Posted by Determined on September 07, 2017 at 16:30:03 from (216.130.212.248):
Went to fire up The old Ford dump truck today, ran great as always but when I moved it I noticed the clutch was releasing right near the top.
Too many people learning to drive a big truck around here but that's the way it tends to be on a farm.
Anyways I have adjusted more clutches than I can count over the years and they all have been the remove the lock arm and turn the ring style or the push in and turn bolt style.
This one has me puzzled I have not seen one like it before and I could not find one like it in my heavy truck books going back to the 60's.
It is a dual disc clutch behind a Cat 3208 with a 13 speed tranny.
There is no lock bar nor is there a push and turn bolt on it.
What it does have is 3 spots that have a lock plate held on with a couple of 5/16 bolts, protruding through the center is a nut with maybe 1/4 - 1/2 inch of threads sticking out, the nut takes a 13/16 wrench.
I blocked the pedal down then turned the engine over to access each of these nuts one at a time.
First I tried tightening the nuts 1/2 turn each, this made things worse.
Next I backed off each of them the initial 1/2 turn plus an additional 3/4 turn.
Tried it and the pedal is now releasing about mid stroke, good enough for what it is.
Likely what I was adjusting was the release finger pivots so even though I did my best to turn them all equally I can't help but think these should probably be set with a feeler gauge with the clutch released for a proper setting.
If anybody out there is familiar with this set up and is is willing to share some tips or knowledge it would be greatly appreciated.
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