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As detailed in another thread, I THOUGHT I got a good deal on some used equipment. As I've been able to inspect what I bought a little more, I think I got ripped off! I won't go into the ugly details except to say I'm really feeling like a chump!
It appears that the short driveshaft on the blower is not the right one and it is damaged to boot. (I think the idiot PO angled the blower and damaged the driveshaft) This driveshaft seems to be too long, and can only be connected before the blower is connected to the QH. If you do not connect the driveshaft first, there's not enough clearance to connect it once the blower is on the QH.
With the blower lowered on the ground, there's less than an inch of slip-joint left before the driveshaft is completely compressed. (see the first pic below) If I raise the blower all the way with the PTO engaged it makes a horrible noise, because clearly the driveshaft is binding. Here's my questions:
1. The driveshaft has no part number on it that I can find. How do I identify it?
2. If you one 47" MO47SBX snowblower and you had an 4x5 tractor with the old hitch, and an x7xx tractor with a new hitch, would the driveshafts be the same length or different?
I really could use some good advice here.
Thanks,
Mach-1
It appears that the short driveshaft on the blower is not the right one and it is damaged to boot. (I think the idiot PO angled the blower and damaged the driveshaft) This driveshaft seems to be too long, and can only be connected before the blower is connected to the QH. If you do not connect the driveshaft first, there's not enough clearance to connect it once the blower is on the QH.
With the blower lowered on the ground, there's less than an inch of slip-joint left before the driveshaft is completely compressed. (see the first pic below) If I raise the blower all the way with the PTO engaged it makes a horrible noise, because clearly the driveshaft is binding. Here's my questions:
1. The driveshaft has no part number on it that I can find. How do I identify it?
2. If you one 47" MO47SBX snowblower and you had an 4x5 tractor with the old hitch, and an x7xx tractor with a new hitch, would the driveshafts be the same length or different?
I really could use some good advice here.
Thanks,
Mach-1
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