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Billy NY
01-04-2006 15:20:57
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Re: disconnecting bush hog from tractor in reply to john wilson, 01-04-2006 12:54:38
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I had this happen on our challenger tractor this summer, saw one of our guys hooking up the post hole digger, I knew it had not been in service for awhile and it actually was froze into the ground inside the one barn that takes on water every year, I saw the yoke was rusted, and I asked him, "did you clean out and lube the splines 1st ? The lying p.o.s said "yes", when I went to unhook the P.T.O. shaft, it would not budge, was 95 deg F out and humid, after working at it with a 6'-0" bar for over an hoour,after I did find a way to get a bite on the edge of it without wrecking anything, it slowly was persuaded to slide off, was still rusted, and no lube on it. I really hate a liar, so now, no one is allowed use of our equipment, can't trust them to grease and take care of things properly, just have to do it by hand, or wait for me. I can't ever recall having this kind of a problem, with any P.T.O. driven implement since I started as a kid. I cleaned the splines carefully with a wire brush and applied my favorite grease, so much easier, slides nice now, rusty splines and the fact that he jammed it on the P.T.O. shaft sure bonded the 2 togehter tightly. Everyone has their snake oil, I like Kroil by Kano Labs and Free All, by Federal Process, for tough jobs, PB, WD, Liquid Wrench have always done fine, but for the tough jobs these have proven themselves too, Free All is kind of expensive per can, but you don't use much, a can will last will last quite some time on average, has that heavy industrial aroma to it, must have some volatile organic compounds in it, something about the hideous smell of some of these, makes you think it's strong at least.
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