Hello - Has anyone had their rear PTO shield (the swivel up & down piece) contact the lower set of bolts to the housing (hydraulic pump?) that is bolted to the back of their 1 series?
I installed the 3PH a few months ago to use the Box Blade and don't remember it contacting those bolts, it would just lift right up without interference. I took the 3PH off yesterday to put the BH on and the PTO shield wouldn't lift past those bolts and I couldn't slide the 3PH arms off due to lack of clearance. I literally had to loosen the PTO shield bolts to get the extra clearance to lift the shield full up to slide the 3PH arms off of their mounting pins/studs. It looks like I could put a washer or two behind the shield brackets to space it away to give it clearance (or clearance with a dremel the little bit of material that would need to be removed), but just found it odd that it wouldn't lift after using the 3PH but easily lifted when I put the 3PH on for the first time.
I installed the 3PH a few months ago to use the Box Blade and don't remember it contacting those bolts, it would just lift right up without interference. I took the 3PH off yesterday to put the BH on and the PTO shield wouldn't lift past those bolts and I couldn't slide the 3PH arms off due to lack of clearance. I literally had to loosen the PTO shield bolts to get the extra clearance to lift the shield full up to slide the 3PH arms off of their mounting pins/studs. It looks like I could put a washer or two behind the shield brackets to space it away to give it clearance (or clearance with a dremel the little bit of material that would need to be removed), but just found it odd that it wouldn't lift after using the 3PH but easily lifted when I put the 3PH on for the first time.