Is My Clutch Going Bad?

Saskstallion

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I have a fairly new-to-me 1980 B7100D and just put the first few hours on it this weekend.
I was doing dirtwork, so there was a lot of shifting between reverse and 1st gear. The tractor ran/shifted fairly well for the whole day, and when I went to put it in the garage at the end of the day, I noticed a very faint squealing noise when the tractor was in neutral, with my foot off the clutch.
When I pressed the clutch pedal down, this noise went away.

Am I looking and the start of a clutch problem, or is this something I shouldn't worry about until it gets worse?
Thanks in advance for the opinions!
 

rentthis

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Sounds like a clutch release bearing. If so, It will eventually fail. It would be necessary to split the tractor to replace it. If you do split the tractor, do a complete clutch replacement and you are good for a few more decades. Meanwhile, it being slight noise, you may get by for some time to come.