I have an early model l3400 serial number 59xxx. I have owned be machine since 160 hrs and when purchased it was near mint with little to no PTO usage. It now has about 230 hours and Have put maybe an hour at most on the PTO since purchasing. The PTO cable broke a week ago while blowing snow. Shocked by the $65 replacement upgrade, I purchased cable and wire clips and made a new one the same general length. I installed it and the PTO blower seemed to work fine without any weird noises or issues. Last night I fired up the snowblower and I could hear a horrid ratcheting sound and low idle and high idle. I tried tightening the cable on one end and it only seemed to make it worse.
I will upload the video to YouTube following this post. Do you think I wrecked the cams or should I pay the $65 for the cable and see if that’s the issue? I’d its the cams, I understand you have to split the tractor and is quite labor intensive. Are there any specific directions out there?
I will upload the video to YouTube following this post. Do you think I wrecked the cams or should I pay the $65 for the cable and see if that’s the issue? I’d its the cams, I understand you have to split the tractor and is quite labor intensive. Are there any specific directions out there?