barngal
New member
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2005
- Messages
- 21
- Location
- West Coast
- Tractor
- John Deere 870, Craftsman 24HP garden tractor
I'm hoping there is something I can do to get my clutch working. I have a JD 870 compact tractor.
I just replaced the 4 main hoses to my loader (for up, down, and tilting the bucket).
Since then, my clutch isn't working. When the tractor is off, I can easily shift all into all 3 gears and reverse. Once the tractor is running, it is very difficult to shift into gear, and once in gear, the tractor continues to move with the clutch fully depressed, as if the clutch doesn't disengage. So trouble engaging, trouble disengaging. I turn the key off to make it stop. With the engine running, it shifts into reverse more easily than into first. The bucket, 3 point hitch lift and rear pto are all working normally. I did have to replace quite a bit of hydraulic fluid after changing the hoses.
I'm hoping the clutch problem is related to changing the hoses and that there is an easy solution? I don't understand how the hydraulics work the clutch, but I thought maybe somehow the clutch line needed to be primed or get rid of air. I've already tried operating the bucket and the rear hitch a LOT, and operating the pto for extended period also. Also operating the clutch at least a hundred times, both when the tractor is off, when it is running and in neutral, and when it is running and in gear.
Anything else I can try, or do? Its mowing season, of course...
I just replaced the 4 main hoses to my loader (for up, down, and tilting the bucket).
Since then, my clutch isn't working. When the tractor is off, I can easily shift all into all 3 gears and reverse. Once the tractor is running, it is very difficult to shift into gear, and once in gear, the tractor continues to move with the clutch fully depressed, as if the clutch doesn't disengage. So trouble engaging, trouble disengaging. I turn the key off to make it stop. With the engine running, it shifts into reverse more easily than into first. The bucket, 3 point hitch lift and rear pto are all working normally. I did have to replace quite a bit of hydraulic fluid after changing the hoses.
I'm hoping the clutch problem is related to changing the hoses and that there is an easy solution? I don't understand how the hydraulics work the clutch, but I thought maybe somehow the clutch line needed to be primed or get rid of air. I've already tried operating the bucket and the rear hitch a LOT, and operating the pto for extended period also. Also operating the clutch at least a hundred times, both when the tractor is off, when it is running and in neutral, and when it is running and in gear.
Anything else I can try, or do? Its mowing season, of course...
