Clutch acting up
 

Got my 126 up and running and started to plow my garden with it and everything was going is fine as can be when suddenly my clutch has started to give me issues. It was sticking to where it was always in gear no matter what I did, you press the clutch or release it. It was always in gear. So to me that Matt that plates are sticking together I should know that it was shifting like it was supposed to prior to all this now when I go in I took a screwdriver and separated the plate from the disc It works as it supposed to, but whenever it wants to fight me whenever I go to put it in gear and then when I do, it doesn’t move and the clutch plate is no longer Spinning it sitting there free and idling. I haven’t famous clue how to resolve this issue or what’s even wrong. The clutch was rebuilt with all new components excluding the shaft when I did this project.

https://imgur.com/a/L1f8sJ1


Link to see what I’m talking about. The shot with me move the gearshift, I know it’s a little loose, but it’s absolutely in gear there.

My thought is that your sliding pressure plate (the rear one) is binding in the drive shaft (green arrow).
It should easily separate from the clutch disc when the pedal is down.
I would remove & take apart,
work on the drive shaft with emery cloth until the clutch disc slides nicely on the shaft,
apply anti-seize to the shaft & re install.

I’ll give that a shot. Would this possibly be engine misalignment whenever you try and turn it by hand it turns freely for the first third or half turn and then gets a little tight, but you can get through it. Just spit balling ideas

The engine will turn freely when spun by hand for a bit.
As soon as you hit the compression stroke of the piston it will
turn quite hard. That is normal.

Ken

The drive shaft is original, or at the very least well used. It has some grooves in it from wear. I’ll just replace it, rub it down and see how that does.



It did manage to drive from my garden to the garage, albeit I had to tramp the clutch down a few times to get the pressure plate to “catch” on the disc. It went into first right away, second took a few tries