How do you do it?

[Bill from Scotland]

Im having difficulty getting the clutch assemble off the clutch shaft on my MM 705. I removed the locking washer and nut from the end of the shaft. I then made up a two leg puller to fit behind the clutch assemble and tried removing the clutch but it wont move, I guess it real tight. I think I might make up a four leg version unless you guys have any better ideas. The two leg version I made is just bending after applying quite a lot of pressure.


 

[Captainhookerus]

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09-25-2012 15:54:48
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Re: uts clutch in reply to mmkid, 09-25-2012 12:39:17

Remove front nut,and grease tube if you want to save it. Put an 8 ft bar through clutch adjusting hole and behind engaging sleeve. Put as much pressure as you can on end of bar and have some hit end of clutch shaft. Caution clutch may fly out and on to the ground quickly.
 

[MMDEL]

Be sure to use a Brass drift, or a large diameter steel drift when you drive on the end of the clutch shaft or you will mushroom the end. Screw the nut back on without the washer a coulple of threads, then when it comes loose it won't go flying.
MMDEL
 

[JWL]

Once you have the front nut off you need to then go through the window on the bell housing and on the throw-out bearing their is a small pin you need to pull back to let the throw-out bearing assembly rotate. You need to spin the clutch and hold the throw-out bearing assembly or vica-versa to remove the clutch plates becaues the front clutch plate in your photo goes through the rear one and is threaded to the throw-out bearing assembly. Once you spin it apart at the back the clutch will pretty much fall out for you. I hope I have explained this well enough and not further confused things for you.

Good luck!!!
 

[JWL]

To piggy back on my first reply and to better clarify things, I guess I shouldn't call it a "throw-out bearing assembly" in this type of clutches case but what I am referring too is the linkages that extend to put pressure against the rear clutch plate in order to engage and disengage it.
 

[MMDEL]

You don't have to unscrew the clutch to remove it. But after you get it loose you may have to rotate the sliding sleeve to align the slot with the key on the shaft to remove.
MMDEL
 

[Bill from Scotland]

Thanks for all the help and advice regarding removing the clutch asembly. I tried several different suggestion from here and the main tractor forum. I eventually had to build a really substantial puller which I placed behind the clutch assemble and even with that screwed up real tight and hitting the adjustment bolt hard it still wouldnt move. Eventually I used a really big hammer and that did the trick. Ill post a picture of the puller when I get the chance.
Bill