1 1/8" PTO shaft and you're going to pull the shaft to replace the seal, this might be a good time to just replace the whole shaft with a 1 3/8" shaft.
They are not really that expensive and come complete. All you will have to do is slide the new shaft in and replace the four bolts. You can get the whole new shaft for about $90.00.
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