Richard
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
- Messages
- 4,822
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Tractor
- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
We’ve got a IH-444 that sadly, is worse for it’s wear.
I discovered the clutch was stuck from sitting idle for most of the winter. (peddle wouldn’t depress)
Got it unstuck, fired tractor up, attached mower, went to cut field. Engaged clutch again to engage blades and got GRINDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Upshot, it won’t disengage the pto using the two stage clutch. I put rpms down to about 3 rpm (as in three) which obviously isn’t accurate. None the less, I put rpm’s down as far as I could go, DID get blades engaged and cut field. Ok, so I jammed the lever in to engage the blades, there I admit it /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Obviously we have an issue.
Any thoughts on how difficult/easy this issue might be? The clutch otherwise seems to be working fine. Just “part 2” of the two stage range.
I discovered the clutch was stuck from sitting idle for most of the winter. (peddle wouldn’t depress)
Got it unstuck, fired tractor up, attached mower, went to cut field. Engaged clutch again to engage blades and got GRINDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Upshot, it won’t disengage the pto using the two stage clutch. I put rpms down to about 3 rpm (as in three) which obviously isn’t accurate. None the less, I put rpm’s down as far as I could go, DID get blades engaged and cut field. Ok, so I jammed the lever in to engage the blades, there I admit it /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Obviously we have an issue.
Any thoughts on how difficult/easy this issue might be? The clutch otherwise seems to be working fine. Just “part 2” of the two stage range.