lastcowboy32
Well-known Member
So...
We have a two star Sitrex tedder. It has a slip clutch built into the PTO shaft. It's one of those "captive spring loaded bullets in a cylindrical cage" thingies.
I greased it at the beginning of the season. And...it's been way, way too easy to activate; making it so that we're tedding in the lowest gear the tractor has. Some hay, we can't even tedd at all.
This came to a head with some clover second cut...which was soooo beautiful and thick. But way too thick for the tedder. We got it done... but we lost some of it, due to the delay.
Has anybody taken one of these slip clutches apart?
Should I have used something like corn head grease on it, for that thickness factor? Should I not have greased it at all? Should I have put... like... one squirt of grease in it?
Any suggestions?
I was thinking of taking it apart tonight.
We have a two star Sitrex tedder. It has a slip clutch built into the PTO shaft. It's one of those "captive spring loaded bullets in a cylindrical cage" thingies.
I greased it at the beginning of the season. And...it's been way, way too easy to activate; making it so that we're tedding in the lowest gear the tractor has. Some hay, we can't even tedd at all.
This came to a head with some clover second cut...which was soooo beautiful and thick. But way too thick for the tedder. We got it done... but we lost some of it, due to the delay.
Has anybody taken one of these slip clutches apart?
Should I have used something like corn head grease on it, for that thickness factor? Should I not have greased it at all? Should I have put... like... one squirt of grease in it?
Any suggestions?
I was thinking of taking it apart tonight.