RC48 mower deck removal question

[Roger Fowler]

I just removed the mower deck from my G1800. The yoke for the driveshaft is still attached to the front PTO shaft. How do I remove it? I would hate to have someone engage the PTO and have it flail around hitting stuff. Thanks in advance.

Roger

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Hi Roger,

there is a locking mechanism in the front piece. You have to pull the ring (red arrow) back towards the u-joint to open it and then pull off the whole thing off the PTO shaft.

Kind regards,
Hugo

 

[Tractor Gal]

If your mower is like other Kubota mowers, there is a "button" that must be depressed that will release the shaft from the splines. As shown above, you can see the "button."

It's a job, by the way! Very little space to move...and the grease makes it slippery!

TG

 

[Hugo Habicht]

The only PTO shafts for mower decks of those tractors I have seen (not many, I admit freely ) had this ring mechanism.

There are three steel balls inside that are locked by the ring.

This is when the ring is forward.

When you pull the ring back the balls are released.

Interesting, I've never seen one with a button, have to remember that.

 

[RCW]

The mowers (and snowblowers) I’ve dealt with have a ring like @Hugo Habicht pictured.

 

[Roger Fowler]

Thank you all! I will crawl under there, clean it off, and look again.

Roger

 

[Tractor Gal]

Hold the fort! It's a good thing I read the posts on this board. All this time, I was pushing a button like is on all other PTO connections I've used. Apparently, with the statements here, all I need to do is pull back that ring, line up the splines and slide it onto the PTO shaft. "All," I say, "all I need to do." I'm not sure it will be as easy as it sounds but maybe that's why I've had such a hard time re-attaching this mower. The ring does not stay "cocked," for one thing. As soon as I start to slide it forward, the ring goes forward but is not attached yet.

All to say, I hope you get it on! Oops...it's off in this case.

TG