135 pto

Hello all. Back in June I posted a problem about my pto clutch slipping. Thanks to DieselTech, it was determined to be a weak Belleville spring. I replaced the clutch assembly, but due to waiting on ordered parts from all over to make other repairs while the fuel tank was off, It was well over a month before I was able to fire up the tractor to check out the new clutch installation. Without a mower on it, the pto engaged without any problems and the drive clutch worked great. I decided to check out the pto with mower attached a couple of days ago. The pto clutch wouldn't disengage. I checked the clearance on the pto clutch release bolts and it was a bit excessive, over .090, so I adjusted it to 0.80. Still wouldn't disengage. This morning, I got the wife to push down on the clutch pedal so I could observe what was happening from underneath. I could see the bolts being engaged and movement in the clutch disc, but seems to be sticking on the back side, if that makes sense. So I ran the adjustment down to around .025. Clutch still won't disengage.
Anyone ever ran into this problem before, if so, what is fix for this, if there is one.

Thanks in advance,
Roger

Try holding the pedal down, and with engine OFF place PTO in gear. Try turning the shaft, MAYBE it will break loose rocking the shaft back and forth by hand.

Thanks Dieseltech, I'll give that a shot in the morning. I'll post back the outcome...

Hi, you will need to return the adjustment to approximately 0.085 otherwise you will have the first stage running into the second making the pedal twice as hard to press. As Dieseltech has said; I would block the clutch pedal fully down, fit an implement drive shaft and insert a bar into one of the yokes. Using sensible force try and shock the plate into breaking free.
DavidP, South Wales

Sorry I didn't reply sooner. After trying to free the clutch as Dieseltech suggested and further investigation, it appears as though the rear side of the pto clutch disk has separated from the disk plate. With the clutch pedal blocked down and turning the engine by hand, the rear pad is separated from the disk plate while the front pad stays against the pressure plate. I guess that is keeping the pto clutch engaged. Make sense??

Thanks,
Roger