Posted by ScottyHOMEy on November 14, 2007 at 10:03:59 from (71.241.213.254):
In Reply to: Super M Clutch Problems posted by Jimmy Bruce on November 14, 2007 at 09:08:51:
Is it more than you can take up with the free-play adjustment? Just a thought. But it does sound like the fingers have gotten out of whack somehere along the line. And running the throwout bearing too far forward could make a mess of the whole works.
I worked on one a few years ago where the release fingers were all out of adjustment, in fact just floating they were so slack. The tactor had been "overhauled" so there's no real telling at what point they got that way. If your neighbor has been using the tractor right along and han't tinkered with anything up there, I'm not sure why they would suddenly get loose either. Is it possible that the adjusting nuts for the fingers got loosened in the process of getting the cover off?
It sounds like you've got to pull it back down any way. You can check the adjustment of the fingers.
Have you got the I&T-8 or the IH service manual that's spec ific to clutches? Both of those should have the correct specs for the different clutches that were available.
As a shade-tree fix, if it is the fingers that are out, you can go around the clutch with it installed and, one-at-a-time, adjust the fingers so that you have 7/16" of clearance between each finger and the face of the throwout bearing at rest. Not ideal, but with care (i.e., finding or making a gauge 7/16" think to use to set each one, so that they are consisitent) can be done. First test after such a fix hould be made with the pedal depressed and turning the engine by hand with the ignition off to make sure nothing is going to hit, scrape or bind.
That would work, but setting it up on the bench is preferable. If you can get a part number off the clutch cover (Rockford or Auburn) and get back to us, I can give you the specs for checking and adjusting it on the bench.
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