What's that spring?

Sirthorne

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Can anyone tell me what the spring under the throw out bearing is for on my John Deere 1020?
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The photo is looking through the round access panel.
OH, and where should it be attached? It's just kinda hanging there.
 
Parts book calls it extension spring. It hooks to the throwout bearing collar to pull and hold it away from the pressure plate when the clutch pedal is not pushed.
 
It's supposed to be hooked to the throwout bearing carrier (IIRC, at the top) to hold it back against the clutch fork and out of contact with the clutch pressure plate fingers.

Probably NOT a big deal, at least not on a tractor that doesn't see hundreds and hundreds of hours of use a year.
 
Do you know if it being un-hooked would cause the pto to stay engaged even with the foot clutch depressed?
 
(quoted from post at 22:11:09 09/07/19) Do you know if it being un-hooked would cause the pto to stay engaged even with the foot clutch depressed?

No.
 

Same as Bob's reply - No.

It's only purpose is to hold the bearing away from the pressure plate fingers, reducing wear on the bearing.
 
Looking back a couple posts it appears there was a question asked of you, when you first posted about the PTO engagement/disengagement, if the clutch was set up properly and you didn't know. Do you have an answer to that yet? It sounds like the pressure plate or other clutch adjustment is not correct. They must be done by the book. I'm sure you are looking/hoping for an answer to avoid splitting the tractor again, but I think that answer doesn't exist; its time to get the wrenches going. Not trying to be rude, JMHO, from the discussions seen here.
 
So yeah, lol, I've pretty much figured that I'm going to have to split it and Re-check all the previous work, Like they
say...."back to the old drawing board."
 

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