5030
Epic Contributor
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2003
- Messages
- 24,772
- Location
- SE Michigan in the middle of nowhere
- Tractor
- Kubota M9000 HDCC3 M9000 HDC
I've never replaced a clutch in anything but a big truck and they are all ceramic pucks. The hotter they get, the better they bite. Far as my tractors are concerned, neither have clutches in them, Both are multi plate wet clutches and I've never even adjusted them in either unit.
In any tractor with a dry clutch, the clutch is the weakest point in the driveline and usually entails the most cost to replace because it entails splitting the unit.
Think you have clutch and clutch brake mixed up. A clutch brake is a small disc in front of the throw out bearing that stops the rotation of the clutch disc so gear changes can be made more easily with a non synchromesh transmission.
Clutch brakes are commonly used on big trucks, rarely on anything else and a clutch brake is replaceable without splitting a unit apart and most are 2 piece.
In any tractor with a dry clutch, the clutch is the weakest point in the driveline and usually entails the most cost to replace because it entails splitting the unit.
Think you have clutch and clutch brake mixed up. A clutch brake is a small disc in front of the throw out bearing that stops the rotation of the clutch disc so gear changes can be made more easily with a non synchromesh transmission.
Clutch brakes are commonly used on big trucks, rarely on anything else and a clutch brake is replaceable without splitting a unit apart and most are 2 piece.