4-180 clutch

[Anonymous-0]

I'm having trouble with the clutch on a 4-180. It drags requireing me to stop the engine to shift gears or put it in and out of gear. works with the oil cold but not when warm. Last year I had it all apart for the same problem and installed all new parts set by the book including the center plate cams which I had the tool built to set. Checked all parts for true. Adjusting the free play in the pedal does not seem to change any thing. Am I missing somthing? Only 100 hrs on the clutch and related parts.

 

[J. Wondergem]

Was input shaft replaced?

 

[bison]

If the 4-180 has the same engine and clutch/pto setup as the 4-150,then the PTO input drive shaft could be dragging inside the transmission input shaft,due to misallinement of the flywheel mounted PTO flange.The flange has a bolt pattern that is slightly staggered,but still allows all bolts to go in causing the pto shaft to run out of center.I know this cauze it happened to me once.

 

[bison]

I should clarify my other reply about pto flange bolt pattern.

normally the pto drive flange should fit in one position only,but it can be installed in a second [wrong] position too,{1 bolt will go in slightly tighter]causing the out of center misallinement of entire pto shaft in relation to transmission input shaft.

the reason for that to happen was that i pulled the engine forwards just far enough to facilitate the R&R the clutch.