Throwout Carrier Release Spring

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Massey 65 Diesel Utility Model

I opened up the bottom plate preparatory to adjusting the clutch,
and this fell out.
It is one of the clutch release bearing carrier springs, called a clutch release spring, part 193334M1.
I would just call it a throwout bearing carrier spring.
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What I would like to know is:
[b:2c4967cb2a]Can these springs be replaced from the bottom if the brake shaft is removed and out of the way?[/b:2c4967cb2a]

I don't have a way or the place to split the tractor at this time (or the inclination), so I'm hoping someone has done this and can offer advice
 

Oh man, that is not what I wanted to hear.
There looks like there might be room if the brake shaft was removed with a long set of needle nosed or something similar.
That's why I wanted to ask.
 
Hi, I have never had to replace a release bearing spring with the
tractor joined but I do wonder if it could be done with a little bit of
a struggle and working blind. It will certainly be one big job but I
think it could be done even if the clutch pedal outer adjustment has to
be slackened to ensure that the release bearing carrier returns fully.
If the rear end of the spring can be hooked into the input housing lug
then it should not be too difficult to engage the front of the spring
using some stiff wire with a bend on the end or a pair of very long
pliers.
I certainly concede that it will be a struggle as you will be working
blind for most of the job but I'd still have a go before splitting.
Let us know how you get on.
DavidP, South Wales
 

That's sounding better. WOOT!
I'm pretty good at working blind on stuff. I just can't see past the brake shaft where the other end of the spring hooks to.
I just don't have the means at my disposal to split the tractor, so I'm willing to give it a go.

It sounds like I will have to be both persistent and inventive.
Springs ordered.
 
I would give it a try without removing the shaft first. If you can get on the spring with a long needle nose plier, you may be able to use the
shaft as a fulcrum to stretch the spring into place?
Will most likely be quite difficult....but you may get lucky.
Wayne
 


I did it! Granted, it was an exercise in patience for the left spring. The right spring took only a couple minutes.

Here's why. The old springs were a right and left, and the new springs are not. I debated putting the old spring back on the left side, but I held on and finally got it.
Note the hooks. The right one hung from the top and went right in. In order to orient the spring hook correctly for the left spring (in order to hook into the carrier), it had to hook from the bottom, and it came loose more than once while trying to stretch it to the carrier.
Old spring on the left.
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The tool I used was invaluable for this evolution. An extended length needle nose locking pliers made by Triplett from Amazon.
Worth every dime for this one.
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I made a small "bit" and ground it paralell to the jaws. It has a small lip at the very end to hold the spring but yet let it slip off easily when it hooks into place.
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I did slide the brake shaft out to the right and let it hang out of the way. I don't see any other way to accomplish this. There is an accompanying face full of grease and oil and nasty muck that goes with it. There's not a lot of room in there, even less if you have big monster hands. Then you're in trouble I think.

Up next is clutch adjustment before reassembly. Got to go make my feeler gauge for that now.
 

My earlier comment about left and right springs was wrong. The more I thought about it the less sense it made. I reconstructed the old blowed up spring and it was made same as the old left side surviving spring.

So it seems I would have had the same trouble with one side (either right or left) no matter how they were made.
 

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