Cannot engage Mid Pto on J Deere 790 without grind

[yellowsocks93]

Don't worry about a little gear grinding even if you are pushing the clutch down the full travel. I will sometimes get a small amount of gear grinding on the 990 and 970.

 

[ram78380]

I have the same problem but when I disconnect Rotary Cutter pto works great, john Deere 790 with Mid PTO and mower deck is very hard to engage without some bad grinding of gears. Low RPM high RPM does not matter. Almost impossible to engage. Rear PTO goes in fine. What am I doing wrong.

 

[beenthere]

Sounds like you are not engaging the mid PTO before engaging the rear PTO.

The rear PTO, I believe, engages through a clutch (admit the 790 may be different). The Mid PTO is just a mechanical connect with the rear PTO.

At least that is the situation with my 4300. i.e. cannot have the rear PTO engaged and then try to engage the mid PTO. Make sense?

Or does this not fit with what you are having problems with? ?