jwstewar
Elite Member
This season has been off to a rough mowing season start because of MMM issues, I think I finally got those worked out only to have the tractor bite me now.
I was mowing today, I stopped to clean the radiator and when I went to get back on, I couldn't engage the MMM - the gears kept grinding. I know I shouldn't have, but I finally got it jammed in gear and I proceeded to mow for another half hour or so. I then stopped to add some fuel. I then couldn't engage the mid-PTO at all - it was grinding really bad. So I kept playing around and as it turns out, even with the clutch pedal all the way depressed (and the mid and/or rear PTO engage) the PTO shafts will still spin. If I have the hydrostat in a range, even with the clutch pedal pushed in and I push the hydro pedal, the tractor will move. I tried adjuster the clutch pedal, but it hasn't seem to make much of a different either way. The clutch "feels" good.
Any thoughts? I'm thinking the fingers on the clutch disk have broken not allowing the clutch to disengage. Last year I had to split the tractor because of a leak at the hydrostatic pump, but everything has been fine for almost 200 hours since then. This is sounding like it is going to be a bigger harder split because I have to split the tractor forward of where I had to split it last year.
I was mowing today, I stopped to clean the radiator and when I went to get back on, I couldn't engage the MMM - the gears kept grinding. I know I shouldn't have, but I finally got it jammed in gear and I proceeded to mow for another half hour or so. I then stopped to add some fuel. I then couldn't engage the mid-PTO at all - it was grinding really bad. So I kept playing around and as it turns out, even with the clutch pedal all the way depressed (and the mid and/or rear PTO engage) the PTO shafts will still spin. If I have the hydrostat in a range, even with the clutch pedal pushed in and I push the hydro pedal, the tractor will move. I tried adjuster the clutch pedal, but it hasn't seem to make much of a different either way. The clutch "feels" good.
Any thoughts? I'm thinking the fingers on the clutch disk have broken not allowing the clutch to disengage. Last year I had to split the tractor because of a leak at the hydrostatic pump, but everything has been fine for almost 200 hours since then. This is sounding like it is going to be a bigger harder split because I have to split the tractor forward of where I had to split it last year.