C Clutch Issue Resolved (mostly)

Posted by David in UT on November 07, 2003 at 14:08:49 from (208.15.63.194):

All,

Some of you may recall my posting from a week or so ago in which the clutch on a rebuilt '50 C seemed like it wouldn't disengage fully...

http://www.ytmag.com/farmall/messages/388058.html

Well, I have new results to report! (Most of 'em are good...)

Big Don was right. When I blew the installation of the first engine, I bent the clutch disk. It was pretty clear once I got it out. I installed a new disk, made sure I had greased the pilot bushing, and put the tractor back together again. The clutch now works great!

For those interested, I've uploaded a couple of pictures of the bent clutch disk:

http://home.earthlink.net/~farmallfan/images/bent-clutch1.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~farmallfan/images/bent-clutch2.jpg

It was bent to the extent that the inside hub was rubbing against the flywheel bolts.

The bad news is that, in addition to the clutch disk, I bent the drive shaft too. Not a lot, but enough so that I could see the end bounce around when I had a neighbor rotate the PTO shaft. I can feel the vibration at higher RPMs... So, I'm now noodling over whether or not I want to find another shaft and swap it out. Anyone know if I have to remove the clutch housing from both ends in order to do that?

So, thanks for everyone's input -- the C is back in business! (And, I'm getting really much better at putting a split tractor back together the *right* way.)

- David

Follow Ups:

• Re: C Clutch Issue Resolved (mostly) Haas 18:55:57 11/07/03 (1)
  • Re: Re: C Clutch Issue Resolved (mostly) David in UT 09:31:26 11/08/03 (0)

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