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Pull the my Woods Batwing Turf mower in the fields behind my vacation rental. I keep an eye on maintenance checking gear box oil level, belts, blades, all that kind of stuff. Finished cutting the back side hills and was in the home stretch on the front side which is mostly flat. Hear a loud couple bangs, stopped the tractor and disengaged the PTO.
Then see this, took pic at my house
Note the gear box, it's not bolted down
One by one over time the bolts loosened and fell out through the bottom. There was only one of the holes in the lower gear box that had a slight nick, meaning the box didn't come loose until the last thread of the bolt broke.
It busted the quick connects on each wing and one yoke. I spent today getting new bolts, unbending the braces and other stuff. It didn't hurt the gear box so reinstalled with new grade 8 bolts using red loctite. Will be looking for 2 wing PTO shafts Monday, of parts to fix the ones I have.
The shafts use quick connects on both ends which means they cost more. One is square shaft and other was replaced at one time and used the 3 side round. They are series 4 and 26x41, so should be able to use a 30x40 which is regular size, or will cut to fit
Then see this, took pic at my house
Note the gear box, it's not bolted down
One by one over time the bolts loosened and fell out through the bottom. There was only one of the holes in the lower gear box that had a slight nick, meaning the box didn't come loose until the last thread of the bolt broke.
It busted the quick connects on each wing and one yoke. I spent today getting new bolts, unbending the braces and other stuff. It didn't hurt the gear box so reinstalled with new grade 8 bolts using red loctite. Will be looking for 2 wing PTO shafts Monday, of parts to fix the ones I have.
The shafts use quick connects on both ends which means they cost more. One is square shaft and other was replaced at one time and used the 3 side round. They are series 4 and 26x41, so should be able to use a 30x40 which is regular size, or will cut to fit
