the_workmaster
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I posted this last week, but the text of the post seems not to have registered. This is another try.
Ford 641 gas, four speed, single stage clutch. Last fall my clutch started dragging just a little, now and then. I would shift into neutral, intending to come to a gradual stop on flat ground, but the tractor would keep moving forward under slight power. Lightly braking would stop it easily, without bogging down the engine, and it would stay stationary once in neutral. Then one day, in the middle of work, I pushed in the clutch and the tractor kept going under full power. Had to stall it out with the brakes. I started it up again, grinding trying to get into gear, fully stuck in gear once you got it in, seemed like the clutch had come apart, failed completely. Let it all cool down, came back a couple days later, still no clutch. Came back a week or two after that, unbolted the loader frame, went to back the tractor out from under the loader frame, instinctively pushed in the clutch during the process, and the clutch worked fine! I parked it in a dry barn for the winter, and started looking into it again last week. Couldn't get the clutch to give me any issues testing it out. Worked as normal.
Anyone have any thoughts on what could make a clutch vary like that? I could see if it was rusted stuck, but it had gotten stuck right in the middle of work, after working fine. I hate to put the loader back on without addressing anything, but I hate to tear the tractor in half with the clutch working fine right now! Clutch and engine are just a few years old, but have had significant break in time since the rebuild, few hundred hours hard and light work.
Thanks for any thoughts, Alex
Ford 641 gas, four speed, single stage clutch. Last fall my clutch started dragging just a little, now and then. I would shift into neutral, intending to come to a gradual stop on flat ground, but the tractor would keep moving forward under slight power. Lightly braking would stop it easily, without bogging down the engine, and it would stay stationary once in neutral. Then one day, in the middle of work, I pushed in the clutch and the tractor kept going under full power. Had to stall it out with the brakes. I started it up again, grinding trying to get into gear, fully stuck in gear once you got it in, seemed like the clutch had come apart, failed completely. Let it all cool down, came back a couple days later, still no clutch. Came back a week or two after that, unbolted the loader frame, went to back the tractor out from under the loader frame, instinctively pushed in the clutch during the process, and the clutch worked fine! I parked it in a dry barn for the winter, and started looking into it again last week. Couldn't get the clutch to give me any issues testing it out. Worked as normal.
Anyone have any thoughts on what could make a clutch vary like that? I could see if it was rusted stuck, but it had gotten stuck right in the middle of work, after working fine. I hate to put the loader back on without addressing anything, but I hate to tear the tractor in half with the clutch working fine right now! Clutch and engine are just a few years old, but have had significant break in time since the rebuild, few hundred hours hard and light work.
Thanks for any thoughts, Alex