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JD 60 clutch adjustment frequency

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KB

10-23-2004 16:37:12




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Since we have only had this tractor a year, I was wondering what would be considered a normal frequency for adjusting the clutch. I know that this all depends on use. We use the tractor to plow snow in the winter, skid logs for firewood and saw mill and to run a brush hog a couple times a year. Generally the tractor only get used on the weekend. We got the tractor last fall and the clutch needed adjusted before Christmas, so I thought no big deal since we did not know when it was adjusted before so what. Today I am noticing that the snap feels kinda soft and starting wondering this doesn't seem right. But since this is the first Waterloo tractor we have had what do I know? So let the experts educate me.

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F-I-T

10-24-2004 10:40:16




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 Re: JD 60 clutch adjustment frequency in reply to KB , 10-23-2004 16:37:12  
KB:

My experience has been that the clutch adjustment might need touched up once or twice a year. It's not all wear. With a conventional clutch, there are pressure plate springs to keep the play out, or at least heading in one direction so that only the pdeal linkage gets adjusted for free play.

Some of it is just the parts shaking into a more comfortable position, so over time you need to collect that play. A little rust worn out here, a little play shaken out of there, and pretty soon you'll need a notch or two.

Frank

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DONMYEIL

10-24-2004 07:37:38




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 Re: JD 60 clutch adjustment frequency in reply to KB , 10-23-2004 16:37:12  
ALWAYS PUT THE TRANS IN NEUTRAL WHEN LEAVING THE TRACTOR UNATTENDED. THE CLUTCH BEARINGS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO SIEZE AND THE TRACTORS WILL RUN THRU THE SIDE OF THE SHED OR OVER YOU. DON



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RalphinWI

10-23-2004 17:38:41




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 Re: JD 60 clutch adjustment frequency in reply to KB , 10-23-2004 16:37:12  
When you stop the tractor, you should take the tractor out of gear and re-engage the clutch, otherwise the clutch plates are sliding against each other and presumably wearing. By just pulling the clutch back when you stop, and leaving the tractor in gear, it is equivalent to taking a stick of wood and bracing the foot clutch down. If you did this, the throwout bearing and clutch disk would have a short life.

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KB

10-23-2004 19:23:17




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 Re: JD 60 clutch adjustment frequency in reply to RalphinWI, 10-23-2004 17:38:41  
Always have had the habit of pulling it out of gear and re-engaging the clutch to prevent that.



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