[AT] Allis CA Hand Clutch

[LeRoy Price III]

Gil,

I don't have the CA, its a potential purchase and the current owner provided
this info on the hand clutch.  So I was wondering about the potential causes
for it not working.  Not familiar with the hand clutches on the whole Allis 
family.

It also sounds that you have to hold the hand clutch back to keep it 
disengaged.
If you release it does it spring back?

LeRoy


>From: "Gilbert Schwartz" <gschwartz1 at mchsi.com>
>
>Leroy; The hand clutch on an Allis CA doesn't disengage the rear wheels,
>ever. It simply causes a break in the right rear axle and that stops 
>forward
>motion just as a spinning rear wheel does. IF you've had possession of this
>CA long enough to KNOW that the clutch just suddenly quit working then the
>clutch is simply not opening. (the hand clutch on the CA DOES require that
>you hold the lever back to disengage the clutch. It's not like the over
>center WD/WD-45's) If you/the owner just got the tractor there is a good
>chance the PO bolted the clutch halves together rather than install new
>facing if/when it went to slipping, OR they may have simply took the clutch
>out and replaced the axle with a non clutch axle. If the machine sets
>outside all of the time there's also a chance the clutch rusted stuck
>engaged. Gil

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