thastinger
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My clutch isn't fully releasing, it is an SR tractor. I have both a shop and a service manual for it but both only talk about adjusting the assembly with it off the tractor and using the JD setup tool.
This was my Dad's tractor, it had not been used for several years before he passed. I had it towed to my house after he passed and started going through it. I got it looking pretty good externally but it has never shifted properly since I've had it. I rebuilt the entire gear selector setup, rods, levers etc thinking that was it but nope. The only way it will shift at all if if I "preload" the clutch pedal to the point where the fingers are always riding on the release bearing, that won't last long term so once I set the clutch pedal with the 1 inch of slack it is supposed to have, it won't shift into any gear at all. Shifts beautifully when the engine is stopped though.
In my searches, I found info on here of an on-tractor adjustment where you used something flexible that was 1/8th inch and you would "adjust them to 1/8th inch clearance". I've included a pic, you're supposed to loosen the 2 nuts which are locked together, then adjust for 1/8th between the pressure plate and the release arm pad? If so, the pad is sort of curved, where on the pad should the measurement be taken?
Appreciate any assistance
This was my Dad's tractor, it had not been used for several years before he passed. I had it towed to my house after he passed and started going through it. I got it looking pretty good externally but it has never shifted properly since I've had it. I rebuilt the entire gear selector setup, rods, levers etc thinking that was it but nope. The only way it will shift at all if if I "preload" the clutch pedal to the point where the fingers are always riding on the release bearing, that won't last long term so once I set the clutch pedal with the 1 inch of slack it is supposed to have, it won't shift into any gear at all. Shifts beautifully when the engine is stopped though.
In my searches, I found info on here of an on-tractor adjustment where you used something flexible that was 1/8th inch and you would "adjust them to 1/8th inch clearance". I've included a pic, you're supposed to loosen the 2 nuts which are locked together, then adjust for 1/8th between the pressure plate and the release arm pad? If so, the pad is sort of curved, where on the pad should the measurement be taken?
Appreciate any assistance