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Tractor Supply was selling these grade 8 bolts. The spec was 1/2" 13 x 3" with a nylock nut. It was two of these that broke quickly in light brush. Interestingly, the specified 3" shaft wasn't quite long enough for the Nylock nut to fully engage the threads. When tightened down to correct...

And that fix lasted all of about 1 day... :-( (ugh!!) It handled the grassy parts of the field well enough, but as soon as I drove into some brush (no thicker than 1"), the new grade 8 bolt snapped off again. Guess I'm goona have to take look at the slip cluctch sooner than I thought.

I saw the instructions for doing the clutch run-in in the OM. If the clutch isn't slipping and I have to disassemble it for cleaning/repair, is brake cleaner ok to use on the clutch parts?

Thanks everyone for the tips. It was a $5.00 fix and I'm back to work. My bush hog driveline has the slip clutch, which appears to be OK... but the bolt connecting the driveline between the slip clutch and the gear box input was missing. Not certain if the original bolt was Grade 8 or a Grade...

Thank you! Clutch is engaging correctly for the Low/Med/Hi gear, PTO, and 4 wheel on/off. Of those two causes, a shear pin sounds more likely for the symptoms I'm seeing. I also hope that's an simple/inexpensive repair.

Hi everyone, this is my first post. I came to own an L3800 HST from a land purchase I made about 10 years ago. The owner agreed to sell the tractor with the land. It was a relatively new L3800 HST with the LA524 front loader and a few implements, including a Land Pride bush hog. Recently...