David Brown 1210 PTO lever tension

Nigeljoiner · Sep 21, 2021

Hi Y'all, I've got this david brown 1210 with a pto lever that requires a decent about of force to engage it. My aging father who would still like to get on the machine sometimes just doesn't have the strength to hold the lever back and pull the handle to release the clip to engage it.

The manual wasn't much use to find adjustment details. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the PTO lever? Can it be too tight? Too loose? IS there a rule of thumb or procedure that could be passed on?

Thanks so much

showcrop · Sep 22, 2021

(quoted from post at 18:58:40 09/21/21) Hi Y'all, I've got this david brown 1210 with a pto lever that requires a decent about of force to engage it. My aging father who would still like to get on the machine sometimes just doesn't have the strength to hold the lever back and pull the handle to release the clip to engage it.

The manual wasn't much use to find adjustment details. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the PTO lever? Can it be too tight? Too loose? IS there a rule of thumb or procedure that could be passed on?

Thanks so much

I Had a Case DB 1490. I can't understand your wording. My 1490 had a hand operated clutch on the left of the seat and the engagement lever on the right. which one is difficult to move?

Nigeljoiner · Sep 22, 2021

Thanks fort the reply. The 1210 has both the gear selector and hand clutch on the left as separate levers. The hand clutch is
difficult to engage. https://www.link_disallowed/pto-clutch-hand-lever-assembly-918893.html . You need to pull up on the handle to
release the locking latch at the bottom of the lever which then allows the lever to move forward into the engaged position. However,
there is a lot of forward force on the lever when back and disengaged. In order to pull up on the handle, you need to first pull back
on the lever creating a small gap which takes the pressure off the locking latch and then pull up on the handle.

These two actions, pulling back on the lever and then pulling up on the handle is hard to do for my father, to me it's just a tight
spring to stretch.

https://imgur.com/a/zTNbHRf

The only adjustment I see in the shop manual is at the end of the shaft where you adjust for free play once the lever is forward and
engaged.

David Brown 1210 PTO lever tension

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