PTO blues

[Anonymous-0]

Hi everyone,
I just bought a 30 hp 1985 Kubota with live 2 speed PTO. I've been mowing for years with a 1943 JD B and tow behind mower and thought I would like the live PTO for a change. I bought a mower for it but it has not come in yet.
Tonight I noticed that the PTO will not stop turning when I dissengage the clutch. I'm hoping it's not the clutch but what else could it be? I adjsted it as per the manual and it seems to shift fine.
Do I dare mow with it this way?
Any insight would be apreciated. Dan.

 

[Anonymous-0]

True live pto has nothing to do with the clutch,it will only stop when you take the pto out of gear.

 

[old]

If it has indepedent PTO the clutch will not do a thing to it. If it has a 2 stage clutch ya it should, but with out a load on it, it still may spin. My Olivers have live PTO and they spin with out a load on them because of the oil in the system. Hook up a load and they stop spinning unless you put the PTO in gear
Hobby farm

 

[Anonymous-0]

Hi les,
There seems to be some confusion here on my part. The guy that sold it to me said it was live. external_link says it's live. However my manual states "both transmition and PTO clutch are disengaged when the pedal is fully pressed down."
Dan.

 

[paul]

Sounds like a live, 2-stage clutch pto from the manual description.

Sometimes thick oil will keep them spinning a bit with no load on them.

But, I'd wonder about the pto clutch pak too.....

--->Paul

 

[MN Scott]

Could be your cluth linkage needs adjusment to. Just a thought, I've never worked on a Kubota.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I adjusted the linkage so the pedal has the correct free play. I think thats all the adjusting that can be done to it. The linkage was welded at one time so it loses a little bit of "adjustability" but I don't think it's at that point yet. Maybe tho. Worst case would be what Paul said and I guess that would require a tractor split. I was just wondering if it was something easy to troubleshoot. I'll run it like this awhile if I can and tackle that when I get my "must have" projects done.
Thanks guys. Dan.