f20 clutch plate seized after sitting too long?

michaelr · Aug 22, 2014

Appears the clutch seized after sitting too long in the barn. How should a fella pry them apart?

old · Aug 22, 2014

That is a common problem with any tractor. One way to free it up is take it out to an open field and drive it around in the highest gear you can start it in. Of course if it is hand start that would be hard to do.

ken house · Aug 22, 2014

do you have a field where you can drive the tractor, without ruts, rocks , holes, etc.?

if so, you need another tractor with a front bucket.
put the tractor in a gear, that is suitable for the area in which you will be driving. have someone push the tractor until it starts. drive the tractor, while holding pressure on the clutch pedal. good luck.

robgIN · Aug 22, 2014

it is really easy to get the clutch apart on that tractor, so do yourself a favor, take it out and clean everything up and put it back together and you will be good to go. You may get lucky and get it to pop loose doing what others have said, but my luck has been they continue to stick , maybe only occasionally , but when it sticks it can be a bad situation.

F-Dean · Aug 22, 2014

I agree. Play it safe. Take the time to take the clutch apart. It is not that much work.

After you get it back together, get a plug for the timing "hole." That is where mice usually get in and cause the clutch to stick.

Farmallhal · Aug 23, 2014

I recently had the same problem on my Farmall 240 and I just locked the clutch pedal down with a wooden block and rolled the tractor back and forth about 20 times with the transmission in 4th and it popped loose. My tractor was inside a closed building with a cement floor so rolling it was very easy. I now park the tractor with the wood block holding the clutch away from the flywheel, Hal.

Tom Fleming · Aug 23, 2014

The best way is to remove the clutch housing (not a terrible job) and remove the pressure plate. That way, you can clean things up.

I have had some limited success with going in from the inspection plate and working my way around with screw drivers with the clutch peddle held down.

You also need to take the inspection plate off in any case to make sure your issue isn't a mouse nest. Common problem on these old girls that sit for awhile.

dodger42 · Aug 25, 2014

(quoted from post at 09:30:57 08/23/14) I recently had the same problem on my Farmall 240 and I just locked the clutch pedal down with a wooden block and rolled the tractor back and forth about 20 times with the transmission in 4th and it popped loose. My tractor was inside a closed building with a cement floor so rolling it was very easy. I now park the tractor with the wood block holding the clutch away from the flywheel, Hal.

My F20 was stuck from sitting 20 years without moving or starting. After I got it running again, I checked in the inspection hole, but fortunately, no evidence of mice. So, I jammed a wood block between the clutch pedal and the housing, put the trans in 4th gear, and dragged the tractor maybe 15-20 feet with my 8N (when it started rolling easy, I knew it freed up) Of course, the mag was grounded out, so it wouldn't start and come roaring at me-it would definitely be safer to have someone on the F20,too.
I then started the F20 up, and the clutch was free. I drove it around a bit, then parked it and jammed the wood block back in again behind the pedal, and let it idle a bit before I shut it down. I'm going to leave the block in, like the other poster suggested.

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