PTO Shaft

[Zoombah]

The PTO shaft on my MF35 has a groove in it and light scoring where the seal rides. I'm in the market for a new shaft because I'm doubtful that a new oil seal will stop the steady drip of fluid. I've found that there are two PTO shafts available. One tends to be priced around $60 while the other tends to be priced around $90. I'm told the price difference is because of different suppliers. Does anyone have any idea who the suppliers might be and why one shaft is priced 50% higher than the other? I found both shafts at one aftermarket parts company - SSB Tractor. Most other parts companies have only one shaft available - Yesterday's Tractors and a few other others have the $60 shaft, Valu-Bilt has the $90 shaft.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

The PTO shaft on my MF35 has a groove in it and light scoring where the seal rides. I'm in the market for a new shaft because I'm doubtful that a new oil seal will stop the steady drip of fluid. I've found that there are two PTO shafts available. One tends to be priced around $60 while the other tends to be priced around $90. I'm told the price difference is because of different suppliers. Does anyone have any idea who the suppliers might be and why one shaft is priced 50% higher than the other? I found both shafts at one aftermarket parts company - SSB Tractor. Most other parts companies have only one shaft available - Yesterday's Tractors and a few other others have the $60 shaft, Valu-Bilt has the $90 shaft.

I'd email the vendor that carries BOTH and ask why you should buy the more expensive one. If they can't offer a good reason why, buy cheaper one.....

 

[Zoombah]

Good idea. I called them before posting here. The young lady I spoke with knew what she could read off her company's computer screen which unfortunately was not quite what I needed.

 

[JerryG]

http://www2.chicago-rawhide.com/PDF/2005%20speedi-sleeve%20selection%20&%20install.pdf
Another option. You can get what is call a speedi sleeve. It is a very thin metal sleeve that goes over the shaft where the seal rides to cover the grooves. They are very common. Here are two pdf files of the speedi sleeve.
http://www2.chicago-rawhide.com/PDF/2005%20speedi-sleeve%20installation.pdf

 

[BTDT]

Are both shafts the same diameter? Seems like some had a little weeny pto shaft that you would have to buy an adaptor for regular sized pto driven equipment, and the others were standard pto size. I think the smaller ones were pre-live pto days.