Hi all,
I tried this post over on the general forum with no luck so I hope I can find some help here. I've just got back to working on my 1715 tractor clutch (which has the same clutch as the 1520) after about 6 months of sitting. The thrust bearing was shot and since i was splitting the tractor I had the whole clutch sent out to a popular (on this site) rebuilder last spring. Anyway I got a replacement kit and bolted up the tractor again and decided to check operation before I started putting things back together and noticed that I didn't seem to have any contact of the thrust bearing with the clutch fingers until only the very last quarter inch of pedal travel. The adjustment screw on the linkage is also at its limit. I tried rolling the tractor in gear and pushing in the clutch and still doesn't release when I push the clutch pedal down. It will roll in neutral. I called the rebuilder and he indicated that I was sent a surplus Jeep clutch, with thrust and pilot bearings, that matches out with the original FNH as a replacement. I could tell it was not the original because I had to ream out one of the sets of mounting holes on the pressure plate to get the bolts through. Anyway I asked if the problem might be the finger height adjustment and he seemed to think not. He suspected that I placed the wrong face of the clutch disc to the flywheel. So I just got done splitting and remounting the clutch assembly with the opposite face of the clutch disc facing the flywheel and then bolted up the tractor again. Now there is absolutely no contact of the thrust bearing with the fingers, that I can detect, when the clutch pedal is depressed. Anyone have any idea what my issue is? My only feeling is that the clutch finger height is not to spec, contrary to what the rebuilder thinks. I'm kind of at my wits end with this and am starting to regret not just buying the way more expensive oem replacement clutch. Thanks for your input. Oh yeah, and if anyone knows the clutch finger height spec, please chime in because the manual doesn't give it. It only says to check it using tool # FNH 1300. I'd really like to check it before sending the clutch back. Thanks again for any input at all.
I tried this post over on the general forum with no luck so I hope I can find some help here. I've just got back to working on my 1715 tractor clutch (which has the same clutch as the 1520) after about 6 months of sitting. The thrust bearing was shot and since i was splitting the tractor I had the whole clutch sent out to a popular (on this site) rebuilder last spring. Anyway I got a replacement kit and bolted up the tractor again and decided to check operation before I started putting things back together and noticed that I didn't seem to have any contact of the thrust bearing with the clutch fingers until only the very last quarter inch of pedal travel. The adjustment screw on the linkage is also at its limit. I tried rolling the tractor in gear and pushing in the clutch and still doesn't release when I push the clutch pedal down. It will roll in neutral. I called the rebuilder and he indicated that I was sent a surplus Jeep clutch, with thrust and pilot bearings, that matches out with the original FNH as a replacement. I could tell it was not the original because I had to ream out one of the sets of mounting holes on the pressure plate to get the bolts through. Anyway I asked if the problem might be the finger height adjustment and he seemed to think not. He suspected that I placed the wrong face of the clutch disc to the flywheel. So I just got done splitting and remounting the clutch assembly with the opposite face of the clutch disc facing the flywheel and then bolted up the tractor again. Now there is absolutely no contact of the thrust bearing with the fingers, that I can detect, when the clutch pedal is depressed. Anyone have any idea what my issue is? My only feeling is that the clutch finger height is not to spec, contrary to what the rebuilder thinks. I'm kind of at my wits end with this and am starting to regret not just buying the way more expensive oem replacement clutch. Thanks for your input. Oh yeah, and if anyone knows the clutch finger height spec, please chime in because the manual doesn't give it. It only says to check it using tool # FNH 1300. I'd really like to check it before sending the clutch back. Thanks again for any input at all.
