Was cutting coastal today and at the end of the row, I disengaged the pto. When I reengaged the pto (at idle), I thought I heard a noise coming from the swather, but was not sure. Started to move forward and I was not cutting the grass. Upon investigation, the rollers work fine, and the turtles will turn initially, but when you enter the grass they will quit. Opened up the gear box and everything seems fine in there...no shavings, broken gears etc. So, the problem is between the main gearbox and the cutterhead (all the turtles turn fine together). First off, does anyone know what I am dealing with here... a solid shaft, splined shaft or some sort of hardened rubber/plastic gears. Second, how do I take it apart...do I take the bolts out of the bottom of the gear box and drop the cutter bar down, or do I start taking it apart at the bottom... Was cutting at a buddies place, and about 5 minutes before this I hit a piece of 2" schedule 80 pvc pipe...did not think anything of it at the time...but now I am wondering if that didn't cause my problem. Sorry for the long post... Thanks in advance,
Tim
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