[AT] 2-cylinder clutch

[CEE VILL]

LOL.  Sounds like a whole lot of "clutching" going on at the Robinson place.  Maybe even double clutching now and then. 

Off to a Steam / Tractor show.

Charlie in WNY

> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 06:11:42 -0400
> From: robinson at svs.net
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AT] 2-cylinder clutch
> 
> Dean Vinson wrote:
> > Dick Day wrote:
> > 
> >>> I have heard that when parking a running JD 2-cylinder, you should 
> >>> always take it out of gear and engage the clutch.  I have also 
> >>> heard that the clutch should not be engaged when idling.
> > 
> > Ron Haskell wrote:
> > 
> >> When not moving for prolonged period of times the clutch should be
> >> engaged so the belt pulley is turning with the crankshaft and not 
> >> causing wear on the brass bushing in the center of the pulley/clutch
> >> assembly.
> > 
> > I wonder if some of the confusion stems from the terminology itself.  On a foot-clutch tractor or a standard-transmission car, you "engage" the brake by pushing in the brake pedal, so do you "engage" the clutch by pushing in the clutch pedal?
> > 
> > I've only operated a hand-clutch tractor a few times, not enough for it to feel at all intuitive.  But if I think of it in terms of a foot-clutch tractor it seems to make sense:  If I parked my Farmall M with the engine running, I'd put it in neutral and let the clutch out.  So on a JD two-cylinder I'd want to conceptually do the same thing: "let the clutch out", which I think would start the belt pulley turning as Ron says.
> > 
> > If "letting the clutch out" means the same thing as "engaging the clutch," then life is good.  If not, you'd best be careful about loaning me your old Poppin' Johnny.  :-)
> > 
> > Dean Vinson
> > Dayton, Ohio
> > www.vinsonfarm.net
> 
> ======================================
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Dean:
> 
> 	I never "engage" the brakes. I always "apply" the brakes.   :-)
> You "engage" the clutch when you connect the input shaft and the output 
> shaft so they turn as one. This is also (at least in the olden days) 
> known as "throwing in" the clutch. Sometimes placing the transmission in 
>   a gear is also called "throwing it in" gear.
> "Throwing out" is used for disconnecting a hand clutch but not normally 
> a foot clutch. You "disengage" or "depress" a foot clutch.  Sometimes 
> you "yank out" a hand clutch. You can also sometimes "yank" a 
> transmission out of gear but I have also been known to "pop" a 
> transmission out of gear. Maybe that comes from the fact that most 
> transmissions are held in gear by "poppet" balls being pushed into holes 
> in the shift rails.   :-)   Some folks "kick" a transmission into or out 
> of gear.
> In a tight location you must "slip" or "feather" the clutch...
> 
> 	A John Deere hand clutch will normally "feather" very smoothly. That is 
> not the case (Case also used hand clutches a lot) with my MM-R hand 
> clutch. It is very jumpy (sensitive) and, according to a neighbor of my 
> uncle who bought it new, it always has been.
> 
> 	I don't have it handy but I believe the owners manual for my 1948 John 
> Deere A says pretty much what Ron said.
> 
> 	I became "engaged" to Diana about 46 years ago. We became married the 
> next year, we did not become "disengaged"...   :-)   We "clutched" hands 
> a lot and she wore the ring on her hand so I guess that was...   :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> "farmer"
> 
> 
> I wouldn't mind being absent minded so bad if forgetfulness
> could just be a little more selective. Just last week I
> was saying so to "whats-her-name..."
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
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