Bent PTO

Goose · Sep 4, 2019

Yesterday, I hit something with the shredder behind my D19. The shear bolt broke in the PTO shaft, the shaft came off of the gearbox on the shredder and flailed around.

Now the PTO shaft itself on the tractor has a slight wobble. Has anyone ever straightened one of those without removing or replacing it?

I have a couple of ideas I'm going to try, but I wondered if anyone else had run into that.

marloweg · Sep 5, 2019

have a to-20 with a bent shaft and it's been like that for years was going to fix when it broke well it's 20 years and still going strong don't kick a sleeping dog . don't know how a D-17 is put together might hurt something then it might not

r.w.b. · Sep 5, 2019

Look on your shredder shaft,should be a groove for a snap ring to prevent this from happening.many replace cross in joint n never put snap ring back on

Jeff NWOH · Sep 5, 2019

I replaced the pto shaft in a d19 I used to have. It came bent, real bent. I believe that shaft just pulls out(drain your oil first). If I were to try to straighten it, I would do it in a press. I would assume those are hardened to some extent. I think my old one is still laying in the steel pile.

jeffcat · Sep 5, 2019

My personal opinion..change it. They are hardened and all you will do is weaken it when you try to straighten it. Like trying to bend a drill bit. Ever try to straighten a bent crankshaft on a lawnmower? When you hit that big rock out in the lawn it is time for a new crank. You get micro cracks when you try to unbend hardened stuff. You are actually stretching the metal the other way now.

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