JD 7000 planter

I'm getting ready to use this planter for the first time, and I've got to ask a couple questions after reading the discussion about the clutch a page or so back, with the cams that wear and split washers for a temporary fix. I assume you are talking about the clutch that disengages the planter drive when you lift it? If so, I'm guessing mine might already have the big washer. To change it out do you have to slide that shaft all the way out or just out far enough to get the assembly off? I can't find anything about that clutch in the manual. Was planning to run without a monitor until I started worrying about this clutch, fitting my 966 for the JD 100 monitor, this will be the first machine I have ever used with electric wires connecting the tractor to the implement! It's got a Wetherell end transport, anybody use one? Seems like it has a fair amount of tongue weight, wondering if anybody has pulled one down the road with a one-ton. Thanks
 
Questions. Has the monitor been checked over professionally to know it works properly? Upon knowing the monitor works have you dropped seed through the boot to see that each row registers? Most of the time the added washer is covering up for another problem and that cover will not hold up. Clutch dogs to wear so the points of engagement are not square. Old chains do not move as they should. Do you know the chains turn free. Bearings also wear therefore do not turn free. I just changed out eight 9/16 bearing/ sprocket combos on a 12 row because I did not like the resistance I was getting with a medium 9/16 wrench trying to turn the wing shafts on a 7000 front fold twelve row. Unless you are really behind in the field it might be worth the planter going in the shop for a day or two. Better than looking at a less than perfectly seeded field during the growing season and still guess at the problem. There is always the chance you might miss something the first time around in the shop but doing something is better than where you are at now. Good luck.
 
You only need to move the shaft enough to get at the assembly. Sorry. I must have been more tired than I realized when I wrote the response. Also, to test bearing and chain load I isolate a wing or side of the planter then apply the wrench. To isolate disconnect the coupler at the transmission for each side. If chains appear to be loose (but not too loose) while mounted but the side still feels stiff then I isolate bearings. On the job I did yesterday I found two very stiff bearings, one so-so and one decent so I took no chances and changed them out. It's a sucky job to figure out what is going on with a drive on a planter but hopefully you will have peace of mind once in the field. Things can be stressful enough.
 
If you are going to replace the clutch I would pull the shaft all the way out and replace the bearings also get two jobs done at the same time.
 
Difficulty of repair varies with planter size. You mentioned end transport- is it an 8 or 12 row? If you lived here, current weather gives you plenty of time to replace the clutch! You get only one chance each year to do a good job of planting.
 
wetherall transport is a big pos that's always in the way whenever you want to do anything to the rows near it, I have one and I hate it
 
The weather is not being much help here either, at least it's some moisture. It's an 8 row. The shafts and bearings that drive the units are new, and it seems like it all turns real easy, about 4 lbs. on a one-foot bar rolls the whole thing over from the 9/16ths shaft without the corn meters in. I don't know that the clutch is acting up any, just noticed it has the temporary fix already and thought maybe I should start with a new one while I have time. Overall the planter is really pretty clean, looks like is has been maintained and shedded. The Wetherell transport does seem to be a big PITA. Thanks for any and all advice guys, I was just getting a handle on the 6-row 7100 but I had to jump up to 8 row, want to go pull-type so I don't have to get into a bigger tractor.
 

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