pic: ABS-114, supercompact planetary PTO shifter

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Originally Posted by asid61

Whoops, I didn't mean it that way. The PTO output is a 32t #25 sprocket with a versakey. It is bolted to a plate that is bolted to the ring gear. The only interface it has with the main shaft is a bearing it rides on to keep it centered. Basically, the PTO output is a "dead axle" sprocket, not a shaft (which I dislike but is hard to work around).

So that thing that looks in the render like a round disk between the ring gear and the 64-tooth gear is actually a #25 sprocket? This would certainly be convenient in that PTO could be geared up or down by a factor of about 2 through selection of a PTO receptor sprocket.