2810 clutch

[6shotz]

Not to replace the input shaft. Disassemble the obvious stuff at the front of the case. Pull the transmission cover off the top. Couple of snap rings to get loose. Remove from the front catching the bearing and gears as it comes out. 10-20 Series service manual.pdf . that link should go straight to the service manual for this one. Ignore the picture on the thumbnail. It's incorrect.

Awesome! thank you for sharing!

 

[claggstractors]

Awesome! thank you for sharing!

No problem. Thanks to Asteral for pulling them out of Branson though. Otherwise, you would have had to waited for me to scan the needed pages out of the paper manual lol.

 

[mike0000]

Been a while since I've been into one of those. Had a few that had to have the snychros replaced on the shuttle years ago. Don't remember anything out of the ordinary. Bransons part prices are getting out of hand for sure. Can't say I've ever had to replace the main input shaft into the transmission though.

“Branson part prices are getting out of hand for sure”
you said a mouthful right there, I couldn’t agree more, there’s a reason my signature no longer includes a Branson.
Not brand bashing, I really liked my 3510, in someways better (weight and loader capabilities for sure) than my L3901, but waiting on parts to come from Korea, price and no good dealer support in my area anymore helped make my decision to replace it. I looked at the RK rebranded tractors but didn’t get a good feeling on support after the sale from Rural King.

Mike

 

[claggstractors]

“Branson part prices are getting out of hand for sure”
you said a mouthful right there, I couldn’t agree more, there’s a reason my signature no longer includes a Branson.
Not brand bashing, I really liked my 3510, in someways better (weight and loader capabilities for sure) than my L3901, but waiting on parts to come from Korea, price and no good dealer support in my area anymore helped make my decision to replace it. I looked at the RK rebranded tractors but didn’t get a good feeling on support after the sale from Rural King.

Mike

Yeah, the original 10/20 Series Bransons are very good little tractors. Parts support and pricing was better when Americans were running the distribution side of things. Same thing happened at TYM though too. Both companies can make some really good product. But seems to be they keep rushing things to market faster and faster, and in both cases, I ended up with tractors sold that they didn't have the proper diagnostic software/hardware to take care of them. Had to buy back one TYM just due to lack of tools to calibrate the clutch. They did finally, after very many emails, phone calls, and gettin' on to the rep, get me what I needed. Couple of years later though. Still don't have that stuff for the 8050's and at this point never will. Needless to say, they both became very hard sells in my area as a brand once those farmers talked.

 

[6shotz]

Not to replace the input shaft. Disassemble the obvious stuff at the front of the case. Pull the transmission cover off the top. Couple of snap rings to get loose. Remove from the front catching the bearing and gears as it comes out. 10-20 Series service manual.pdf . that link should go straight to the service manual for this one. Ignore the picture on the thumbnail. It's incorrect.

Got the new input shaft installed, it wasn't too bad of a job. Got the clutch assembly all cleaned up and new friction disc ready to reinstall. I can't seem to find any misalignment or excessive runout on the clutch/flywheel/case halves. I really do not understand what is causing my clutch failure issues. I am obviously missing something here.

 

[K5lwq]

I am thinking with new matched splines and the grease you probably will not have anymore issues. I sure hope so anyway.

 

[6shotz]

I am thinking with new matched splines and the grease you probably will not have anymore issues. I sure hope so anyway.

I sure hope so, I just don't know what else to do to try to remedy the problem.

Thanks!

 

[Branson Bob]

Good luck 6shotz.

Fingers crossed for you.

 

[6shotz]

Well...the saga continues. I maybe got 20hrs out of the tractor and the clutch failed again. This time I parked it and went and bought an orange tractor, 47hp with a hydrostatic! lol!
I really liked that little Branson a lot but could not go red again as the parts prices are absolutly insulting!, dealer support is not so good either. This little tractor is 22 yrs. old and parts are considered obsolete! Hmmmmm, not so with green and orange. Initial purchase price is lower than the others but parts are the same or more...if you are fortunate enough to even find them!

So I let it sit for quite a while and just got to it yesterday (splitting a tractor is not for the faint-of-heart). What I found this time was interesting. The spline was just fine but it sheared off all the rivets.
No indication of interference (nothing touched the rivet heads) they simply sheared off clean!
It happened while out brush hogging. The PTO disc is the original and still looks great.

I am sharing all this in hope that someone more knowledgeable than myself will recognize what's really going on here. I don't want to give it up to the tractor junk yard as the rest of the tractor is great.

 

[Offroadtek]

That's wild. Hope someone chimes in with some insight.