tpoole12
New member
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2010
- Messages
- 24
- Location
- Maryville, Tn.
- Tractor
- Massey Ferguson 1643, Massey Ferguson 245
Hey Everyone
I'm looking for a little info. I have a MF 1643 Cab with shuttle shift. The problem I'm having is the clutch is really grabbing when I try to ease up to something such as spearing a hay bale or pulling in the shed to park. Due to the limited space and to much junk in my barns and sheds I have to pull all the way up close against the wall to keep my new toy in the dry. At rpm's greater than low idle it will shake the heck out of me and the tractor. It has done this from day one but has gotten progressively worse. It now has 77 hrs. on the machine. As soon as I got my hay up I returned it to the dealer and told them the problem. I happened by to get some parts for the old MF 245 and when I spoke to the service people they said that they had drove it around but agreed that it was really catchy at the top of the clutch pedal but they thought that was the way it supposed to act. Mentioned something about the shuttle working this way and the manuel clutch doing something else but it kinda sounded like bs to me. They said they were going to talk to the service rep and see if he knew anything. So.............. ( I said all that to ask this..) Has anyone else ran into this or is this the way they act or is there anyone who has a 1600 series shuttle that acts differently?
Thanks
tpoole12
I'm looking for a little info. I have a MF 1643 Cab with shuttle shift. The problem I'm having is the clutch is really grabbing when I try to ease up to something such as spearing a hay bale or pulling in the shed to park. Due to the limited space and to much junk in my barns and sheds I have to pull all the way up close against the wall to keep my new toy in the dry. At rpm's greater than low idle it will shake the heck out of me and the tractor. It has done this from day one but has gotten progressively worse. It now has 77 hrs. on the machine. As soon as I got my hay up I returned it to the dealer and told them the problem. I happened by to get some parts for the old MF 245 and when I spoke to the service people they said that they had drove it around but agreed that it was really catchy at the top of the clutch pedal but they thought that was the way it supposed to act. Mentioned something about the shuttle working this way and the manuel clutch doing something else but it kinda sounded like bs to me. They said they were going to talk to the service rep and see if he knew anything. So.............. ( I said all that to ask this..) Has anyone else ran into this or is this the way they act or is there anyone who has a 1600 series shuttle that acts differently?
Thanks
tpoole12