[Farmall] PTO Wobble

[Mike Sloane]

It could be two things: 1. a bent shaft requiring replacement or 2. a 
bad bearing. You really need to take look at it in daylight and see if 
you can move the shaft around (with the engine not running!). If you can 
wiggle it, then you probably have a bad bearing. If you can't, then run 
the pto and see if the shaft is bent - it should be pretty obvious with 
the end moving around more than where it comes out of the final drive. 
Either way, it needs to be attended to.

Depending on what tractor you have, the repair could be very easy or 
very difficult.

Mike

kbecker wrote:
> I have been working hard on the tractor.. changing fluids and getting her
> running good. (more on that later)
> I think I may have missed something....Today while it was running I engaged
> the PTO.
> I noticed the PTO shaft was wobbling. It was getting dark and I didn't
> spend a lot of time 
> examining it my best guesstamate would be about 1/8th inch total or about
> 1/16th each direction.
> It sure looked like alot of wobble to me. 
> 
> Does this sound like a major problem or am I panicking over nothing?
>  
> 
> Thanks
> Kenneth
>