6610 pto

[buzzard2005]

I had a drive line break loose today and snapped my pto shaft off. How hard is it to remove the shaft? Do I have to pull the
lift cover off to get it out? It is a cab tractor so do I need to pull the cab? Thanks for the help.

 

[Bern]

The factory-suggested way is by removing the RH final drive and taking out the differential. This should not require removing the cab.

If you have strong hands that aren't too big you can do it through the upper PTO bearing opening with a short 9'' or so long wrench (I believe it's 1-1/4 but don't quote me on that). You need to reach in through the top and remove the cotter pin and castle nut on the end of the PTO shaft. You'll be doing it entirely by feel if you do it this way. Getting the cotter pin bent over and pulled out would be the toughest part of the job. If the wheel isn't too heavy and if I have a decent floor jack, I'd probably pull the final drive if it was me.

Removing the cab and 3-point lift cover will leave you sorely disappointed, as you will have zero access.

All this assumes you have a single-speed 540 PTO. If you have the two-speed option simply remove the snap ring and pull the PTO shaft out.

 

[buzzard2005]

Thanks for the information. It is a single speed pto. It doesn't sound like it's too bad of a job ( other than handing the tire and final drive.) Now to get a new shaft ordered..... Thanks again Brandon

 

[Old Ford Mechanic]

I have changed several over the years through the opening above the shaft as Bern has described. I always use a piece of wire run through head of the cotter pin you remove from the castle nut. This insures you not dropping it inside the tractor. I have an open end wrench that i modified with a slight bend to use on the nut. Depending on where the shaft broke you, may need to weld a nut on the broken end to hold or turn the shaft to remove the inside nut. Not that bad of a job if you are careful. Just be sure not to drop that castle nut.

 

[wp6529]

With the proliferation of inexpensive bore scope cameras you also don't need to be entirely blind working through that opening.