[AT] PTO shaft grease?

[John Hall]

Very easy to have more equipment than shed space. Once tobacco season is 
over, a lot of farmers here gain shed space for tillage tools and such 
items that can tolerate rain better.

John Hall


On 11/21/2020 9:31 PM, Aaron Dickinson wrote:
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> Must be nice to have that much cover. Tractors go in first, then 
> equipment with a lot of moving parts or sheet metal 
> (baler/planter/drill/mowers), equipment with belts or rubber, 
> gearboxes, then solid equipment (blades, plows, disks, cultivators).
>
> All of my tractors are indoor as are the baler, drill, planter, sickle 
> mowers that are operational and one hay rake with a large drive belt. 
> Three point brush hog and snow blower, hay rakes, tillage, 
> cultivators, wagons, and project mowers sadly all set out.
>
> Aaron Dickinson
>
> Mason, Michigan
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> *From: *Mike M <mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>
> *Sent: *Saturday, November 21, 2020 5:18 PM
> *To: *at at lists.antique-tractor.com <mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [AT] PTO shaft grease?
>
> Sorry, I guess "up position" wasn't very accurate. I mean I attach a
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> bungee around the area where the top link would attach and then around
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> around the PTO shaft putting it at about a 45 degree angle. My problem
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> is that the grease dries out and loses its lubrication properties. I
>
> guess I could use anti-seize, but man does that stuff makes a mess. All
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> my equipment is stored indoors if it has a gearbox, or under a lean to
>
> roof for things like a back blade, or box blade.
>
> Mike M
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> On 11/21/2020 1:17 PM, Jim Becker wrote:
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> > By the "up position" do you mean something close to vertical?  If so,
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> > and if the grease separates while not in use, you could be draining
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> > the oil off while the machine is idle.  If parked outside, rain water
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> > will make it worse.
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> >
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> > I'm assuming you have been greasing it before use and don't have the
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> > problem until after it is parked again.
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> >
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> > By the way, higher grade greases tend to separate less than cheaper
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> > grades. One rated for wheel bearings may be better for the problem you
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> > are having. Here is a page with more than you probably want to know
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> > about grease.
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> > https://www.etrailer.com/faq-grease.aspx
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> >
>
> > Jim Becker
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> >
>
> > -----Original Message----- From: Mike M
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> > Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:42 AM
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> > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
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> > Subject: Re: [AT] PTO shaft grease?
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> >
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> > Thanks guys that give me some ideas to try. Carl, I use a rubber bungee
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> > cord to tie my shafts in the up position when not in use.
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> >
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> > Regards, Mike
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> >
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> >
>
> > On 11/21/2020 10:06 AM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
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> >> I use marine grease that doesn’t seem to break down when exposed to
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> >> water. The only draw back I can complain about is that the two halves
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> >> of the drive shaft tend to slide apart on their own when I disconnect
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> >> the drive shaft from the PTO and I have to store the tractor end
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> >> apart from the implement since the two halves won’t stay together
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> >> when disconnect. I also is it on the PTO shaft before connecting the
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> >> drive shaft to the tractor.
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> >>
>
> >> Carl
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> ----- Original Message -----
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> >> From: Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com>
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> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
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> >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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> >> Sent: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:45:27 -0500 (EST)
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> >> Subject: [AT] PTO shaft grease?
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> >>
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> >> Hi All, would like to get opinions on PTO shaft grease. Whatever I'm
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> >> using now doesn't seem like the right stuff. I'm not talking about the
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> >> universal joint zerks, but rather the grease that keeps the two halves
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> >> of the shaft sliding smoothly. Anything I use seems to harden up 
> and get
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> >> dry. Any suggestions are appreciated.
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> >>
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> >> Thanks,
>
> >> Mike M
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> >>
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