Clutch Disc stuck to flywheel

What can be done to eliminate a rusted and stuck button clutch disc to a flywheel? Tractor is not used in winter months as it is a county mowing tractor.

Do you mean how do you break it loose or how to prevent it?

Maybe something as simple as blocking the clutch pedal down for the winter. Good luck.

I would like an opinion on both how to break it loose and how to eliminate it.

Best way to prevent it would be a stick holding the clutch down. Had one last year we pulled the starter off and worked threw there to try freeing the buttons. Thought we had it but it wasn't free. Ended up getting it completely free by driving it and working the brakes. Finally came loose.

To get it loose, couple of solutions:

If there is an inspection cover with access to the edge of the flywheel, block the pedal down and reach between the gaps around the pressure plate with a scraper or knife blade, pry the disc loose from the flywheel and pressure plate. If no inspection cover, try working through the starter hole. Do not use penetrating oil!

Another method is hold the pedal down, push start the tractor in high gear, try to put max stress on the drive train, goose the throttle, slam the brakes... Just be careful!

I have occasionally found the clutch stuck on my 64 Chevy II after sitting all winter. Easy to break free. Just put the shifter in high hold the clutch in and hit the starter. Breaks free instantly for me.

What has worked for me is to first start the tractor out of gear and let it warm up a bit so it will start up again really easy. Then shut it off and put it in a low gear or reverse, depending on which way you have to go. Then start it up again, in gear (you might have to defeat the safety switch) and drive it around a while with the clutch pedal depressed. Be very careful, because you may not be able to stop the tractor without shutting off the engine. Usually the clutch will break free fairly soon and then I slip it a bit to try to polish the rust off the mating surfaces.

If that does not do the job, you might try putting a load on the tractor. Doing a little plowing with a moldboard plow or a box blade should break things loose. But again, be careful, since the tractor will be hard to stop until the clutch breaks loose.

If a tractor, or for that matter any vehicle is going to sit for any length of time, it is a good idea to leave it with the clutch pedal depressed all the way somehow. An old clevis works good on Ford hundred series.

If a clutch gets stuck really bad, it might be necessary to do something mechanically to get it loose, from opening up the bell housing on some machines, to a full split on some tractors. But usually they will break free by using them, at least in my experience. Good luck!