PTO Removal
 

So I'm looking for some advice. I'm trying to remove the pto clutch on the front of one of my K241. So the PO somehow put the pto clutch on so that the set screws were not lined up with the cut outs on the clutch basket if that makes sense? So I was able to get 1 of 3 set screws out. The other 2 as far as I can see are completely stripped out. So in anyone elses expirence do I drill out the other 2 or just cut my losses and bust out the cutting wheel to get it off the crank shaft. I have a mower deck I wanted to use for this but will be my daughters ridding/working tractor so it's not absolutely necessary to have the clutch. I will be a pearl black with pink accents so the deck may look funny on it anyways.

To line up the cut outs on the basket with the screws you can simply tap the button in the center of the pto with a hammer. While tapping, at the same time try to rotate the clutch basket by hand. The tapping causes an instant of the clutch releasing and you can move the basket a little at a time. Obviously the belt should be removed.

On getting the screws out, there are probably a half million threads here about that. You can do some searching and reading.

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:biggrin2: maybe not half a million.... But there sure are a heck of a lot on PTO set screws! :beerchug: