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I recently started to use a rotary tiller on my tractor (related thread: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/411437-question-about-rotary-tiller-what.html.
On the PTO shaft is a hefty friction clutch, and I have questions about making sure it's properly adjusted.
I followed some instructions I found elsewhere (my tiller has no identifying marks or plates that I've found, nor documentation, but the price was right) - loosened all nuts 2 full revolutions, used a marker across the plates, engaged PTO at idle, disengaged, verified that the plates had moved, and then tightened the nuts 2 full revolutions.
As far as I can tell the clutch works fine - not only did the initial test work, but when engaging in the ground occasionally it obviously spins. Possibly more easily than it otherwise could - when my tiller stops, my tractor engine barely notices, so I suspect that the clutch may be adjusted more loosely than it has to be - though to be honest, I'm fine with it disengaging how it is, it just raised in my mind that where the clutch was set when I got the tiller (not exactly new, but definitely unused) wasn't necessarily correct.
How do you dial in a clutch?
Also - is it reasonable to trim the PTO shaft cover? Unless there's barely a bend , the cover hits the clutch bolts and makes a racket and as you can see it's probably going to crack the shell at some point.
On the PTO shaft is a hefty friction clutch, and I have questions about making sure it's properly adjusted.
I followed some instructions I found elsewhere (my tiller has no identifying marks or plates that I've found, nor documentation, but the price was right) - loosened all nuts 2 full revolutions, used a marker across the plates, engaged PTO at idle, disengaged, verified that the plates had moved, and then tightened the nuts 2 full revolutions.
As far as I can tell the clutch works fine - not only did the initial test work, but when engaging in the ground occasionally it obviously spins. Possibly more easily than it otherwise could - when my tiller stops, my tractor engine barely notices, so I suspect that the clutch may be adjusted more loosely than it has to be - though to be honest, I'm fine with it disengaging how it is, it just raised in my mind that where the clutch was set when I got the tiller (not exactly new, but definitely unused) wasn't necessarily correct.
How do you dial in a clutch?
Also - is it reasonable to trim the PTO shaft cover? Unless there's barely a bend , the cover hits the clutch bolts and makes a racket and as you can see it's probably going to crack the shell at some point.
