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HOW TO SHORTEN A PTO SHAFT
1. Move the ARIETE as close as possible to the tractor, by using an hydraulic lift.
2. Once in this position, stop the hydraulic lift and switch the engine off.
3. Separate the two parts of the PTO shaft.
4. Insert the "female " PTO shaft (that is to say the larger-diameter tube) in the tractor's PTO.
5. Insert the "male" PTO shaft (that is to say the smaller-diameter tube) in the ARIETE's PTO.
6. Place each part of the PTO shaft parallel to the other. Then, use a permanent marker to highlight the
cutting point as shown in the figure "1".
1. Use a bow saw to cut the plastic tube on the marker line that you had already drawn on one of the PTO
shaft parts.
2. Align the part of the tube that you have already cut at the bottom of and cut it.
3. Repeat the same operations on the second part of the PTO shaft.
4. Use a file to bevel the extremities of the tubes.
5. Clean and grease the two metallic tubes and insert the first part of the PTO shaft inside the other.
6. Set up the PTO shaft between the tractor and the ARIETE and check its length another time.
Figure 1
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