4010 LP

[navyreteoc]

2 mo ago i was brushing hogging and i hit a rock. this caused the pto shaft to break and the pto end caught the draw bar and twisted off the pto shaft . yesterday i replaced the pto shaft (4 BOLTS) i also installed a new seal .
Now my problem it looks like the inter shaft is bent. when the pto is ingauged it looks like it is bent out of a line i was wondering do you have to split the tractor to replace the inter shaft ? i have been told that the deere pto is weak ?
Thank you all for your help

 

[rick deere]

to my knowledge I think you do have to split tractor but get another opion fron deere, and nothing will hold up against rocks no matter who makes it.

 

[Tx Jim]

(quoted from post at 07:47:55 03/12/11) i was wondering do you have to split the tractor to replace the inter shaft ? i have been told that the deere pto is weak ?

Yes as stated tractor must be split between clutch & trans housings to R&R pto drive shaft. The only thing weak about the the 3010/4010 pto shafts are the tiny shift pins that can bend/break especially if pto stub shaft bolts get loose.
IMHO a loose/flopping implement pto shaft can tear up/bend many models of tractors pto output shafts

 

[navyreteoc]

Yes i know about the rocks (hitting) i was not saying the tractor was weak its me thats weak. Maybe its not as bad as i think . i ran it a lot yesterday with no load and the seal never leaked . Thanks again .