FINALLY, ALL DONE!
Got her put back together, and what a difference! I guess the clutch was well used when I bought it. The tractor moves forward with a purpose now using the same ease-off pressure I used with the old clutch. In low gear, it moves quicker.
Overall the job wasn't too bad. I had a few bumps and gotchas. This may make a few of you well seasoned tractor fixes laugh. I would definitely do this job again.
* I over torqued a bolt on the flywheel and it broke off. I guess I wouldn't have guessed at tightening them at 25 lbs. An easy-out did the trick.
* We got it back together and the starter just spun and spun. Drat! Is the flywheel pushed out? Is the housing out of alignment? We just loosened the starter and bumped it. If jumped into the flywheel gear. What a fright that was.
* We put the steering wheel back on and it just spun and spun. I forgot we drained the power steering fluid, so it had no pressure to move the cylinder.
And a few tips (which should be common knowledge for the experienced, but we learned along the way)
* Air tools can be your enemy. I used them to quickly remove some smaller bolts and broke the head off one. Use regular wrenches to loosen them first.
* Bleed the air from the fuel system before starting.
* The starter may spin freely after re-installing. We backed it off a bit to allow it to catch the gear. We bumped the tractor and tightened it down
* No over head hoist was needed. We used jack stands and a wheeled floor jack. When pushing it together, put it in neutral and push the back wheels SLOWLY to join the halves. You can spin the PTO freely to get it to align with splines and bearing. What a beautiful sound hearing the splines slide into place.
* Spray contact cleaner on the electrical connections. You'll thank yourself later when you try to turn on the lights
* USE GOOD GREASE to lightly grease the splines, pto shaft and outer portion of the sealed bearings.
* Mike Ward above had a great tip. Drill out a bigger hole in the clutch housing and replace the cotter pin. It gets clogged easy with the disc material.
Total costs:
$283 for the clutch and pto disc (+ $39 shipping to Mich)
$54 for the PTO shaft (we bent)
$60 for the Release bearing and pilot bearing
~100 for fluids, cleaners, tool rental and beer.
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$536 :thumbsup:
VS.
New Holland dealer
$1000 labor
$2000 clutch. I asked about a reman and they said no way.
=====
$3000 :laughing:
Got her put back together, and what a difference! I guess the clutch was well used when I bought it. The tractor moves forward with a purpose now using the same ease-off pressure I used with the old clutch. In low gear, it moves quicker.
Overall the job wasn't too bad. I had a few bumps and gotchas. This may make a few of you well seasoned tractor fixes laugh. I would definitely do this job again.
* I over torqued a bolt on the flywheel and it broke off. I guess I wouldn't have guessed at tightening them at 25 lbs. An easy-out did the trick.
* We got it back together and the starter just spun and spun. Drat! Is the flywheel pushed out? Is the housing out of alignment? We just loosened the starter and bumped it. If jumped into the flywheel gear. What a fright that was.
* We put the steering wheel back on and it just spun and spun. I forgot we drained the power steering fluid, so it had no pressure to move the cylinder.
And a few tips (which should be common knowledge for the experienced, but we learned along the way)
* Air tools can be your enemy. I used them to quickly remove some smaller bolts and broke the head off one. Use regular wrenches to loosen them first.
* Bleed the air from the fuel system before starting.
* The starter may spin freely after re-installing. We backed it off a bit to allow it to catch the gear. We bumped the tractor and tightened it down
* No over head hoist was needed. We used jack stands and a wheeled floor jack. When pushing it together, put it in neutral and push the back wheels SLOWLY to join the halves. You can spin the PTO freely to get it to align with splines and bearing. What a beautiful sound hearing the splines slide into place.
* Spray contact cleaner on the electrical connections. You'll thank yourself later when you try to turn on the lights
* USE GOOD GREASE to lightly grease the splines, pto shaft and outer portion of the sealed bearings.
* Mike Ward above had a great tip. Drill out a bigger hole in the clutch housing and replace the cotter pin. It gets clogged easy with the disc material.
Total costs:
$283 for the clutch and pto disc (+ $39 shipping to Mich)
$54 for the PTO shaft (we bent)
$60 for the Release bearing and pilot bearing
~100 for fluids, cleaners, tool rental and beer.
=====
$536 :thumbsup:
VS.
New Holland dealer
$1000 labor
$2000 clutch. I asked about a reman and they said no way.
=====
$3000 :laughing:
