John Deere 50 clutch makes horrible noise

Russell87

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Clutch on john deere 50 makes horrible banging noise when
disengauged it's not as loud when tractor is In neutral with
clutch Engauged. I adjusted the clutch because it was way
sloppy. It helped some but still bad noises are coming out of
the clutch. Not sure if I need awhole rebuild of just some
adjusting. Any help would be appreciated.
 
With the tractor dead, how much can you move the pulley up and down, if a lot, then the bearing in the center of it is gone.
 
You need to tear it apart and see why it is so noisy. Somethings wrong. Don't mess with a clutch like you describe, someone might get hurt if it inadvertently engages.
 
Worst case would be a bad bearing, most likely, plates have simply broken, or rivets or glue have let go on them.
 

Somebody did not operate or service the tractor as per the operator's manual.
The nice folks at 1-800-522-7448 have both the operator's and service manuals on CD or hard copy.
The clutch needs a complete tear down. Cleaning, inspection, replacement of worn/broken parts and proper adjustment.
The ruined bearing can seize and make it impossible for the operator to disengage the clutch.
 
before you do anything more pull the cover off of the flywheel I think it is broke. the noise will telegraph to the clutch side
 

maybe you should look at the JD site I told you about with the parts list?

http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/servlet/com.deere.u90490.partscatalog.view.servlets.HomePageServlet_Alt
 

I'll bet you a bottle of 18yr old Glenlivit Scotch . That if I walked up to that 50 while the owner left it idling. Put the transmission in neutral and engaged the clutch. He would wonder why.
 
Agree with Kent Check flywheel. My 52 A made big noise and I fiddled around with the clutch and it was no help. Found the flywheel splines on the crankshaft broken.
 

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