Belt break and threw off PTO shaft

[Garrry Naylor]

Hello everyone, my name is Garry.
First I need to explain I am not familiar with Cub Cadet tractors and I am trying to help out my brother...it is his tractor. He is elderly and not mechanically inclined.
It is a 7264 with a 610 loader, 612 backhoe and the 54" mid mower deck.
Bought it new in 2003 with the loader and backhoe installed, not the mower deck. Barely used it except for the front end loader a few times.
We recently moved to the area , so lucky me, had to service it. Since it set for so long it needed a battery, oil change, leaky front tires fixed, hydraulic fluid, etc.
We were trying to mow his property with two very old Wheelhorse tractors and takiing forever, so time to put the mower on the big boy!
Easier said than done. It was a NIGHTMARE!
Now here is the problem. No sooner get started the belt breaks. OK, it was old, put on a new belt.
Mowing along and then then the PTO shaft came off. Put it back on, mowed about 10 feet and BANG, came off again and dented the hydraulic oil filter.
Why does it keep kicking off the PTO shaft?
Is there any way to take off the filter without draining out all of the hydraulic fluid.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Garry

 

[digger]

Hello everyone, my name is Garry.
First I need to explain I am not familiar with Cub Cadet tractors and I am trying to help out my brother...it is his tractor. He is elderly and not mechanically inclined.
It is a 7264 with a 610 loader, 612 backhoe and the 54" mid mower deck.
Bought it new in 2003 with the loader and backhoe installed, not the mower deck. Barely used it except for the front end loader a few times.
We recently moved to the area , so lucky me, had to service it. Since it set for so long it needed a battery, oil change, leaky front tires fixed, hydraulic fluid, etc.
We were trying to mow his property with two very old Wheelhorse tractors and takiing forever, so time to put the mower on the big boy!
Easier said than done. It was a NIGHTMARE!
Now here is the problem. No sooner get started the belt breaks. OK, it was old, put on a new belt.
Mowing along and then then the PTO shaft came off. Put it back on, mowed about 10 feet and BANG, came off again and dented the hydraulic oil filter.
Why does it keep kicking off the PTO shaft?
Is there any way to take off the filter without draining out all of the hydraulic fluid.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Garry

The first thing I would do is download any and all manuals for free from Cub.

http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/mtd/Service.do

 

[Jay Fetters]

As far as filter removal goes, I take a shop vac and stick the hose about 2 inches inside the hydraulic tank, loosely pack a shop rag around the hose, not tightly, you don't want a "seal". This will create a small amount of vacuum inside the tank, and keep you from losing large amounts of fluid during filter changes. If your shop rag creates to much of a seal, you'll fill your shop vac with hydraulic fluid, don't ask how I know.

 

[tkhoffman]

Not familiar with this 'large' Cub but most PTO shafts have a lock into place system. Pull back on a ring push down onto spline and release ring. Look for something like that

 

[Garrry Naylor]

I would like to thank everyone for the help. i did order a manual on line but was not much help. If we could get a bush hog mower for this what would I get?