Mike Burgan
New User
I have a 1948 John Deere B, serial #223892, that I"m having problems with the clutch. The tractor wont move forward when engage the clutch. Last year I had to replace the driving disk and the inner facing. Put it all back together, and everything worked. Tractor worked fine for a year. This weekend I was cutting wood for winter. I left the tractor idling because it had died earlier that morning. When I got back to the tractor a little smoke was coming out of the clutch/pulley assembly. Shut it down and let cool down. When started back up, the hand clutch lever was completely back, but the tractor started moving forward. Not good when standing in front of it to start. Got it back to shop and pulled: adjusting plate, outer facing, sliding drive disk, and facing disk. Nothing seemed damaged. Outer facing and facing disk were worn, but not to the rivets. Put back together, and now to get tractor to move, all three adjusting nuts have to be tightened down completely. However, tractor again starts to move when starting tractor. Back adjusting nuts off less than half turn, and then tractor would barely move in 1st gear, but not at all in 2nd. What happened? Any ideas how to fix it? I did not pull driving dick or inner facing. I"ll do that tomorrow.