Hi everyone,
I've replaced the clutch in my 1958 MF50 (serial begins in 518) because it was grinding gears. However, I have a bigger issue now. The clutch is so hard to push that I have to stand on it, and if I try to push it all the way down the floor board, the pedal will slip out of adjustment no matter how tight the retaining bolts are. The movement seems fine, and the tractor moves fine (though still grinds gears, probably because I can't push it down far enough). The clutch assembly came from the local tractor shop that does a lot of work on all brands of antique tractors, so I trusted that they'd be able to get a good, correct part for me. But I'm not so sure.
I know that there's an Industrial and an Agricultural MF50 (mine's Agricultural), and there are red springs and yellow springs. Am I right in thinking that my clutch should have yellow springs? The one that's on it now has red springs, which I didn't think much of considering it was an aftermarket part.
I've been asking the shop that sold me the clutch assembly about it for a few weeks. They're starting to wonder if the clutch should be 6 springs or 12 springs; perhaps I got a 12 when there should only be 6. They reached out to the supplier, who said that that's the only clutch for the MF50. So they reached out to another supplier that isn't returning their calls.
From what I gather in the Agco Parts Books for that tractor, there should be 12 yellow springs. Does anyone know for sure?
Only other thing I can think of is that the fingers are severely out of adjustment. But my understanding is that they just need to be adjusted equally, not necessarily to a specific distance. I did make sure they were equal and had to adjust 1 of the 3. But I wouldn't think that that would make the clutch hard to push. There's also a chance that the wrong throwout bearing is wrong (not the shop's fault), but again, I don't see how that would cause this issue.
Any insight would be appreciated!
- Eric
I've replaced the clutch in my 1958 MF50 (serial begins in 518) because it was grinding gears. However, I have a bigger issue now. The clutch is so hard to push that I have to stand on it, and if I try to push it all the way down the floor board, the pedal will slip out of adjustment no matter how tight the retaining bolts are. The movement seems fine, and the tractor moves fine (though still grinds gears, probably because I can't push it down far enough). The clutch assembly came from the local tractor shop that does a lot of work on all brands of antique tractors, so I trusted that they'd be able to get a good, correct part for me. But I'm not so sure.
I know that there's an Industrial and an Agricultural MF50 (mine's Agricultural), and there are red springs and yellow springs. Am I right in thinking that my clutch should have yellow springs? The one that's on it now has red springs, which I didn't think much of considering it was an aftermarket part.
I've been asking the shop that sold me the clutch assembly about it for a few weeks. They're starting to wonder if the clutch should be 6 springs or 12 springs; perhaps I got a 12 when there should only be 6. They reached out to the supplier, who said that that's the only clutch for the MF50. So they reached out to another supplier that isn't returning their calls.
From what I gather in the Agco Parts Books for that tractor, there should be 12 yellow springs. Does anyone know for sure?
Only other thing I can think of is that the fingers are severely out of adjustment. But my understanding is that they just need to be adjusted equally, not necessarily to a specific distance. I did make sure they were equal and had to adjust 1 of the 3. But I wouldn't think that that would make the clutch hard to push. There's also a chance that the wrong throwout bearing is wrong (not the shop's fault), but again, I don't see how that would cause this issue.
Any insight would be appreciated!
- Eric