wshytle, thanks for the reply. I'm still not sure, though, from you description if the teaser spring goes between the two pressure plates so as to push them apart, or if it goes between the spacer and the rear-most pressure plate.
So, is the order of assembly starting at the throwout bearing and working forward:
1 - throwout bearing, 2 - clutch arm, 3 - spacer, 4 - teaser spring, 5 - rear pressure plate, 6 - clutch friction disk, 7 - front pressure plate?
or
1 - throwout bearing, 2 - clutch arm, 3 - spacer, 4 - rear pressure plate, 5 - clutch friction disk AND teaser spring, 6 - front pressure plate?
I'm thinking now that it's the first example, but the problem is that, when the arm pulls the throwout bearing back, the spacer isn't being pushed back by the teaser spring. I looked at my 1000 again, and the teaser spring is visible between the rear pressure plate hub and spacer when the clutch is pushed.
Any idea why the spacer isn't moving back on the 1200?
Edit:
Here's what I'm thinking is wrong:
Back about a month ago I was recuperating from a broken knee, and was in a leg brace and on crutches - basically out of commission in terms of doing any mechanical work. It so happened that the throwout bearing went out. Being laid up, I called a local shop to come get the tractor and replace the throwout bearing. Since then the clutch hasn't worked right, but I thought it may have been an adjustment issue. I fooled around with the old original clutch operating rod, and finally replaced it two days ago. Still couldn't get the clutch to work.
So, where my thinking is headed is that, when the throwout bearing siezed, I bet the shaft got scored. Now, when the new throwout bearing compresses the pressure spring, and when the spacer is supposed to slide back on the shaft pushed by the teaser spring, the spacer isn't sliding. I think I'm going to have to strip the shaft down and see how bad it's boogered-up, and maybe polish the surface so the spacer will slide.
(I noticed that, before I took it apart, I could see the throwout bearing pull back off of the spacer and could actually see shiny polished metal on the small end of the spacer. This isn't right! On my 1000, when the throwout bearing pulls back, the spacer follows it and you can't really see the small end of the spacer like that.)
So, I'm going to mow the grass with the 1000 (thank God I have TWO Cub Cadets!), then I'm off to the hardware store for the fixin's to make a spring compression tool. Gonna get to the bottom of this yet!
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