[AT] 1340 Hesston swather PTO shaft

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Wed Jul 10 22:56:19 PDT 2013


On 7/10/2013 6:44 PM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
> Nope
> Nothing in writing except the invoice for a used Hesston 1340 mower
> conditioner.   Been dealing with the salesman, was also told by delivery
> man that he went to pick it up and the former owner told him there was
> nothing wrong with it.  I think if all that were true, then maybe the
> difference in tractors caused a difference force on the driveline and
> just opening it up half speed caused the bending.  That video strobe
> effect really looks bad.  It must have warped like that when running,
> but  I could not see it that bad looking at it.  I will now video
> rotating PTO shafts to see the effect!!!
>
>
Man, that is a bad bend in the pto shaft. If the salesman didn't know 
about it, he should have. And I would expect at least half warranty on 
the price of a  new shaft.

Ralph in Sask.




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