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    L3430 HST PTO Clutch - is $2k estimate reasonable?

    It's definitely the clutch and not the brush hog; that much I know by snooping around when it's making the noise. I can feel the chattering on the clutch lever. The dealer took my brush hog when they picked up and tested with my mower and with another one, just to check. Thanks for the replies.
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    L3430 HST PTO Clutch - is $2k estimate reasonable?

    2006 L3430HST tractor with 600 hours. My PTO clutch starts to slip and chatter under load. I'm pulling a 5' land pride brush hog. I can engage the PTO clutch at low RPM, spin up, but then when the mower hits any heavy grass at all, the clutch slips and chatters. I took it to the dealer and...
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    Removing tierod pin from pittman arm on L3400?

    I upped the hammer size and whacked and out she came. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Removing tierod pin from pittman arm on L3400?

    The fork does touch both the pitman arm and the pin ball. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Removing tierod pin from pittman arm on L3400?

    Got the pickling fork and hit it with a 5lb hammer, pretty hard, but the tierod end pin didn't budge. The pitman arm is still on the tractor and I don't want to break anything else. Should I really whack at it until the tierod end pin comes loose? (The second picture may give the impression...
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    Removing tierod pin from pittman arm on L3400?

    I have a 2005 L3400HST. I just bought it last week. See the steering linkage part diagram at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Vvx74a-airRFpMdHhaQjZxSk0/edit?usp=sharing The right tierod inboard tierod end (the end closer to the pittman arm) broke. The ball and socket separated. I can't...