White too much power?

Kickinbull · Jul 27, 2016

That so it can be considered tractor talk. Wife was bush hogging and came back with this. The x is broke. If you look at the yoke you can see the ears are leaning out. Has anyone ever tried to squeeze them back and have it work? Or just replace?

Eldon (WA) · Jul 27, 2016

(quoted from post at 14:56:56 07/27/16) That so it can be considered tractor talk. Wife was bush hogging and came back with this. The x is broke. If you look at the yoke you can see the ears are leaning out. Has anyone ever tried to squeeze them back and have it work? Or just replace?

You can try it, but probably not get things aligned good enough to get any life out of the new cross. I'd replace with new, use the proper shear bolt in the mower and just be happy it didn't take out the gear box.....

Janicholson · Jul 27, 2016

Squeeze it in a nice vice and keep the shaft straight with the jaws. Heat is not your friend on this. Jim

paul · Jul 27, 2016

I'd plan on replacing it. But put it in a vice and see what happens. The trouble is getting it lines up true across, you might get the distance between right, but still skewed off to one side. The cross won't fit in true then....

Paul

NY 986 · Jul 27, 2016

I have never had any luck bending those back and holding.

Kickinbull · Jul 27, 2016

Thanks for reply's. I kinda thought the same.

Jon Hagen · Jul 27, 2016

My brother did that a few weeks ago with an almost new mower, broke one cross, twisted the shaft. It was our fault, he got a grade 5 bolt mixed in with the grade two shear pins, the shaft failed before the grade 5 bolt would shear. There was no way to repair the shaft in a way that was straight and safe, we put on a complete new shaft. A $200 lesson to examine the head markings on every bolt in that supposed bag of grade 2 shear pins you just bought. I consider it lucky that the shaft was all we broke. could have broken the mower gear box or tractor PTO.

Geo-TH,In · Jul 27, 2016

Replace it. Next to impossible to get the centers lined up.

Friend had a shaft that was only a little bent. Used 20 ton press bend it back. Then I used an adjustable reamer to get it trued up the centers to put in new U joints.

jacksun65 · Jul 27, 2016

did one in a big vice once. could not get a new shaft. still going on the square baler years later. had to squeze it a little tighter then spread to fit.

mtf · Jul 27, 2016

Look up Paul b Zimmerman. They sell lots of pto components at good price. You more than likely can cut that yolk off and still use the rest of the tube.
As for your bent yolk, it is more than likely twisted some. The twist makes it very difficult to line back up. Nathan

Determined · Jul 27, 2016

Something to do with that Murphy's law thing.
If you try to straighten it, no matter what you do it will never be right.
However if you order in all the parts you need to properly rebuild it then for the heck of it put the old one in the vice and give it a few smacks with a hammer, odds are good you will nail it the first time and it will run true for the next 20 years while the new parts on the shelf that you will never need look down and mock you.

Adirondack case guy · Jul 27, 2016

Looks like a bit more vigulance with a greese gun would have prevented the problem, rather than too much power.
Loren

Owen Aaland · Jul 28, 2016

You will need a piece of shaft long enough to pass through both ears and the same OD as the bearing caps. Use that as a guide to get things back to where they need to be. I have done that many times with good results.

Jimmydog · Jul 28, 2016

Determined, I agree, especially about the look down and mock you part.

What I have learned to do is just use the new part/s anyway. Put the old refurbished unit on the shelf for a back up, there's less guilt feeling that way and you avoid the much more unpleasant task of trying to explain why something you needed ASAP is sitting on a shelf months/years later when the CFO/SO a.k.a. head of the accounting office walks by and notices it.

JD

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