[AT] Possible damage

[Mike M]

I've always been taught to engage the PTO lever, slowly with the engine 
at low idle. Anything above that snaps the shear pin on my brush hog 
almost instantly.  With regard to the mechanics being careful, they 
probably are. If it's like anything with dealers around here, be it car 
or tractor, mechanics don't do fluid changes, a service tech does, and 
that only requires a minimum of education, probably a certificate. Like 
anything else the more they do per day, the more they make.  With the 
time I spend changing my own fluids, I could NEVER make any money doing 
it, but I know what oil goes in, and how much.

Mike M


On 4/24/2017 10:20 AM, Dick Day wrote:
> 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.
>>>
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