Homemade Clutch Alignment Tool

[MF135 diesel]

For those that have the dual clutch there was a post by Aaron Ford back in 2006 about a homemade clutch alignment tool made out of sockets. I have included the original post where he made it out of a 6" x 1/2" carriage bolt with the end sharpened off and jammed into a 7/16 socket followed by a 15 mm socket and a 1 1/8 socket secured with a nut run up to the 1 1/8 socket.
I did not like the idea of jamming the bolt into my socket and possibly ruining it so I made a modification of his original idea by using a 3/8" threaded rod which fits though the 7/16 socket and is ended with a nut. The 3/8" nut is smaller than the 7/16 socket and will fit into the flywheel bearing. I then added the 15 mm socket and ran another 3/8 nut up inside of it to have a tight connection. The 1 1/16 or 1 1/8 socket (which ever will fit snugly into your PTO clutch) is added and a washer and another 3/8 nut is added to snug the large socket against the other sockets. I have included photos of the setup and its use. It worked like a charm, the engine and clutch slid together with the transmission input shaft with no problem.

 

[John Deere D]

Thanks for sharing.....

Bob...MF FE 35 X..........

 

[ASEguy]

That's a good idea. I just bought the aligning tool from here and the pto section is fine splined. I plan on installing my new clutch today and may use your modified idea. Thanks for posting. I need to find the adjustment procedures because my manual from this site did not come with a section three which details the clutch adjustment procedure.

 

[ASEguy]

(quoted from post at 12:24:16 09/08/18) That's a good idea. I just bought the aligning tool from here and the pto section is fine splined. I plan on installing my new clutch today and may use your modified idea. Thanks for posting.

 

[Bob N.Y.]

A friend with a wood lathe made one for me from a block of hard wood using the specs. from the IT manual. It works
very well.

 

[Aaron Ford]

I am tickled to death that someone was able to use something I posted 12 years ago! I hit this forum pretty heavy when I was putting my 65 together. I am happy that I was able to be of use to someone else (other than a bad example).

Aaron

 

[Inno]

Shoot, now that's a great idea. I bought the tool from this site but the splines did not match up one one of the clutch plates (2 stage). It did work well enough to get me in the ballpark and somehow I got it together, twice...