Checked drive disk its free pressure plate released. Anyone heard of aslicky piolot bearing? Still dont know why it would only stick under load
l3000 clutch wont disengage, piolot bearing?
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Put it up against a dirt pile and push clutch pedal to the floor and it wont disengage, still tries to go forward. Shut it down and PULL it out of gear
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I don't think you mean the pilot bearing (that bearing is inside the crank to support the clutch shaft) I'm thinking your talking about the throw-out bearing(it presses the pressure plate fingers in and out) yes they can seize up or go out, but that normally will not cause you to not be able to disengage the clutch.
Most of the time it's the pressure plate fingers that fail and that causes the clutch to quit working or disengaging.
It could also be that the forks or linkage to the throw-out bearing have failed or come apart, some have adjustments that have been know to back out making the clutch pedal not engage fully.
Most of the time it's the pressure plate fingers that fail and that causes the clutch to quit working or disengaging.
It could also be that the forks or linkage to the throw-out bearing have failed or come apart, some have adjustments that have been know to back out making the clutch pedal not engage fully.
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With the tractot shutdown the clucth disengages, disc is free an floting. Its just under load that it wont come out of gear, ever with the pedal to the floor, like when your using the loader to dig into a pile. I was thinkin the pilot bearing could drag on the shaft and still turn it but I dont know why it would only do it under a load
Must be a common problem with the L3000,
mine does the same thing. It only hangs in Low 1st and is fine in the rest of the gears high or low range. I have adjusted the free play and adjusted the disc itself and nothing has helped. My dealer said it needs a clutch, I say it does fine it the other gears so I'll run it until it gets to where it won't pull.I can agree with that. Dosnt make sense unless its stickin somewhere. Been a long time since school but i think they called it shaft over run, pilot bearing draged enough to keep the main shaft turning. But that doesnt explaint why its only under load. If it were slippin id think the dealer could be right but its not.
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Oh I see where you going with this... Very unlikely that the pilot bearing has seized to the shaft, it's a very small sleeve bearing, most are made of bronze.
They tend to just wear out or fall apart rather than seize.
In very rare cases (mostly very high performance) pilot failure can cause the clutch shaft to rattle extremely bad or break in the worst cases.
Can a pilot bearing be causing your problems, highly unlikely. clutch disk, pressure plate, throw-out bearing, broken or misadjusted linkage is most likely the cause.
Dont bother me to much but scares me if the wifes usin it, or if I want ot take the grand kids for a ride . Dont know if it could get really crazy.
When there isn't any load on the clutch, you can shift in and out of gear without using the clutch other than starting from a complete stop. With a little practice, you can up shift and down shift without grinding the gears. By letting your RPMs drop after you slide the trans out of gear you can then slide it into a higher gear without depressing the clutch or grinding the gears. You can also up shift by increasing your RPMs and slide it into gear. I have done this countless times in cars, trucks and motorcycles but not my tractors unless I had a problem.
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This is not an uncommon problem, a bearing is worn on your input shaft. When the tractor is under load, one end of the shaft shifts off center. When you depress the clutch pedal it lets the input shaft be driven by the pilot bearing.
Sounds like splitsville. Had to come sooner or later I guess. Thanks this has been a puzzle. Could be a good winter project if its a bad winter.