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Rototiller Slip Clutch

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HoneyRancher

04-07-2004 15:34:14




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I have a Howse 60" rototiller that I bought close to 10 years ago. I saw some postings about slip clutches on this forum and decided to take a look at mine to see how the slip clutch works. Apparently it doesn't!! I have no recollection of ever seeing or hearing the slip clutch 'slip' and now I know why. There is a fiber faced disc sandwiched between two steel plates with four tension bolts. The problem is that rust has frozen everything together so the slip clutch will not slip when needed. I took the tnesion boltes off and tried prying the plates apart with a stiff putty knife. No luck. I tried tapping the plates and other parts with a hammer but am afraid of breaking them. I tried two big pipe wrenches and got nowhere. I don't want to put penetrating oil on the disc for fear of getting too much slip if it does come apart.

Anybody got any magic techniques for getting these parts separated and working again? Or amy I looking at getting new parts?

Thanks for the bandwidth.

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Chip

04-08-2004 14:13:45




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 Re: Rototiller Slip Clutch in reply to HoneyRancher, 04-07-2004 15:34:14  
Loosen the tension bolts,rototill to slip it,retension. Do it every year.



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greenbeanman

04-08-2004 13:56:07




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 Re: Rototiller Slip Clutch in reply to HoneyRancher, 04-07-2004 15:34:14  
First thing in the spring before I use an implement with a slip clutch is to back it off until I can slip it, then I tighten it back down.

Don't have any advice for you on one that is stuck.



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paul

04-08-2004 07:36:05




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 Re: Rototiller Slip Clutch in reply to HoneyRancher, 04-07-2004 15:34:14  
Is it possible to leave the bolts in loose to keep everything together, & use the tiller, see if that jars the plate loose?

This is the problem with a slip clutch vs a shear pin. If the shear pin fails, it is working. If the slip clutch fails, you will brak something else. Slip clutches require maintenence.

--->Paul



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Indydirtfarmer

04-07-2004 16:12:02




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 Re: Rototiller Slip Clutch in reply to HoneyRancher, 04-07-2004 15:34:14  
I manually force the slip-clutch on both my tiller (Howard Rotovator) and my Bush Hog, at least a couple times a year. On the tiller, I remove all the bolts from the slip clutch. Then I use a heavy chain to stop the tines from turning. Then I just GENTLY apply force with the tractors PTO. It slips a minute or so, and then I reinstall the bolts. I have hit several obsticles over the years, and the slip clutch worked just like it was designed. John

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