[AT] Possible damage

[Dick Day]

The PTO lever has lots of travel and as it gets closer to the end of
travel, I can see the PTO shaft start to turn.

I am careful when engaging the PTO, I always feather it in, not sure if
that helps prolong the life of the equipment or not.  I saw a mechanic once
engage the PTO by moving the lever all of the way from stop to fully
engaged in a split second.  My mower jumped a little.

Am I correct?    Is it best to slowly engage the PTO or doesn't it make any
difference?



On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:

> That has an electric PTO switch doesn't it, Dick? I doubt there was any
> damage, since you reacted so quickly, but I'd definitely have words with
> the dealer. This is why I do my own maintenance, not because I enjoy it,
> but I don't trust the bumble heads at the dealer to be as careful as I am.
>
> Mike M
>
>
> On 4/23/2017 5:03 PM, Dick Day wrote:
> > Greetings all.
> >
> > Last Fall I took my 2004 Boomer to our local NH dealer and had them do a
> > bumper-to-bumper and to also change the hydraulic fluid.  It has sat 99%
> of
> > the time since. I had my 3-pt snow blower mounted but it just sat in the
> > barn, we never got enough snow to even use it.
> >
> > I just took the blower off and put my 72" bush hog on and when I tried to
> > use it, the pto made a sound I have never heard before. Partially
> engaged,
> > it sounded normal. If I tried to fully engage it, it got very loud.  I
> shut
> > the pto off and headed for my shop.  I check the hydraulic fluid dipstick
> > and the fluid just barely touched the tip of the dipstick.
> >
> > No puddles under the tractor.  Since I bought it new in '04, there has
> > never been a leak from this tractor.
> >
> > Any chance I did some damage when I engaged the pto?
> >
> > The dealer and I will visit tomorrow for sure.
> >
> > Thanks
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