Quote: CVPost-FergusonTO20 (quoted from post at 11:38:48 06/28/23) I bought a brush hog for my Fergusion TO-20 about 25 years ago and used it every year to clear about five acres of grass for firebreaks around my 40 acres of land. It worked fine all that time. However, one year a retaining pin fell out (I should have inspected it every year), the drive shaft eventually worked its way off the splines, and the drive shaft ended up bouncing around wildly as the blades continued to spin. That bent the drive shaft and so it was time for a new drive shaft. A few hundred dollars later, I had my brand new drive shaft. It came equipped with a snazzy black plastic cover with two bright yellow skirts on either end to partially cover the joints.
I didn't see any point to those yellow skirts; I assumed that they serve to keep dirt and straw off the joints. But then they came loose and they do NOT want to be properly reconnected; the retaining snaps refuse to snap in.. So now I'm wondering if they're really any good. They make it harder to grease the drive shaft or the joints. I am sorely tempted to cut them off.
So, can anybody tell me what the function of those yellow skirts might be, and whether they're worth keeping in place?
It should be obvious that that shielding including the belled ends are to cover exposed rotating parts to keep clothing or anything else that could get caught up in the spinning shaft away, preventing a human tragedy or mechanical damage.
While the belled ends don't 100% prevent such a thing, they are better than nothing!
This post was edited by wore out on 06/28/2023 at 12:09 pm.
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