Hello, I am hoping someone can help me identify what my issue is.
What happened: Yesterday I was clearing the driveway of about 6" of light fluffy snow using the front mounted snowblower on my Kubota L245DT. I was about 75% done when in the middle of a nice flat stretch all of a sudden I heard a "screeching" type noise from the front of the tractor and noticed that the snow stopped blowing immediately. I quickly shut down the PTO, figuring perhaps a branch or something jammed up the blower. Upon inspection I saw no blockage, and that the wheel (sorry I don't know proper terminology...flywheel?) on the tractor was spinning away just fine. I manually turned the shaft between the tractor and the blower and it turned freely. So I tried to reengage the PTO and got the same screeching sound. So I parked it, and just let it settle for the night and let snow melt off so easier to look at/work on.
Today I investigated a little further. I confirmed the snowblower itself moves freely, and I am able to rotate the shaft between it and the tractor very easily by hand. I confirmed the flywheel (?) on the tractor is rotating normally when the PTO is not engaged (see attached photo). The belts appear to be in decent shape and rotate when I manually rotate the shaft. However when I engage the PTO I see the flywheel (?) stop rotating, the belts/shaft don't move, and the screeching noise starts immediately.
Before I start digging into things myself and potentially screw anything up, I figured I would ask for some advice. What should I look at first? Any additional information/photos I can provide that would help diagnose the problem? Will I do any (further) damage if I turn the PTO on again as I try to troubleshoot this (the screeching definitely sounds like it isn't doing anything good!)?
Thanks in advance for any assistance, and sorry for being long-winded....just trying to give as much information as possible on the front end.
-Jonathan
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What happened: Yesterday I was clearing the driveway of about 6" of light fluffy snow using the front mounted snowblower on my Kubota L245DT. I was about 75% done when in the middle of a nice flat stretch all of a sudden I heard a "screeching" type noise from the front of the tractor and noticed that the snow stopped blowing immediately. I quickly shut down the PTO, figuring perhaps a branch or something jammed up the blower. Upon inspection I saw no blockage, and that the wheel (sorry I don't know proper terminology...flywheel?) on the tractor was spinning away just fine. I manually turned the shaft between the tractor and the blower and it turned freely. So I tried to reengage the PTO and got the same screeching sound. So I parked it, and just let it settle for the night and let snow melt off so easier to look at/work on.
Today I investigated a little further. I confirmed the snowblower itself moves freely, and I am able to rotate the shaft between it and the tractor very easily by hand. I confirmed the flywheel (?) on the tractor is rotating normally when the PTO is not engaged (see attached photo). The belts appear to be in decent shape and rotate when I manually rotate the shaft. However when I engage the PTO I see the flywheel (?) stop rotating, the belts/shaft don't move, and the screeching noise starts immediately.
Before I start digging into things myself and potentially screw anything up, I figured I would ask for some advice. What should I look at first? Any additional information/photos I can provide that would help diagnose the problem? Will I do any (further) damage if I turn the PTO on again as I try to troubleshoot this (the screeching definitely sounds like it isn't doing anything good!)?
Thanks in advance for any assistance, and sorry for being long-winded....just trying to give as much information as possible on the front end.
-Jonathan
