Tiller LandPride Tiller Slip Clutch Adjustment

[cmcramer]

Unfortunately, tiller left outside all winter. Followed Owner's Manual for seasonal friction disc check over: loosened slip clutch nuts/bolts 2 turns each, used Sharpie to mark a line across both friction discs and metal plate in between, then engaged PTO/tiller for 2-3 seconds, twice. The Sharpie marks did not move...were not off-set from each other. Repeated with same result. Then with bolts still loosened, I engaged PTO/Tiller at about PTO RPM speed and dropped tiller slowly onto some loose garden soil. The tiller blades turned just a few revolutions, tilled up soil just a couple inches deep, then the blades stopped turning while PTO shaft WAS turning. No squeal, no smoke, no smell. I disengaged tiller after maybe 3-4 seconds of the tines not turning.

Doesn't this mean the friction discs are, in fact, slipping and are not corroded to the point of not being able to slip? But, BUT, when I checked my Sharpie mark across both friction discs....I did not see any movement, any offset one from the other. How can this be?

This is a 2 year old tiller with very few hours on it. If I have to take slip clutch apart - do I just break apart / loosen the corroded friction discs and then re-assemble the thing?

Thank you for your help.

 

[oldballs]

It sounds like the nuts/bolts need re-tightend again. My LandPride tiller is about four years old and I set it according to the OE manual when new. It has worked fine ever since. My tiller sets outside routinely, but is covered with a canvas tarp. Maybe resetting the whole thing again (via the OE manual) will get you back into service.

Good Luck

 

[cmcramer]

Just watched a YouTube video on topic....my error: I marked and was looking at just the inside face of friction discs, the very center, instead of the entire housing including the outer faces of friction discs. They WERE slipping when lowered into my garden, and my new marks showed that.

All ready to till!

 

[Oldoak]

Good that you have it figured out.

I really like my LandPride tiller. Been using it for five years now. Although it is kept under roof, I check the slip clutch every Spring before it's first use for the year.