[AT] Tractor

[Indiana Robinson]

On 17 Oct 2005 at 16:58, Richard Fink Sr wrote:

> Thanks Phil and Gary i will see if there is any adjustment
> left then go from there. This unit had a new motor put in
> just before i purchased it i hoped they put in a new 
clutch.
> But as some case tractors have a wet clutch was not sure
> about this one. I have scored all the manuals but the 
main
> tractor on e bay. R Fink
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 08:38 AM 10/17/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >The shudder is clutch chatter. Usually caused by a 
flywheel
> >that's not perfectly smooth or bad springs in the clutch
> >plate or both. Sounds to me like it's time to split that
> >puppy and replace the clutch and maybe surface the
> >flywheel.
> >
> >Phil


	Additionally, ( not instead of) be sure to check the pilot 
bearing. Some are bushings and some are ball bearings. 
Either way a loose one will let the tranny input shaft try 
to wobble around and make the clutch chatter. It is a 
little like trying to set a disk sander down flat and fire 
it up...   :-)
	We had a Ferguson that the dealer had put a clutch in many 
years ago. When we put a clutch in it later the pilot 
bearing was a very thick walled brass bushing pressed into 
a fairly large hole in the flywheel. I don't know if it was 
original or not. It was badly worn and the clutch would 
really growl with the pedal down. When we bought a new 
bearing for it it was a ball bearing unit. It fit the hole 
in the flywheel perfectly and the growl was gone. I believe 
that I had looked at the cut-away picture in the original 
manual and it pictured a ball bearing there. Maybe the 
brass bushing was a cheapie replacement that the dealer had 
used.
Good luck.

-- 
"farmer"
Hewick Midwest

The master in the art of living makes little distinction 
between his 
work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and 
his body, 
his information and his recreation, his love and his 
religion. He 
hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision 
of 
excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide 
whether he 
is working or playing. To him he's always doing both. 
 ~ James A. Michener, attributed

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net