Mechanical Connections; Attaching The Transmission Shaft - Hardi ZENIT A750 Instruction Book

4 - Start up

Mechanical connections

Attaching the transmission shaft

Putting the transmission shaft on for the first time may mean you will have to cut it to adapt it to the type of tractor
it is going to be attached to. In order to carry this out follow the steps set out below.
1. Attach the mist blower to the tractor so that the tractor's PTO
and the mist blower's pump are as near each other as possible.
2. Turn off the engine and take out the ignition key.
3. If the transmission shaft has to be cut, dismantle both parts
of the shaft. Place one part of the shaft onto the tractor and the
other onto the mist blower and measure the length that it has to
be cut. Mark the protection grids.
The shafts must always overlap at least 1/3 of their length.
4. Both parts must be cut to the same size. Use a saw and then
file the pipes down afterwards.
5. Grease the pipes and join the male and female pipe ends once
more.
6. Fit the tractor's shaft to the mist blower's pump.
Place the female pipe end towards the tractor. Put the
chains on so that the protection grids do not turn with the
shaft.
7. In order to ensure that the transmission shaft will last for many
years, avoid working at angles above 15º.
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