What a rag

[twoton]

Thanks again Mr Merk, advice well taken.

OK, gotta go watch Street Outlaws.

[bocephus1991]

All of can say is my 1200 had two flex couplers. I know they were in there since I was a kid. I looked it up and should have been one, but I put two back in. I tried it with one and had a lot of horizontal movement of the drive shaft. And it pulled the pilot bearing out. I got it slid back in and I put the other flex coupler in. It's a sob to get two in there.No problem since. That's how it was when dad bought it in 81 it had two in there. It may have to do with it being a pulling tractor before he bought it. Id say it puts more pressure on the clutch disc.The IH mechanic/ salesman bought it cause it was the highest hp gear drive IH had for his son to pull with. His son mowed with it some but lost interest and he sold it to my dad, then my dad gave it to me in 98.

[twoton]

Brian, It's nice to know the history of your machine. I'll probably order 2 just in case, see how it works. Thanks for your help.

[red211]

Originally Posted by twoton

Well there you go!

Great pic, thanks. That pic has several of my favorite things, truck, gun, dead varmit, happy boy growing up the right way, trees and no houses close. It only needed a cub, pretty girl and maybe a 1256 to be complete!

[sawdustdad]

My 1000 had one rag joint, I went back with two.

[twoton]

That's a great picture sawdustdad, hoping to find a creeper gear for mine too, would like to put a snow thrower on it in the future. As the rag joint was definitely the weak link in my setup, two sandwiched together would seem to solve that problem. I'm just worried, it seemed as if the rag joint failed as a result of the end of the drive shaft not being seated fully in the ball bushing, I would think 1/2" would be good. If I made a custom shaft I could accommodate both, double rag and fully seated. I'll probably order 2 and make that decision latter, thanks.

[twoton]

OK, so here we go, disassemble the drive shaft;

[twoton]

Looks good, checked it with the calipers and all checks out,

[twoton]

Throw out bearing and spacer look good, I'll replace both springs;

[twoton]

The clutch disc and pressure plate look good, won't have to do much but touch them on the lathe. Just a few burrs here on the back that I'll dress up with a file.