Attaching and removing the machine at the tractor's rear three-
point system
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5.2
Fitting and adjusting the PTO shaft
5.2.1
Fitting the PTO shaft
Before fitting, clean the gearbox input shaft on the machine and
always use grease to push the PTO shaft onto the input shaft.
5.2.2
Adjusting the PTO shaft when first attached
When connecting the PTO shaft for the first time, adapt it to the
tractor as shown in Fig. 5.2.2. As this adjustment applies for one
tractor type only, check that the PTO shaft is correctly adjusted
after changing the tractor type and readjust if necessary.
When attaching other PTO shaft halves onto the
tractor's universal joint shaft profile, fit them without
sliding the PTO shaft tubes into each other.
1. Hold the two PTO shaft tubes side by side and
check whether the PTO shaft tubes provide a
guaranteed sliding profile overlap of
at least
40 % of the LO
both when the machine is
lowered and raised.
2. When pushed together, the PTO shaft tubes
must not bump against the forks of the univer-
sal joints. A safety distance of at least 10 mm
must be maintained.
3. To adjust the length, hold the PTO shaft halves
alongside each other in the shortest operation-
al position and draw a mark.
4. Shorten the inner and outer protective tube
equally.
5. Round off the cut edges and carefully remove
swarf.
6. Grease the sliding profiles and slide inside
each other.
7. Hook in the supporting chains in such a way
that the PTO shaft guard does not turn at the
same time during operation.
8. Only use the machine if the drive is fully
guarded.
Use the PTO shaft in conjunction with full PTO shaft and additional protection on the tractor and ma-
chine. Replace damaged protective equipment immediately.
