mahindra clutch

[Plowboy1]

I know I will have to take a few jabs about buying a foriegn machine, but here goes. I have a 2003 Mahindra 4500 with about 700 hours.Bought brand new, does everything around here but only runs 50 to 100 hours a year. The live pto clutch has just quit, kinda sudden with no warning. It"s either all on or all off (disengaged). Dealer says it probably needs a complete clutch pack, cost about $3000! A new clutch at 700 hr.s doesn"t seem reasonable to me. I need a tractor and the $3K is the cheepest way out. So guys, is 700 hours about right for a clutch? This thing really isn"t abused.

 

[gregger]

HELL NO lotta tactors have 7-8-9 thousand hrs and still going

 

[karl f]

read the maintenance sections of your manual. Hopefully there's an adjustment that can be done. (it may have been due for adjustment 200 hours ago).

On newer stuff, look for control cables that stick/fail, corrosion, pinched wires, and distressed cab/platform mounts. have even heard of stones getting wedged under the cab in critical mechanisms.

If you do a lot of starts and stops with any kind of clutch even with limited hours, adjustments are more necessary than if you are in the field all day and put on 1000 hours a year.

karl f

 

[BCnT]

i have a '02 Mahindra 6000 with over 1000 hours and havent even had to adjust either clutch...its possible something broke but that happens to all color tractors sometimes...i did my homework before i bought mine...Mahindra has a rock solid reputation.is this a job you can tackle yourself? i've found some good online places for parts...oem and aftermarket
this ones on ebay http://stores.ebay.com/reubiconintlTractorParts?_rdc=1

i've bought from both and no probs.
http://www.billstractor.com/

 

[JDseller]

That is unusual with just about any tractor. Like the others have posted, check out the control linkage and make sure that it is working correctly. Also I would not pay $3000 to have a clutch put in the tractor. That is too much money. You can buy the whole tractors used for two to three time that. I looked up two Mahindra 4500: 1) MfWD 437 hours $10500, 2) 2WD 223 hours $7500.

Your clutch is a simple dry two stage clutch. Can you split it yourself??? You may not need that many parts.

You have to watch Mahindra for what you get. The 4500 is the higher horse power compact. The 6000 that BCnT has is a larger utility tractor. They also make that utility tractor in the heavier framed tractor at 45 hp.

Couple of guys around here bought them and tried them in everyday farm use. They did not hold up. They are fine for the part time guys but not made for real heavy usage.

 

[Kippster]

I think an important question to ask is if the tractor has a loader on it or not. Loader tractorsoften take much more abuse to the clutch than the same tractor without the loader.

 

[Plowboy1]

Yes, it does have a loader. And the trans. clutch adjustment seems fine. I can find no adjustment for the pto clutch but will keep looking. I'm also going to try to track down a Mahindra owners forum. I had expected to have some problems with the machine, but the clutchs were not even on the radar. Lots of good information from you folks, thank you all very much.

 

[hd6gtom]

plowboy Mahindra tractors do not have a good reputation around here. I had to fix a rear tire on 1 new tractor several years age. The rear rim was so thin I couldnot remove the tire without bending the rim lip down. Keep in mind I have fixed hundreds of rear farm tires over the 22 years I was in the business. When I did get the tire off, the rim was so rusty on the inside, no fluid, I could not put a tube in the tire. The dealer did replace both rear rims. Bob had so much trouble with this tractor he traded it off for a used JD.

 

[Kippster]

My dad has a Kioti LK3054 30 hp 4x4 w/ loader. Had 3 drive clutches in it so far an 2 pto clutches. Dad dosen't seem to get that "don't rest your foot on the clutch pedal" thing I guess. Dealer said that the pto clutch goes out fast because of the frequent clutching to operate the loader. When the pedal is depressed to stop the tractor, you often bump the pto clutch and cause it to slip a bit. What truth there is to it I'm not sure. We just shut the tractor off and engage the impliment and start her back up. Little harder on starters but starters are inexpensive in comparison to clutch jobs.

 

[Kippster]

Just a few details i forgot. the tractor has about 1200 hours on it. Also, we have yet to have to replace a starter by using it the way we do.

 

[Plowboy1]

Kippster, if you get back here, there might be something to that bumping the pto clutch story! Before my completely quit, the "foot" clutch would engage the pto. Now, I wonder what that was all about, and if it was doing it since i bought it new, well, that's a lot of wear on the pto clutch plate. Without an implinment on there, you wouldn't know you were slipping the pto clutch. Something to think about. Thanks.

 

[Plowboy1]

Update on the clutch. 3 dealers said it would need acomplete clutch pack (without ever seeing the tractor) Thier prices were within a couple hundred of each other($3000). My cousin who has worked on other tractors said to keep looking for an adjustment. I bought a shop manuel ($70), and sure enough, ther is an adjustment to be made! Tractor is baling and brush hogging again. How disappointing that not one of the dealers knew about this adjustment. (I"m being sarcastic here). I wonder if this is Mahindra policy....take your customers for as much as you can.