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[SPYDERLK]

I mega ditto that.. below is the picture of my clutch after 28 years of use. It's got many more years left if I give it just a bit of TLC. As you said, splitting and changing an $80 clutch disk is not a major thing. I'll be watching the clutch thickness every once in a while. It is a good think that I have a hand hole with a rubber cap on the tranny allowing me inspection with no disassembly in couple of minutes.

JC,

How thick are the rivet heads wrt the remaining clutch material? To me it looks critical, but maybe Im scaling it wrong.
larry

 

[JC-jetro]

How thick are the rivet heads wrt the remaining clutch material? To me it looks critical, but maybe Im scaling it wrong.
larry

I'm not sure Larry. I just compared the total thickness of the plate visually to couple of automotive clutch plates I changed. I looked at the clutch plate for my jeep also and OEM equivalent is not much thicker than my tractor's. I have yet to do a clutch disk replacement on a tractor. Are the tractor clutch disks a lot thicker? I hate to damage/score my pressure plate and or flywheel so first time i hear grinding noise and I'll be on it. I reckon I can gage thickness with piece of cardboard or something and try to compare it with OEM specs.

JC,