shootingstar said:
I am pretty sure it is a Jubilee. The gentleman that sold it to me advertised it as a Jubilee, the owners manual (although you can buy those) is a Jubilee and the round emblem on the front says Ford 1903-1953. What is Independent lift and how do I tell if I have it. "pto is still through the clutch" what do you mean by that? I have a lever on the left that I move, and then when I let out the clutch the pto engages. I can lift the bush hog without the pto engaged. The tractor has a hydraulic loader, without down pressure if that makes a difference.
Lori
I'm late, I'm late, no time to elaborate.....
What 'adaptor' are you talking about? Does your Jub have an 1 1/8" pto shaft, & you are using a little bitty sleeve to make it the standard 1 1/4" pto size your mower needs?
Those little sleeves are _worthless_ and will never, never, ever hold up to the beating a hog gives them. Forget about it.
You need the $50-60 adaptor. You might as well get the $60-75 over-running-coupler version - they make them in the double size you need - don't just buy the 1 1/4" version.
People never know what tractor they have when it comes to an N through the 100 series models. The only way to know is to look on the lump of cast iron below the air cleaner, in front of the foot clutch pedal. There should be some numbers stamped into the cast. Might need to rub ogff grease & paint, as they can be light.... You could really have any of those models.
A Jub will have live hydraulics (3pt works even with the clutch pushed in) and non-live pto (pto stops _every_ time you push in the clutch to shift gears). This also means the pto & rear drive shaft are locked together whenever you have the pto engaged, so even tho you push in the clutch to stop moving, the hog will continue to spin down with flywheel force & will continue to push your rear wheels forward. The ORC prevents this & makes your tractor much safer. It is a simple ratchet adaptor.
For any of these better adaptors or ORC, you will need to shorten your pto shaft on the hog. You need to shorten both 1/2's of the shaft an equal amount.
As to your pto rattling or pushing pins - STOP USING IT LIKE THAT! You could cause several $100's of damage to the shaft, hog, and tractor. It's dangerous too, but no one ever cares about that.... Need to shorten shaft (both sides), and limit how high you raise the 3pt.
More latter, gotta go.....
--->Paul