First let me say that I really like my little 1500D Yanmar. I have had it for a little over three years and it has done everything I need it to do. But..........every time I need to fix something I find that someone before me made some half a$$ed jackleg repair.
A few weeks ago I was doing a lot of work recutting the ditches for my driveway, recutting the crown, etc, and before I could get the job completely done, the clutch went south. Couldn't get it to completely disengage and the gears would grind when I went from neutral to any gear.
So I ordered a new clutch, pressure plate and throwout bearing and, since I don't have a suitable place to break a tractor in half, took it to our local independent tractor guy to have the clutch put in. He had never worked on a Yanmar before as was a little hesitant but I assured him that I have the repair manuals and had access to parts if more were needed. So he agreed to do the job.....after he got all the AG tractors in the shop done.
Got it in the shop this week finally and today I get a phone message from him telling me that we needed to order more parts. What now!!!
When I got there he showed me that my old clutch wasn't really in too bad of shape. The problem was with the throwout bearing. You see, the throwout bearing is retained with two springs. I didn't have two springs. I didn't have one spring. I had one nylon wire retainer on one side and the other nylon wire retainer that someone had put in there was broken.
No telling how long that rig had been in place. The bearing was trying to get sideways every time I pushed on the pedal and it was seized up. The fingers on the pressure plate were well worn where the seized up bearing had been riding on it.
So, I called Aaron at Hoye and he is sending the new springs to my guy. Maybe I'll have my tractor back this weekend.
Why do people rig stuff up like that?
A few weeks ago I was doing a lot of work recutting the ditches for my driveway, recutting the crown, etc, and before I could get the job completely done, the clutch went south. Couldn't get it to completely disengage and the gears would grind when I went from neutral to any gear.
So I ordered a new clutch, pressure plate and throwout bearing and, since I don't have a suitable place to break a tractor in half, took it to our local independent tractor guy to have the clutch put in. He had never worked on a Yanmar before as was a little hesitant but I assured him that I have the repair manuals and had access to parts if more were needed. So he agreed to do the job.....after he got all the AG tractors in the shop done.
Got it in the shop this week finally and today I get a phone message from him telling me that we needed to order more parts. What now!!!
When I got there he showed me that my old clutch wasn't really in too bad of shape. The problem was with the throwout bearing. You see, the throwout bearing is retained with two springs. I didn't have two springs. I didn't have one spring. I had one nylon wire retainer on one side and the other nylon wire retainer that someone had put in there was broken.
No telling how long that rig had been in place. The bearing was trying to get sideways every time I pushed on the pedal and it was seized up. The fingers on the pressure plate were well worn where the seized up bearing had been riding on it.
So, I called Aaron at Hoye and he is sending the new springs to my guy. Maybe I'll have my tractor back this weekend.
Why do people rig stuff up like that?