D17 Power Director

[Anonymous-0]

Last Summer I bought a D17 and the owner told me upfront the PD didn't work right. He had it "blocked" in high side with the control lever tied in position. The man was very honest and I have no complaints with him. After getting the tractor home I found there was not enough fluid in the PD to touch the dipstick. I filled it to the full mark and untied the PD lever and moved it back. Well now the tractor won't move in low nor high. I just put the tractor under the shelter and I'm now getting ready to work on it. Any suggections? Is the PD disk manually moved from low to hi or is is hydraulic? Also I have a PD clutch pack out of a 180 and can anyone tell me if the clutches or anything else might exchange and be usable in the D17 PD. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx

 

[Anonymous-0]

It is moved manually. The tractor will need to be split and clutch packs replaced. I believe the 180 discs are different, depending on what series D17 you have.

 

[Brian G. NY]

Some of the plates, the clutch hub, etc. will interchange.
You can go to the Agco online parts book and compare numbers between the two.

 

[Tramway Guy]

Does it 'snap' into either position? If not, the problem could be the throwout collar is worn out, especially with not enough lubrication....

 

[Mike (WA)]

Drain the unit, take off the inspection plate (on the right side, I think- but the manual you're gonna get before you do this will say)- There are shims to take up slack in the plates- as they wear, you move shims from the original side of the clutch pack to the other side. Once they're all moved, its new clutch pack time. You can move the shims without splitting the tractor.