[Don Wetter]

Ok, so after purchasing this tractor two months ago for $50, I found a mower deck and tiller in the trash!

Trying to hook up the till with the frame of it on the middle hole of the mower mount and the lift bracket on the bottom hole, the tiller lifts but I believe it's supposed to be on the top hole of the lift bracket, anyone know?

Also, is the drive shaft supposed to go below the axle, or above? I'm at wits end because with the drives shaft and PTO hooked up, the hole assembly wont bolt up, like the shaft is to long.

 

[tweidman]

First of all, incredible find on that tiller, those usually sell for several hundred $.:fing32:
The tiller mounts to the middle hole on the lower two brackets, and in the top hole on the top lift point. All of these points of connection use a clevis type pin.
The drive shaft will be located below the rear axle.
Here is a pic of mine in action. I don't have the tiller extension, and I don't use the helper spring (because I have an electric lift) I hope this helps.

 

[Don Wetter]

tweidman, thanks for the response. I was planning on going out to buy a bunch of clevis pins. For the mower deck, it looks like the two support arms use shoulder bolt. My question then to you would be is your actual lift bracket slotted? Because when placed on the middle two holes of the frame, and the top hole of the lift bracket, the lift bracket simply rides up and down never traveling far enough to lift the tiller, but when in the middle hole of the lift bracket, voila. Only reason I suspect it's wrong is because the bracket came with the mower and it would have been mounted on the top hole

 

[Don Wetter]

Ok, now I've got it. With everything the way it's supposed to be hooked up, the actual lift/lower rod had to be switched on the height level. It now lifts up. Now, where on earth do I put this drive shaft loop. And how much, if at all should the drive shaft move from in the I'm assuming spline inside the tiller?

 

[Don Wetter]

ok, here is a pic of my problem.

Like I said it previous post, it's like the drive shaft is too long, however, I'm sure this is not the case but rather has something to do with the shaft sleeve.

 

[tweidman]

You do know that the hole in the bracket goes through the pin on the frame, as shown below.
Everything looks okay other than that. Where are you having a problem?

 

[Don Wetter]

That's the problem, unless I drop the tiller frame, then mount the PTO it wont go to that pin. If I do that, then try to mount the tiller, it's like the drive shaft wont go all the way into the tiller.

In the picture below, the set screw? looks like it is broke- but with the u bolt lose, I can move the collar and see it goes into the body of the tiller; is this supposed to be a bolt, or is the set screw just damaged? And does this have anything to do with the movement of the drive shaft.

 

[tweidman]

I don't think my tiller has that u-bolt or sleeve. You might want to try removing that sleeve?
I'll try and get some better pics of my set up tomorrow. :fing32:

 

[Don Wetter]

Cool, thanks!

 

[tweidman]

Here ya go, pics...

That is my drive shaft to tiller connection from above. You can see the grease fitting for the shaft.
As you can see, there is not much clearance from the lower pivot clevis.

Here is the top connection point, where the lifting happens....

 

[Don Wetter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dqv50rwGdI

That is a link to a video of my problem... :banghead3


Is there anyway to remove the drive shaft, or is there a pin stopping it from coming out


I'm about to shorten the drive shaft :tsk:

 

[Don Wetter]

Ok, I really hope this key is not supposed to look like this....

 

[tweidman]

Is there anyway to remove the drive shaft, or is there a pin stopping it from coming out
I'm about to shorten the drive shaft :tsk:

On my set up, there is a bolt that holds the drive shaft to the pto end, and the driveshaft will slide out of the tiller end if you pull the tiller back far enough (with out it connected to the brackets).

The video was pretty dark so it was has to tell exactly what is going on there?

Can you hook up the tiller without the drive shaft? Will that sleeve with the u-bolt come off?

I would not cut the shaft :Stop:

Where did the key come from?

 

[Don Wetter]

With out the drive shaft hooked up, it does go to the tractor frame. Mine also has a blot going from the drive shaft into the PTO. I disconnected the actual tiller from it's frame, and the shaft that went into the tiller body, that's where the bent key was. After just putting it back together, I think they the key is binding, because it's hard to slide back in. I'm glad I didn't cut the drive shaft, but I think I understand why it was in the trash, nothing is easy about this darn thing.

 

[tweidman]

Both ends of my drive shaft are splined. Yours uses a shear pin?

 

[Don Wetter]

I'm sorry, I don't mean drive shaft, I guess it would be the pinion gear/shaft. The drive shaft is spline and has a pin holding into the pto like yours. The problem is the the part that the drive shaft bolts to, that has the key, and where the problem is coming from. When I pull it apart I'll show you what I am talking about.






Don