Re: 730 lp tractor

Posted by Poor Farm Jim on August 07, 2001 at 13:36:18 from (152.163.205.77):

In Reply to: 730 lp tractor posted by steve on August 06, 2001 at 16:05:58:

Steve,

Do yourself two huge favors - stop using your PTO until you get it adjusted, and get yourself an owners manual.

I assume you are talking about a 730 John Deere. If your clutch is that out of adjustment you are probably slipping it and causing unnecessary wear. I've hear from $500 - 600 in parts to fix it. An owners manual or even an I&T manual will tell how to adjust. I'll try to explain it to you, it's not very difficult, but a lot easier to envision with the pictures in the owners manual.

There is a little cover on the right side of the PTO housing. If you have 3-pt. you have to take off the right arm and the elephant ear to get to it. Remove it and the cap nut on the back side of the PTO housing. There is an indicator rod in there with lands and grooves, what you want is an adjustment which gives you one land and one groove. Looking through the access cover see if you can see the locking screw in one of the notches of the clutch adjusting cam. Turn it till you do, then with a skinny screw driver turn it all the way in. With the pedal latched in off position turn the adjusting cam upwards (counter-clockwise as viewed from the rear)to tighten. As loose as yours is I'd start with 4 or 5 notches at first and then one at a time. To check for that one land and one groove you are looking for engage the clutch then pull back on the pedal to take slack out of linkage but not enough to disengage. Check the indicator rod, then disengage clutch pedal and make sure it is latched and check for the difference. If you check it first before you adjust it you will find hardly any movement. Just keep going to get that one land and one groove. If you can't get that much, or pretty close, you are in for an expensive repair. And, remember to turn that little screw out all the way when you get your final adjustment. Hope this helps.

Jim

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