Stuck clutch
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Need a little more information. Do you think the clutch is stuck to the pressure plate because the tractor has been setting too long without use? Does the pedal activate anything when pushed or released?
Maybe you need to hook a 3 bottom plow to it and put it to some strenuous work for a bit!
Maybe you need to hook a 3 bottom plow to it and put it to some strenuous work for a bit!
From looking at the parts on Messicks, I do not think you have a clutch in the traditional sense of the word: i.e. a pressure plate and a clutch disk.
Instead you have a hydraulic shuttle assembly which has two internal clutches, like those in an automatic automobile transmission or a motorcycle transmission, both running in oil.
The two internal clutches provide the forward and reverse feature.
Why do you say the clutch is stuck.... what symptoms do you have?
A disconnected cable to the shuttle shift valve would make the unit only work in one direction perhaps.
Dave
Instead you have a hydraulic shuttle assembly which has two internal clutches, like those in an automatic automobile transmission or a motorcycle transmission, both running in oil.
The two internal clutches provide the forward and reverse feature.
Why do you say the clutch is stuck.... what symptoms do you have?
A disconnected cable to the shuttle shift valve would make the unit only work in one direction perhaps.
Dave
Someone with more knowledge than I have has just told me your tractor does in fact have a traditional clutch.
Sorry if I mislead you.
Dave
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Do you have any heavy drag implements?
Pulling one of those and pulsing the clutch pedal might break it free.
On some models you can use a PTO implement to do it too, but on yours your PTO is direct drive and doesn't use the clutch disk for the drive.
There is no access that I know of on that model that would do you any good for helping to free it up.
If you can't get it to break free you'll have to split it.
Pulling one of those and pulsing the clutch pedal might break it free.
On some models you can use a PTO implement to do it too, but on yours your PTO is direct drive and doesn't use the clutch disk for the drive.
There is no access that I know of on that model that would do you any good for helping to free it up.
If you can't get it to break free you'll have to split it.
can you get the tractor into any gear??? if so jack up one side and rock or shake the lifted side tire/wheel back and forth, worked for me years ago on an older tractor, or if you can move it at all might try pulling it with another tractor or truck???
I have "unstuck" a few Kubota's by fastening the clutch pedal down, putting the tractor in the highest gear and bunting it with another tractor. Doesn't always work though!
Does that model have the clutch pedal hook to hold the pedal down when the tractor is parked? A wood block wedged under the pedal works too...Do you have any heavy drag implements?
Pulling one of those and pulsing the clutch pedal might break it free.
On some models you can use a PTO implement to do it too, but on yours your PTO is direct drive and doesn't use the clutch disk for the drive.
There is no access that I know of on that model that would do you any good for helping to free it up.
If you can't get it to break free you'll have to split it.
Bet it alludes to that in the owners manual.....
Think I'd take a chain and hook it to the drawbar with a good shackle and hook the chain to a stout tree. Put the tractor in high gear in FWA and hold the pedal down. When you get to the end of the chain, it should break free.
Cover the chain with a blanket so if it snaps it won't bite back.
I've used a tree in the past. Works 99% of the time but has to be a stout tree and chain it low.
