Need help in removing 60" mower - NEWBIE

[George the Beagle]

That piece is going to be on the tractor end of the shaft, not the deck gearbox, correct?

Correct. The collar slides pretty easily. Sliding the shaft back onto the pto spline is the toughest part of re-installation, however.

 

[Bigkrank]

I never take the deck off to remove the blades to sharpen. Lift the front up with a floor jack and take them off. I can do it in no time, sharpen them twice a year.

 

[TripleR]

I never take the deck off to remove the blades to sharpen. Lift the front up with a floor jack and take them off. I can do it in no time, sharpen them twice a year.

Same here, we keep a spare set ready to swap out. My wife does all of our mowing and she greases the deck every time she mows.

 

[radioman]

I think since its the newbie first time with any sort of pto collars.

I suggest that you first change your pto selector to rear only and not mid pto. This will allow you to rotate the mid pto freely and get a better look at your collar. Now I suggest that you grab the upper portion of pto shaft and slide it back onto the pto shaft and hold a little bit. this will release a little "locking tension" of the collar. next grab the collar with your free hand and pull it towards the deck. (with pto shaft now free to spin you can wiggle things around to make collar slide back) .


I bet once you get it off you will see how easy it really is. I suspect that the pto collar is dry of grease making it difficult for the locking ball bearing to move down to unlock it. Once its off - look inside the pto shaft and you will see a bearing there.

 

[Hellspawn]

I think since its the newbie first time with any sort of pto collars.

I suggest that you first change your pto selector to rear only and not mid pto. This will allow you to rotate the mid pto freely and get a better look at your collar. Now I suggest that you grab the upper portion of pto shaft and slide it back onto the pto shaft and hold a little bit. this will release a little "locking tension" of the collar. next grab the collar with your free hand and pull it towards the deck. (with pto shaft now free to spin you can wiggle things around to make collar slide back) .


I bet once you get it off you will see how easy it really is. I suspect that the pto collar is dry of grease making it difficult for the locking ball bearing to move down to unlock it. Once its off - look inside the pto shaft and you will see a bearing there.

If it doesn't rain today I plan on trying to get to this. Thanks for the tips!

 

[Stargazer]

Think of the shaft like a quick connect on air hose might have to spray with wd-40/sim and pull collar coming forward out of rear trans case. clean/oil collar b4 re install. ps lift deck with front end loader and put 4 3 wheel dollies under deck wheels (north tool hyd) make for easier re install on concrete/black

ymmv Pat R