Hi everyone,
New to this forum but have been gleaning information from you guys for the past couple of weeks leading up to a new to me tractor purchase.
I just picked up a L305DT in mostly good condition. There are a couple quirks that I am working through, but that is expected from a tractor of this age. My question is regarding the secondary clutch and engaging/disengaging the PTO.
Currently the clutch is adjusted so the transmission's clutch is disengaged (driving the transmission) at the very top of the pedal. Probably around .25" - .5" pedal free play, so not much room. The problem is that at this setting, when the clutch is pressed all the way to disengage the PTO, the PTO grinds when attempting to put it in either H or L setting. The PTO will engage, but it is not smooth by any means and the implement starts turning as soon as the clutch is let off what seems to be a thousandth of an inch! Ok maybe an exaggeration but you know what I mean!
If I back off the clutch so it has the spec'd freeplay (~1"-1.5"), the transmission still shifts fine, however the PTO refuses to engage and grinds heavily. Since I can ALMOST get the PTO to disengage, this leads me to believe that the secondary clutch is not frozen up but is in dire need of adjustment (correct me if I'm wrong here).
I have looked through the flywheel inspection port to see what's in there for adjustment and all I can come up with is a single bolt & nut that looks like it pushes on the release lever for the clutch. I have assumed that this is the adjustment for the secondary clutch as I can see there is a fair amount of play that could be taken up. The fun part, as I am sure you all know, is that it is almost impossible to get any tools in there to adjust! So is this the bolt that I should be adjusting? If it is - does anyone have any suggestions? If it isn't the correct bolt, where should I be looking?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Some pictures of the tractor are attached in case anyone wants to look at an old (what seems to be hard to find information on) Kubota!
New to this forum but have been gleaning information from you guys for the past couple of weeks leading up to a new to me tractor purchase.
I just picked up a L305DT in mostly good condition. There are a couple quirks that I am working through, but that is expected from a tractor of this age. My question is regarding the secondary clutch and engaging/disengaging the PTO.
Currently the clutch is adjusted so the transmission's clutch is disengaged (driving the transmission) at the very top of the pedal. Probably around .25" - .5" pedal free play, so not much room. The problem is that at this setting, when the clutch is pressed all the way to disengage the PTO, the PTO grinds when attempting to put it in either H or L setting. The PTO will engage, but it is not smooth by any means and the implement starts turning as soon as the clutch is let off what seems to be a thousandth of an inch! Ok maybe an exaggeration but you know what I mean!
If I back off the clutch so it has the spec'd freeplay (~1"-1.5"), the transmission still shifts fine, however the PTO refuses to engage and grinds heavily. Since I can ALMOST get the PTO to disengage, this leads me to believe that the secondary clutch is not frozen up but is in dire need of adjustment (correct me if I'm wrong here).
I have looked through the flywheel inspection port to see what's in there for adjustment and all I can come up with is a single bolt & nut that looks like it pushes on the release lever for the clutch. I have assumed that this is the adjustment for the secondary clutch as I can see there is a fair amount of play that could be taken up. The fun part, as I am sure you all know, is that it is almost impossible to get any tools in there to adjust! So is this the bolt that I should be adjusting? If it is - does anyone have any suggestions? If it isn't the correct bolt, where should I be looking?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Some pictures of the tractor are attached in case anyone wants to look at an old (what seems to be hard to find information on) Kubota!
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