I figured after 24 years and 1100 hrs my 6200 deserved a new clutch.
It is a pretty basic job. But many parts have to be removed. Anything from the split at bell housing has to be removed. Fuel tank, starter, wiring , hydraulic lines need to be decoupled.
The weak link in this tractor is the ball coupling which I replaced about five years ago, the old one ran out of grease. It is located on the propeller shaft from engine to transmission input. I think the replacement was a bit sloppy this added vibration. So I replaced it again with a tighter fit than before. The nice thing about removing the propeller shaft is that I used it as a clutch line up tool, worked great. I let the ass end fall down on the rollbar this made it much easier to work on the coupling and throw out bearing.
I put all the hardware together with parts that were dissassembled. A Good set of long drift punches and a moving dolly came in handy to rest the engine side of tractor on. A thin ridgid knife made it possible to split the bell housing without gasket damage. Watch out for dowel pin on top of bell housing.
It took me about 24 hrs but I cleaned and painted alot of parts that the loader frame made it hard to get at.
Most of my career as an engineering technician has been modifying and fixing poorly designed industrial equipment.
This tractor is probably one of the most reliable and well designed pieces of equipment I have ever had the pleasure of working on. Here are some pictures.
It is a pretty basic job. But many parts have to be removed. Anything from the split at bell housing has to be removed. Fuel tank, starter, wiring , hydraulic lines need to be decoupled.
The weak link in this tractor is the ball coupling which I replaced about five years ago, the old one ran out of grease. It is located on the propeller shaft from engine to transmission input. I think the replacement was a bit sloppy this added vibration. So I replaced it again with a tighter fit than before. The nice thing about removing the propeller shaft is that I used it as a clutch line up tool, worked great. I let the ass end fall down on the rollbar this made it much easier to work on the coupling and throw out bearing.
I put all the hardware together with parts that were dissassembled. A Good set of long drift punches and a moving dolly came in handy to rest the engine side of tractor on. A thin ridgid knife made it possible to split the bell housing without gasket damage. Watch out for dowel pin on top of bell housing.
It took me about 24 hrs but I cleaned and painted alot of parts that the loader frame made it hard to get at.
Most of my career as an engineering technician has been modifying and fixing poorly designed industrial equipment.
This tractor is probably one of the most reliable and well designed pieces of equipment I have ever had the pleasure of working on. Here are some pictures.
