<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto">It will go on pretty hard. I use a dead blow hammer. I use a stiff putty knife and hammer to get them off.<div dir="auto">Brian </div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Dean Vinson <dean@vinsonfarm.net> </div><div>Date: 4/22/20 9:37 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group' <at@lists.antique-tractor.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [AT] JD 620 clutch cover keeps working loose </div><div><br></div></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Oh, well that would explain it… so much for my natural mechanical intuition. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Saint Paris, OH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> AT [mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian VanDragt<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2020 8:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] JD 620 clutch cover keeps working loose<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The flat spots on the cover are clearance for the adjusting nuts. The flat springs should snap over the curled edge.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Brian<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">-------- Original message --------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From: Dean Vinson <<a href="mailto:dean@vinsonfarm.net">dean@vinsonfarm.net</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date: 4/22/20 8:25 PM (GMT-05:00) <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To: 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group' <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Subject: [AT] JD 620 clutch cover keeps working loose <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoPlainText">Hello, all. Any pro tips on how to keep the clutch cover in place on a 620?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">It's just a press-fit situation. The cover has a lip around the edge, mostly curled over but with three "flat spots" 120 degrees apart. They align with three spring clips attached to the inside of the pulley. Everything looks good and uniformly shaped and not beat up or broken or weak. But two or three times over the past couple years I've had to carefully reinstall it, tapping gradually with a rubber mallet to get it to seat fully all the way around. Looks fine for a while but then it always slowly works loose again.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">I had the tractor out this evening for some rear-blade work on a little lane I'm trying to fix up, and it worked and sounded and looked great as usual... but you can see that missing clutch cover. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>