I think I have at least three maybe four publications that detail the adjustment of the PTO clutch for a JD 50. I replaced all of the wear parts in mine and fooled with the adjustment until 1 am one night. The longer I tinkered, the worse it got. The next morning I sat down and read through everything again that I had on the procedure. It was the clockwise/counterclockwise adjustment that had me messed up. ONE of the JD publications (I think it might have been in the Service Bulletins) mentioned that the clockwise/counterclockwise direction was while standing at the rear of the tractor. I had the whole assembly clamped in a bench vise, per the service manual instructions, and had been looking at it front to back. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I can usually follow printed instructions with no trouble. After realizing I had been working the wrong direction, it all went together in a matter of minutes. The clutch will engage at the extreme of either rotation - it's getting the brake to release that stumps you. After having said all that - I was glad to see that James Howell specified (viewed from the rear) in his excellent explanation.
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