Tapping Noise When PTO is Engaged

[Diamond E Farm]

I have an L3130 and I have started hearing a tapping noise about midway the tractor on the bottom side when I engage the PTO. What might that be???

 

[Diamond E Farm]

I just found out that it does not make this noise when nothing is connected to the rear PTO shaft. I had a 3 pt. seed spreader connected when I heard the noise.

 

[Daren Todd]

Have you greased the u-joints on the pto shaft?

 

[Paulemar]

Check to make sure that the PTO shaft is centered and doesn't have a lot of play swinging side to side. I had that problem and found that the PTO shaft coupler where it goes into the tractor would nick the stabilizer. It was especially noticeable when I raised my tiller and made a turn.

 

[Diamond E Farm]

DT, are you referring to the u-joints on the drive shaft going from the pto shaft to the spreader?

 

[Daren Todd]

Yup, that's what I was talking about