Ford 909 brush hog

Hey fellas I have ford 909 brush hog that has a worn out pto shaft and i'm in need of a replacement (Ears on the yolks chipped/broke) and from what i can tell all the new mowers have a larger reviving shaft size then this old classic i have. My question is, are the shafts differnt and if so what size do i need?
Thanks, Nate

By the time you buy yokes and universal joints and then still have to weld or assemble you can buy a whole new drive shaft from Agri- supply or some other similar place for it as cheap.

PTO drive line components are pretty generic. Remove the old yoke and see what kind of shaft you have, splined or smooth. There are different sizes with different HP ratings. You can do some internet research and probably find what you need, but be warned that there doesn't seem to be any standard sizing nomenclature and it gets a little confusing. Many tractor dealerships and places like Tractor Supply have a display of PTO shafts and yokes, but they seldom have a full range of choices. I recently replaced the clutches and yokes on my old batwing shredder and ended up ordering the clutches from ebay at half the price of what I would have paid at the local farm store.

You beat me to it! I was going to say Agri-supply had a wide variety of driveshafts with all different kinds of ends.

Before you get too far on this...

I've been working on my 909 this year, so a couple things to consider for you...

Mine has the slip clutch. I had to replace that, and if you need to as well, start looking now. Mine is a 60" unit, and as a result, the spline on the slip clutch is 1.125". The 72" machines use a more readily available clutch. Tisco made the small ones, but I don't know if they're between runs, or they're discontinued, but they're damn hard to find. I'm 100 miles from my parts breakout, so can't say if the shear pin machines have a different gear box spline.

I'd have preferred to replace the whole PTO on mine since it hasn't been used in 20+ years. In addition, I really need it longer as it's going on a different tractor, but with it being a bit unique, that isn't an easy option. I just got a PTO extender to throw on the tractor to solve that issue.

In the grand scheme, I probably should have just sold/scrapped the 909, and picked up a newer, more serviceable, used machine for the amount of money, and time I've already put in the one I have. Plus, it still needs more sheet metal repair, but that's on hold until I have the chance to spin it up, and see if anything else has issues... I also don't have a stump jumper on mine, and yet again, unique setup, so I can't just throw one on... I know it's hard to think about replacing something that works, or it seems like it just needs a little work to get it going, but I wish I had really sat down and found all the issues with my 909 before I started fixing one thing at a time, and getting more invested in it.

Is that a 3pt or pull type?

They came in both flavors, and then the pull units came with either 2 or 3 joint PTO's.

Mine is a 3 point. Can't speak to the OP.

3 pt