Guys,
Posted this on the Massey forum, but I know some of you might not check it but still be able to help. I posted earlier that I bought a new 583 for a mowing contract. Very soon into it's operation, I smelled something under heavy load. I know what clutch smells like as well as what burning paint smells like. The smell was somewhere in between. There was no slipage. When I brought the tractor back home, the PTO was grinding, and most of the gears, with the clutch fully depressed. It was pulling a 7' Bushog, with a properly set slip clutch. Here's my qualm: the technician's notes say the clutch is not disengaging properly. Tractor has 99 hours on it. They want me to front $600 to split the tractor, to determine if it's a warranty issue. They say that all too often, somebody rode the clutch and its a wearable item, not covered under warranty.. There is a clearly worn area on the platform, under the pedal, where my boots wore the paint off. I guess the big question is: Even if I wore the clutch plates, would that prevent the clutch from disengaging? As a side note, I asked the technician to verify the clutch adjustment. His notes on the ticket say "Adjusted clutch to Massey specs. PTO will not disengage, returned to previous setting. It's a new tractor, first clutch adjustment is not for several hundred hours. David P., Masseynut, 135 fan, what do you think? This is a later model, but not completely unlike previous designs. The service manager is an idiot with no mechanical background. The technician is calling me in the morning to discuss, and I'd like to be armed. The big question is, what are the likely cuases of the 2-stage clutch to not disengage? Thanks for all the help, still owe lots of payments on this tractor.
Posted this on the Massey forum, but I know some of you might not check it but still be able to help. I posted earlier that I bought a new 583 for a mowing contract. Very soon into it's operation, I smelled something under heavy load. I know what clutch smells like as well as what burning paint smells like. The smell was somewhere in between. There was no slipage. When I brought the tractor back home, the PTO was grinding, and most of the gears, with the clutch fully depressed. It was pulling a 7' Bushog, with a properly set slip clutch. Here's my qualm: the technician's notes say the clutch is not disengaging properly. Tractor has 99 hours on it. They want me to front $600 to split the tractor, to determine if it's a warranty issue. They say that all too often, somebody rode the clutch and its a wearable item, not covered under warranty.. There is a clearly worn area on the platform, under the pedal, where my boots wore the paint off. I guess the big question is: Even if I wore the clutch plates, would that prevent the clutch from disengaging? As a side note, I asked the technician to verify the clutch adjustment. His notes on the ticket say "Adjusted clutch to Massey specs. PTO will not disengage, returned to previous setting. It's a new tractor, first clutch adjustment is not for several hundred hours. David P., Masseynut, 135 fan, what do you think? This is a later model, but not completely unlike previous designs. The service manager is an idiot with no mechanical background. The technician is calling me in the morning to discuss, and I'd like to be armed. The big question is, what are the likely cuases of the 2-stage clutch to not disengage? Thanks for all the help, still owe lots of payments on this tractor.
