[tpelle]

Been having clutch problems on my 1200. Basically no matter how you adjust the clutch, it doesn't want to release when you push the pedal. I had a local shop put a new throwout bearing in a month or so ago, and I recently replaced the clutch release rod.

(I've been having clutch-dragging problems since I got this tractor a while back - the original owner had the mechanical aptitude of the average chimpanzee, and I've been finding lots of things just flat put together wrong!)

I noticed on my 1000 that, with the clutch pedal locked down, there is a visible gap between the friction disk and the pressure plates. On my 1200, when you push the pedal down, no gap appears.

I pulled the shaft and clutch assembly out of the tractor tonight, and drove the front roll pin out that holds the forward pressure plate on. I am thinking that there should be some sort of spring in there to push the pressure plates apart when the clutch arm pulls the throwout bearing back. Is that the case?

In the exploded views in the parts manual, the diagram makes it look like the teaser spring is between the clutch arm and spring spacer, but if that's the case I can't figure out what it does.

Anyway, does the teaser spring go between the two pressure plates? Is its function to push the pressure plates apart to release the clutch?