Oil Coming out of my PTO Shaft Port

I am not mechanicaaly inclined at all (half the discussions on this post are Greek to me, but I enjoy reading them anyways) and I don't have a shop, so I'm going to have to call the local service guys.

Can anyone tell me what I've done and how much trouble I'm in? I'm sure it's a lot because it seems like everything I have touched recently I've broken. And just to add insult to injury, we're now under a winter storm warning for tomorrow (15-20cm).

Gary

When the hydraulics don't want to lower the implement back to the ground, it is usually a problem with the top link being too long - so wind it in a bit to reduce top link length.

If the top link geometry is wrong, then when you lift the plough it compresses the spring you can see behind the top link under the seat, which makes the hydraulics think they need to lift to clear an obstruction (eg when ploughing ( = plowing to you) - so when thinking they need to lift, you ask them to lower which they don't want to because the spring is under pressure - and things get really confused mechanically speaking.

Tractors are sensitive to geometry - I found this out last year when ploughing with a Category 2 plough that had been 'modified' to fit a Category 1 tractor - it took me weeks of fiddling, resetting the hydraulics and some helpful feedback from John (UK) before I finally fixed it.

As far as the oil coming from round your PTO shaft is concerned, that is just a seal gone, possibly due to bearing failure round the exposed end of the shaft. This is not a big problem, and is easily fixed - so is cheap :)

Another thing you could check is that when your plough is raised or lowered, that the PTO drive shaft on the implement is not under pressure and is free to slide about a bit - if the shaft is too long it will put undue pressure on the tractor PTO which will not be good long term.

Hope this all makes sense - I'll check in tomorrow 23/12/04 to see if you have any questions I can answer before you wake up.

HTH

If you didn't get the problem you have described with your old PTO adaptor, and have only just got the problem with the new one, it could be that the extra length (about 3") on the 6" adaptor is creating axial load (along the tractor and implement PTO shafts).

When in use, this would create undue loading on the PTO bearing in the back end of the tractor, and as the bearing failed it would certainly squeal!!

Again, this should not be expensive to fix, provided no damage has been done inside the back end, eg to the hydraulic pump, which is driven off the PTO shaft.

To get a feeling on cost, look in the suppliers listing to the left and see if you can find a PTO shaft and bearing - come to that, if you need to replace the shaft, you might as well upgrade to the 1 3/8" shaft and get rid of the adaptor.

To cure the problem, you may need to reduce the length of the PTO shaft - ask your service agent to do this if you are not sure how.

HTH