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1972 JD 4020 - Location: Ky, Owensboro
Cub clutch
I got another 53 Cub. This one had set for several years but the previous owner (who I know very well) said everything worked great when he parked it. My question involves the clutch - when you depress the pedal, it stays down. I can put my foot under the pedal and raise it but it takes some effort to do so. He says it never did that previously. Looking through the inspection hole, I can't really see any apparent problems. The tractors runs great and I can't make the clutch slip, so I feel it is not the pressure plate springs. Any ideas? Thanks
"When you read the readin', how do you know the feller who wrote the readin, wrote the readin' right?" - Festus from Gunsmoke
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When I bought my '67, there was a heavy steel bar across the front edge of the platform that went up and over the torque tube. Previous owner obviously had clutch problems, as there was a second spring jury-rigged from the clutch pedal to the steering post. Also, the platform was bent down drastically on the right front corner.
Dad was tinkering on the Cub, trying to get the bolts holding the mower deck to the final drive loose so we could fix the left brake, when he caught his head on the protruding bar
Suffice it to say, after several minutes of cussing and swearing... The bar is no longer on the tractor.
Turns out the bar was pushing the front corner of the platform down, causing the clutch and right brake to bind up. Once the bar was gone, the platform came up almost straight and the clutch now works without the extra helper spring.
After that long winded diatribe, I guess the question is:
Is your platform straight?
Dad was tinkering on the Cub, trying to get the bolts holding the mower deck to the final drive loose so we could fix the left brake, when he caught his head on the protruding bar
Suffice it to say, after several minutes of cussing and swearing... The bar is no longer on the tractor.
Turns out the bar was pushing the front corner of the platform down, causing the clutch and right brake to bind up. Once the bar was gone, the platform came up almost straight and the clutch now works without the extra helper spring.
After that long winded diatribe, I guess the question is:
Is your platform straight?
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- 10+ Years
- Posts: 188
- Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:20 pm
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- Tractors Owned: 1953 Cub
1953 Super C
1953 Super H
1953 Super M
1956 100
1964 140
1972 JD 4020 - Location: Ky, Owensboro
All,
It does seem the cluth shaft is sticking. I had my son push the clutch while I lay on my back with a flashlight and it seems everything moves and works as it should in the clutch. I will start spraying the shaft and working the clutch periodically to see if that helps. Thanks for the help. I'll let you know how it works.
Festus
It does seem the cluth shaft is sticking. I had my son push the clutch while I lay on my back with a flashlight and it seems everything moves and works as it should in the clutch. I will start spraying the shaft and working the clutch periodically to see if that helps. Thanks for the help. I'll let you know how it works.
Festus
"When you read the readin', how do you know the feller who wrote the readin, wrote the readin' right?" - Festus from Gunsmoke
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