PTO over-running clutch

Earlier this year I was had to buy an over-running clutch for the bush-hog and mower. I wasted a lot of trips and a little money.

All of my mistakes were due to Farm & Fleet; a store I love, but do not buy PTO clutches there. The first overrunning clutch I bought was the standard 1 5/8 on both ends and i used an adapter that I bought there. With the adapter the clutch stuck out too far, but that was short-lived as I mangled the adapter while bushhogging, which destoyed the clutch.

F&F was good about replacing the clutch, so this time I picked up the size (1 3/8 female) that needed no adapter. I noticed that it was made in India, always a bad sign for quality, but I am a cheapass somtimes and this part was under $40. I commenced with my bush-hogging and blew the OR clutch apart. I never found all the pieces but F&F replaced this one too.

Third OR clutch (and another trip to Baraboo); I started brush cutting again and it came apart too. This time I found all the pieces. It came apart so many times that I could put it back together with my eyes closed. I finally got fed up with that and went to the local implement store in Lavalle, WI and bought a heavy duty one and it worked fine the remainder of the summer. I scoffed at the $60 price but I wish that I had bought the quality one the first time because in the end I saved nothing.

Best,
Paul

Best,
Paul

Was the inexpensive one a nice shinny gold ORC??? And the better one a black oxide Hub City???

Fessman

I do believe that was the case; the Indian one was shiny gold and the good one was black oxide. I am not near the tractor now but Hub City does ring a bell.

Paul

First one was a 1 1/8 female to 1 3/8 male, second one was 1 3/8 female to 1 3/8 male with a 1 1/8 to 1 3/8 spline sleeve. Second one jammed when it blew, sheared the drift pin, stripped the sleeve and mucked up my PTO shaft. The local F&F wouldn't refund anything on the second one. They thought I was over-stressing the ORC by raising the cutter with the PTO running. Hard not to do that on a stock 8N.

I ended up at the NH dealer, got a new 1 3/8 PTO shaft and paid the extra 20 bucks for an ORC that has performed flawlessly since then.

Al

I have had good luck with SPEECO products.. not sure what farm & fleet uses. I currently have a 5' cutter on my NAA and have the speeco ORC and a stub adapter. Works great.

Soundguy