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Originally Posted by AaronW
Well, the housing around that toothed friction plate is still spinning, when the tiller stops, so I'd say yes, on your last question.
If the clutch were a bit out of adjustment, as you said, what adjustment would need to be made? I rebuilt the clutch, as I said, but now that I come to using it, my brain isn't quite registering how it actually works.
I have tried anything else on it, no. I could hook up the mower deck; that uses the front pto, right?
Aaron
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When everything is adjusted correctly, the toothed friction disc (part #4) is squeezed between the pulley (part #5) and the pressure plate part #3).
When the PTO handle is engaged (forward) and the engine is rotating, 4 rotates with the basket pulley on the crank and drags 3 and 5 along for the ride.
When the PTO handle is dis-engaged (pulled back) the squeeze applied by 3 and 5 is released and 4 floats between them thus 3 and 5 stop rotating. The squeeze is released by means of the three bolts (part #10) being pushed rearward.
Assuming you have it all assembled correctly, the problem you are describing sounds as though the disc is slipping between the pulley and pressure plate.
To adjust it to apply more pressure would require removing the assembly and tightening down on the adjusting nuts (part #13)