Electric PTO Woes

[EricR]

Thanks for the heads up Sam, I will take pics here later and let you know how we make out. Thank You.

[EricR]

We got the pto clutch apart. Things look pretty good inside but then again what do we know this is the first electric clutch we have seen the inside of. Since we had already checked the electrical portion out and heard distinct clicks when we flipped the switch the working components are working. Now if the bearing in the picture is supposed to turn, this one does not.

[Sam Mac]

Well you found the problem. Easy fix. press the old bearing out, take it to your local bearing suppy house, get a new one, press it back in and reassemble and your good to go.

[PaulS]

Many thanks to all. Infact the bearing has numbers on it. We have a couple of possibilities to get the offending bearing pressed out but may just Wait till we get a new one and have the old one pressed out and the new one pressed in at the same time. Now for a critical question. What is the air gap supposed to be when reassembling the clutch. Hey with you experts help this is fun, very dirty but fun nontheless.

[_DX3_]

Page 19 in this manual says .015 is the air gap.

http://www.ccmanuals.info/pdf/2084%2...s%20Manual.pdf

[PaulS]

Thanks Dwayne If I see or hear nothing different .015 it is. The clutch actually is fairly simple in its operation and looks a bit easier than the manual to set up. Now as soon as I can find a super bearing for my super tractor I do believe Eric and I can Git-r-done. Of course without some super net friends we would have been in deep do do. Yes I do plan to get a service manual for these supers. I was looking and one manual covers both the 2084 and 2086 we have.

[Oak]

You can put a socket on the bearing and tap it out with a hammer. Then clean it good and use some retaining compound and let it cure. I think the bearing is a 6206 double sealed and should cost less then $20.

[PaulS]

Thanks for the removal tip Oak. I have a couple of friends with access to a press and from the looks of the way the original is mounted it could be a tough job to remove because of the way it was held in. On three spots around the rim the rim was peened in so that bearing was not made to replace but has been done. I could try as the old bearing is not a bearing any more as it is froze tight. If I can get a new bearing before I try to remove the old one a friend may do the pressing for nothing and I really like that price.

[Sam Mac]

Paul

It's easier to do it with a press and you stand less of a chance of bending the pulley but I can be done with a socket and a hammer. Don't worry about the 3 sopts where they peened it, the bearing should just push out.

Sam

[Oak]

I hold it in one hand and hammer with the other. They are not held in too tight and the couple that I did only took a few taps with a hammer. The peened area will not be there once you get the old bearing out.