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Land Pride Tiller. Brand new and did a clutch run, but two plates were seized good - wouldn't budge. The tiller probably sat in the dealer lot for a good while. Tried several times to get it to free up by clutch running it a few times. Even tried some of the "tricks" suggested on other related threads. No luck. So took it apart and cleaned it up.
This is my first experience with a slip clutch. Some questions:
1) How often do these clutches seize up?
2) Has anyone had a tiller sit idle for say a few months and the clutches still slipped? For me, the tiller is not an everyday implement, and will have stretches of idle time. I'm scratching my head wondering if it wouldn't be better to switch out the drive-line for a shear pin version....if that's even possible.
3) The manual does not suggest this, so I'm thinking this probably is not a good idea....but if you were going to store the tiller over the winter, would it be a good idea to just remove the drive-line, and store in a more controlled environment....OR
4) If you were going to store long term, would it be a good thing to back off on the spring bolts, to allow the plates to "breathe" and prevent seizing? Not sure if this would create more problems by allow junk to get in between.
But I figured I'd ask, since there are many out there much more familiar with the Slip Clutch than I am. Thanks in advance!
This is my first experience with a slip clutch. Some questions:
1) How often do these clutches seize up?
2) Has anyone had a tiller sit idle for say a few months and the clutches still slipped? For me, the tiller is not an everyday implement, and will have stretches of idle time. I'm scratching my head wondering if it wouldn't be better to switch out the drive-line for a shear pin version....if that's even possible.
3) The manual does not suggest this, so I'm thinking this probably is not a good idea....but if you were going to store the tiller over the winter, would it be a good idea to just remove the drive-line, and store in a more controlled environment....OR
4) If you were going to store long term, would it be a good thing to back off on the spring bolts, to allow the plates to "breathe" and prevent seizing? Not sure if this would create more problems by allow junk to get in between.
But I figured I'd ask, since there are many out there much more familiar with the Slip Clutch than I am. Thanks in advance!