52 ford 8n pto leak

[merwin]

pto shaft is leaking a lot.
How hard is it to rebuild.

 

[LarryT]

With all of the fluid drained out,remove the 4 bolts holding the PTO shaft and pull it to the rear & out of the tractor. The seal has 2 C spring clamps around it. Take your needle nose pliers & remove the one in the front. (be careful; screw it up & you're not going to find a replacement at the local hardware store) Then, hang the shaft & bearing housing in your vice & tap the butt end of the shaft; the bearing cap will come off (and the shaft will land on your foot). Then, remove the other spring clip from the other side of the seal. At this point, remember that you never bought a seal driver & go get a BF socket & drive the seal out. If you have the new style seal, the white side goes out. Put some grease on it. The open side of the seal goes to the oil. Then reverse the process to put it back together. Good luck. LarryT

 

[lha]

No offense,but you might consider getting a manual.---lha

 

[Bruce (VA)]

Larry T gave you the written part; here is the picture.

And do check out tip # 39.

50 Tips

 

[R Geiger]

Sounds real good except that the spring clips go on either side of the bearing, not the seal. Seal is press fit into the housing.

 

[souNdguy]

if you get the n-news mag I did good writeup with pics.

is like a 25 minute job if you have the tools and parts. if oil is clean you can save in a bucket for re-use.

soundguy