Working with PTO shaft safety covers....

[9_Mile]

Any thoughts or tricks on connecting PTO drives to the rear PTO output with the plastic safety cover in place?? The end shroud doesn't seem to slide back, and probably shouldn't. However my hands barely fit in there when aligning the splines between U-joint and output shaft. I'm average sized. Holding back the lock collar/button while working around the end shroud while getting the whole thing to line up and go on have led to great cursing and gnashing of teeth!

Thoughts?

 

[DavidJ]

On my tractor the PTO cover tilts upward. That makes it a bit easier to get it started but still can be a pain.

Keep your spline and shaft greased well and all you need to do is press the button long enough to get it started on the shaft then slip it on till it snaps in place.

 

[PineRidge]

9 Mile don't fret the PTO plastic sheilds normally break very quickly. Once it does you won't have a problem hooking up to the spine. I have 5 or 6 PTO shafts and only the spreader shield is still intact. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[HayDR]

That is not the purpose to break the shields. The plastic PTO shields must slide freely or be replaced. We sell replacement shields complete for $30 and that is a small price to pay for safety. Dealers want customers to operate the equipment safely so the customers will be around a long time.

 

[em14]

I agree with the use of sheilds but I think that it is time to built a better one that allows maintenance to be done easly. It seems to me the plastic used could be conected so as to allow a strong but easy to to disconnect so that greasing is easy ... hook up is easy ... it is not very easy to break these things apart when the need arrives therefore some folks will just get rid of the shield. I don't want to work around PTO shafts that have no cover but it sure happens!
Leo

 

[Soundguy]

I've found that the plastic cover deforms enough to to get the pto spline started on the shaft. If your tractor has a shroud, see if it folds up.. my NH does.

Soundguy

 

[davebar]

I have five PTO shafts and 3 different retention mechanisms: a twist collar on the land pride is the hardest to work with, the pull back collar on the PHD is the easiest for the push is also a pain. I find that I can get the shaft started on and then push the button in and slide the shaft home. keeping the shaft and the push button and retention balls well lube make it a whole lot easier too.

dave

 

[herbenus]

Somewhere there was a post that discussed this a little and it seems that the shroud is supposed to somehow slide back out of the way (not sure which model). I've never figured mine out. I'm able to mount pto onto output shaft without too much teeth gnashing. My problem is the other end. Shear pin replacement. I had to cut some slits in shield to make it more flexible to roll back out of the way. I can get pin in but getting wrenches on is still a pita.

 

[Soundguy]

My shroud onmy KK does unlock and slide down/up at either end.. but I swear.. it is easier to leave them in place and just work around them... the don't unlock easy..

Soundguy

 

[BubbaJr]

I have a Kubota B2910 and when I first hooked my KK tiller up to my tractor it took me about 15 minutes of straining, cussing, prying, cussing, pulling, and cussing before I got it attached. The next time I put it on I got the bright idea of hooking up the left lower 3PH arm, then pushing the right side of the tiller away from the tractor enough to get my big b**t in there. Then I had enough room to easily hook up the PTO shaft without bending over and straining myself. As others have said, it helps to move your PTO sheild out of the way too. After hooking up the PTO shaft, I hooked up the other pin, and then the top link. I then reverse the procedure to remove the tiller. It makes the whole process pretty painless. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I should also mention that I have my tiller on a home-made dolly so it is easy to move around, and reposition.