quicksandfarmer
Elite Member
As others have noted, your clutch is slipping. Most likely this is caused by the clutch disk wearing out, which means replacing the disk, which means splitting the tractor in two. A while back there was a mechanic here who was bragging he could do a clutch in six hours. I think that's under ideal conditions, with a well-equipped shop and on a tractor he was familiar with. I think an experience mechanic with the right tools could probably do it in under twelve even if not familiar with the tractor, they're pretty straightforward. In terms of parts, I did the clutch on my Jinma last summer and it was US $155 for new disks for the drive and PTO clutches, and a new bearing. So the cost of the job is mostly labor.
There are two other possibilities. One is that the clutch is misadjusted. What that means is when you take your foot off the pedal, the pedal is actually still pressing slightly on the clutch. The clutch pedal moves a fork which presses on the clutch bearing, the clutch bearing presses on the clutch release. There should be a gap of about 2.5 mm between the bearing and the release. There is an inspection plate on the side of the housing that you can take off and look in to see the gap, but you can sort of tell without even looking there, the pedal should feel like it has maybe 20mm of movement before it does anything.
The other possibility is your clutch is slipping because it is contaminated with oil. To fix that you have to find out where the oil is coming from and fix it, it could be anywhere. I've had clutches where the oil burns off by itself, but it may also mean splitting the tractor and replacing the clutch.
There are two other possibilities. One is that the clutch is misadjusted. What that means is when you take your foot off the pedal, the pedal is actually still pressing slightly on the clutch. The clutch pedal moves a fork which presses on the clutch bearing, the clutch bearing presses on the clutch release. There should be a gap of about 2.5 mm between the bearing and the release. There is an inspection plate on the side of the housing that you can take off and look in to see the gap, but you can sort of tell without even looking there, the pedal should feel like it has maybe 20mm of movement before it does anything.
The other possibility is your clutch is slipping because it is contaminated with oil. To fix that you have to find out where the oil is coming from and fix it, it could be anywhere. I've had clutches where the oil burns off by itself, but it may also mean splitting the tractor and replacing the clutch.