lemmon shaped pto shalf

[Anonymous-0]

hate to sound dumb but what does a lemmon shaped pto look like? thought they were all square,thanks

 

[oj]

surprisingly, like a lemon, sort of round center section with a point on each end if that makes sense... or imagine your square pto shaft with the corners facing the points of a compass, N, E, S, W, and then squash the tube at two opposite points (ie N and S)to make the tube sort of round in the middle. used on lots of lower power requirement implements, especially those designed in Europe,

 

[johns48jdb]

glad i wasn't the only one lost here on this subject. others were too, but probably want admit it. now an even dumber questions, whats the need for this lemon?

 

[RodinNS]

When you look at the cross section of the tubes it would look something like a lemon shape. Around here we call it 'teardrop shaft'. Basically it's an oval shaped shaft tube that's got two flats. The Bondolini has 3 flats and a slightly different profile again. All have metric fixtures as opposed to the old square shaft that has US sizing.
The metric shafts are very prominent on european impliments.

Rod

 

[Anonymous-0]

New Idea used that Bandolini Pavesi drive line on their discbines. Bought one in 1990, but couldn't remember the name when I read the first post.

 

[Anonymous-0]

theyre REAL good for the sales department...do yourself a favor and never buy anything with one on it...i've got a stack of em behind shop to haul over scales as soon as price for tin goes back up.