The Saga of the Stuck Clutch, Part II

[kenstrac]

A clutch can be grabby when you engage it if it has oil on it BUT it could slip after engagement under load.
The other possibility could be mice in the bell housing replaced many clutches because of mouse $ht and nest one was so bad it took out the T/O bearing and input shaft when the guy started it.
The real solution to the problem is to do it right take it apart and look at it.
He had this problem in the past and it doesn't look as if its getting any better.

 

[Soundguy]

If I sold parts I'd probably suggest that too!

Owning old tractors.. I tend to like to try the free and easy and cheap stuff first.. when all that fails.. then do the real work$$.

If I split every tractor that I ever found that had a stuck clutch vs just trying to unstick them and then see how they act after that.. I'd spend more time split than running..

clutch's stick.. fact o' life. some are worse than others... some require fixing.. some require a change in operational technique.

many manufacturers acknowledge this by providing a wedge block so the owner can block the clutch when tractor is not in use. I've seen this wood wedge on a string on new holland tractors...

soundguy

 

[Farmwithjunk]

62 years on this earth and I THOUGHT I'd heard it all.

I guess not. Not until now anyway.

Christmas lights in the bellhousing? HO HO HO!

I broke one loose a few summers past by putting the rear end up on jackstands, spinning the rear wheels up to road speed in high gear, depressing the clutch pedal, then stomping on the brakes (hard).

 

[Soundguy]

62 years on this earth and I THOUGHT I'd heard it all.

I guess not. Not until now anyway.

Christmas lights in the bellhousing? HO HO HO!

I broke one loose a few summers past by putting the rear end up on jackstands, spinning the rear wheels up to road speed in high gear, depressing the clutch pedal, then stomping on the brakes (hard).

Here recently I got my naa broke loose by just putting her in 4th gear, blocking clutch, and bumping starter over a couple times with a jumper wire on the solenoid... my fault for letting her setup so long and not checking the 'stick' I ued to block the clutch.. sometime inthe last 6 years it broke! ( imagine that) and let the clutch come back together.. go figure..

soundguy

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Here recently I got my naa broke loose by just putting her in 4th gear, blocking clutch, and bumping starter over a couple times with a jumper wire on the solenoid... my fault for letting her setup so long and not checking the 'stick' I ued to block the clutch.. sometime inthe last 6 years it broke! ( imagine that) and let the clutch come back together.. go figure..

soundguy

I have my fathers '56 Ferguson F40 out behind the barn. I've been threatening for the past 20 years to restore it to its former glory. Last time it was actually used was in 1997. When we moved from the farm to our present location (in '05) I put a battery in it, fired it up and drove it on/off the trailer. The clutch worked like a new one! 4 years under a plastic tarp and I have a feeling things might be a little different now. Now that I'm retired, the litany of excuses is running out. This may just be the winter for rebuilding the first tractor I ever drove by myself.

 

[Soundguy]

I have my fathers '56 Ferguson F40 out behind the barn. I've been threatening for the past 20 years to restore it to its former glory. Last time it was actually used was in 1997. When we moved from the farm to our present location (in '05) I put a battery in it, fired it up and drove it on/off the trailer. The clutch worked like a new one! 4 years under a plastic tarp and I have a feeling things might be a little different now. Now that I'm retired, the litany of excuses is running out. This may just be the winter for rebuilding the first tractor I ever drove by myself.

With 00 and 01 series fords all around my place now, i had retired the NAA.. after all.. a 660 is everything a NAA is plus more gears and live pto.

In any case.. that all changed this year as i found the rare bracket set needed to hang a ford 1-arm 711 or 722 loader onto my naa. that and the fact i had a couple spare loaders out at the back of the pasture.

Of course.. that meant I had to tear the shet metal off and rebuild that worn out steering box... that 75$ bracket set I found on ebay 'caused' me a few good weekends of work getting the naa back to life and tightened back up to tote that loader.

Not content to have SA hyds ont he laoder by chaining the lift arms down, I'm halfway into a hyds modification to the top cover.. and now 'stuck' waiting for a part to come in so i can slap my cheapy DA dalve onto the fender and tap those live hyds the 53/54 sported. Wish the naa had the standard ford hyd option cover for a valve that the 55+ had... oh well.. soon as I get my blank plate modified.. i'll have remotes and loader function AND 3pt all at the same time... migth make for a nice tractor after that .. I am still fond of the ford basic 4speed... kinda tall in 1st.. but rugged trans..


soundguy

 

[David-Davies]

If you have an inspection plate, then you should be able to remove the bolts that bolt the pressure plate to the flywheel,[that's the reason for the inspection plate, on most tractors, to serperate them] Remove the clutch linkage, [this will let the throw out bearing move way back. Unbolt the pressure plate. You may be able to pry on the pressure plate, or jog the starter, beat with a hammer, or any of the pre-suggestions