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Tips for a seized PTO drive shaft?
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<blockquote data-quote="cmjust0" data-source="post: 177064" data-attributes="member: 2882"><p>Ok, here's an update on the PTO shaft problem for anyone who cares.. I quit worrying about it for a while, as I had other projects to put my effort into.. Anyway, I cut the remainder of the safety sleeve off of it, and it looked straight.. I hooked one side of it to a 12-15", concreted black locust post, and the other side to the hitch of a 4x4 4.0L I-6 Jeep Cherokee (good torque).. I laid a blanket over the section most likely to give way, as I didn't want a broken or unhooked chain to come flying through the back window of the Jeep.. </p><p></p><p>I'd give it some slack, gun the Jeep, and it would stop dead in it's tracks when it caught.. I did this over and over and over again, and FINALLY.......</p><p></p><p>I went to TSC and bought a shaft that fits like new money... Put $15 worth of new cutting tips on the bit, and the whole rig works like a champ..</p><p></p><p>So, yeah, the auger that I got a good deal on at auction ended up only saving me about $50 on what a new unit costs at TSC, but I also had a chance to look their units over over... After that, I didn't feel bad at all.. For $50 less money and a little more aggravation, my auger makes their augers look like something you'd get in a cereal box.. :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmjust0, post: 177064, member: 2882"] Ok, here's an update on the PTO shaft problem for anyone who cares.. I quit worrying about it for a while, as I had other projects to put my effort into.. Anyway, I cut the remainder of the safety sleeve off of it, and it looked straight.. I hooked one side of it to a 12-15", concreted black locust post, and the other side to the hitch of a 4x4 4.0L I-6 Jeep Cherokee (good torque).. I laid a blanket over the section most likely to give way, as I didn't want a broken or unhooked chain to come flying through the back window of the Jeep.. I'd give it some slack, gun the Jeep, and it would stop dead in it's tracks when it caught.. I did this over and over and over again, and FINALLY....... I went to TSC and bought a shaft that fits like new money... Put $15 worth of new cutting tips on the bit, and the whole rig works like a champ.. So, yeah, the auger that I got a good deal on at auction ended up only saving me about $50 on what a new unit costs at TSC, but I also had a chance to look their units over over... After that, I didn't feel bad at all.. For $50 less money and a little more aggravation, my auger makes their augers look like something you'd get in a cereal box.. :lol: [/QUOTE]
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