BrotherJoe
Member
Hi folks!
I have a project that's been staring at me all summer..and now that my employment status has changed, I have a bit of time to dig in and I'm looking for advice/ideas.
I've got a 550 where the PTO stub shaft sheared off this spring. I've pulled the retaining bolt and tried a lot to get it out. It appears siezed, which doesn't surprise me as I think this little guy sat outside a lot. I was able to get a local machine shop to weld a chunk of round stock with a big 1 1/8 nut on the end of what was left and that is where we are today.
I've wrapped a chain around that and used another tractor to jerk and drag the 550 around the farm; I've taken a slide hammer to it and wailed on it until my arms ache. I've heated it, I've beat on it, I've walked by it every few days with some PB blaster and drizzled it in there. The good news is; I can't seem to bust the welded on stock off.. but I cannot get that sucker out.
I had 2 thoughts:
- Just wail on it until I do finally break the welded on piece off, or, it comes out. If it breaks off, proceed to thought 2.
- Z-Split the tractor and take out the sleeve that contains the stub shaft and replace it and the stub shaft.
I'm assuming that it's a blind hole that the stub shaft goes into, so there isn't any beating it out from the inside, so, I may just be replacing the whole thing. Do you guys have any other ideas?
I have a project that's been staring at me all summer..and now that my employment status has changed, I have a bit of time to dig in and I'm looking for advice/ideas.
I've got a 550 where the PTO stub shaft sheared off this spring. I've pulled the retaining bolt and tried a lot to get it out. It appears siezed, which doesn't surprise me as I think this little guy sat outside a lot. I was able to get a local machine shop to weld a chunk of round stock with a big 1 1/8 nut on the end of what was left and that is where we are today.
I've wrapped a chain around that and used another tractor to jerk and drag the 550 around the farm; I've taken a slide hammer to it and wailed on it until my arms ache. I've heated it, I've beat on it, I've walked by it every few days with some PB blaster and drizzled it in there. The good news is; I can't seem to bust the welded on stock off.. but I cannot get that sucker out.
I had 2 thoughts:
- Just wail on it until I do finally break the welded on piece off, or, it comes out. If it breaks off, proceed to thought 2.
- Z-Split the tractor and take out the sleeve that contains the stub shaft and replace it and the stub shaft.
I'm assuming that it's a blind hole that the stub shaft goes into, so there isn't any beating it out from the inside, so, I may just be replacing the whole thing. Do you guys have any other ideas?