WD pto acted up

[jhncp]

It didn't have any problems before. I haven't used the pto in a couple years but today I couldn't pull the handle. I just wanted to run a green chopper for a minute so I disconnected the rod and tried hammering it back. I had it so it was parallel with rod but still in neutral. I kept going more (looked like it might be turning on shaft) until it felt like it came to a stop and felt engaged but grinded out after a few seconds. Then tried more and wired it down to cross pipe for loader and was able to get it to work.

 

[Aaron SEIA]

Sounds like it's time to take the gearbox off and see whats wrong.
AaronSEIA

 

[DrAllis]

The PTO lever is secured to the shifter shaft with a set-screw, Is it loose? or missing ??? There is nothing on the inside of the box to come loose. The inside shifter lever is welded to the shaft that uses a set-screw on the outside of the PTO box. Normal position for the lever on the outside would be 10 o'clock when engaged and 2 o'clock when disengaged.

 

[4wdtom]

It didn't have any problems before. I haven't used the pto in a couple years but today I couldn't pull the handle. I just wanted to run a green chopper for a minute so I disconnected the rod and tried hammering it back. I had it so it was parallel with rod but still in neutral. I kept going more (looked like it might be turning on shaft) until it felt like it came to a stop and felt engaged but grinded out after a few seconds. Then tried more and wired it down to cross pipe for loader and was able to get it to work.

Do you have water in the transmission from a cracked or missing shift lever boot that settled to the pto, lowest point, and rusted the shaft to the housing?

 

[jhncp]

The PTO lever is secured to the shifter shaft with a set-screw, Is it loose? or missing ??? There is nothing on the inside of the box to come loose. The inside shifter lever is welded to the shaft that uses a set-screw on the outside of the PTO box. Normal position for the lever on the outside would be 10 o'clock when engaged and 2 o'clock when disengaged.

The set screw is there and I did tighten it some more. Something must be wrong that it is turning hard. It is now in the 8 o'clock position. There seems to be about a 1/4" of spring action on the lever so when I wired it down it was enough to work but not sure how much of a load it can handle. I don't think it could be froze with ice since I was always kept it inside and it was 35-40°. I believe I used it on a gehl 400 chopper with a hay head a few years ago just to try out the chopper and worked it hard so it was good then.