Power King clutch repairs..photos.

[attorney_barnabas_collins]

Ok, I lied. I'm going to do a teardown, possibly this week, probably next to find & fix the problem with my PK.
I'll post a gob of photos as I go to show anyone who's interested what goes where and does what. (Including me..it's my way of taking notes)

It might just be the "C" clip I've read about coming loose on the shaft and letting the pressure plate or release bearing slide down the shaft too far..whatever.
Should be interesting, and it would be nice to use it without the gears grinding. I'll also check the tranny while I have the pan off. I don't plan on painting it because I did that to my previous PK and wouldn't use it after that.

[attorney_barnabas_collins]

Did get some work done on it today since the rain hung around all day. Tomorrow I'll get the pan off and the engine out and see whats going on. I know I'm going to paint it, I just keep telling myself I'm not.

I bought this for $500 from a guy about a half mile down the road after looking at it sit in his field for 2 years. Lots of stuff was rigged up pretty badly and no maintenence was done on it as far as I can tell.
The trans and rearend & bull gear cases have been open & draining for a good month. The trans shot clear water out all over the place when i removed the plug. The rest was just low except for one bull gear case must have been pretty full by all the lube that came out.
Changed oil when I first got it and it runs perfect with no smoke. it should be a good tractor. Did mow the lawn with it once or twice, now I wish I haden't before checking the trans, but they are pretty tough old things for what they are. Pulled fine in all 4 gears & reverse, just couldn't shift without grinding a little unless you were lucky.

[jeepersmitty]

You are doing good. Keep the pics coming.

[Jim_WV]

Sounds like you got your work cut out for ya, great pics, and good luck in the continued process of restoring this machine to it's full potential :fing32:

[Ingersoll444]

On the painting thing...

I have a thing I have done to the past on stuff I am just fixing and using... As I fix, replace a part, I clean, and paint it up nice.. OK, ya, it looks strange, but you know.. It kinda tells a story of a long working life..

[Kbeitz]

One of the very best tractors...

[attorney_barnabas_collins]

Ok it's been a couple of weeks. It was raining all day, so I found time to see whats going on in there. Well it was oily enough, but it had a plastic bag wrapped around the transmission input shaft and melted into a nice hard little ring at the center. I really don't think it affected the sliding of the throwout bearing. But it didn't help.

didn't actually see anything broken on the pressure plate. Just lots of oil, same with the flywheel. degreased them with laquer thinner, going to scrape out what I can and degrease the clutch housing and throwout bearing (which also seems fine.) and put it back together after scuffing the surfaces with some 220 grit sandpaper.
Clutch disk doesn't have a lot left, but I'll be back in there sometime before next spring and replace it with a better one.
I will replace the hydro belt now and wire tie the old one inside the housing as a backup. I'm hoping the degreasing and filling up the tranny with STP/90W will let me shift without grinding. (apparently just water doesn't slow things down or lube very good.)

I have yet to find the C clip thats supposed to be on the shaft somewhere which is supposed to be a common problem. I have the manual on disk and I'll look that thing up and see where it's supposed to be. I didn't see a C clip groove on the shaft anywhere, but I'll clean it up tomorrow.

[attorney_barnabas_collins]

When I take it apart again, hopefully this fall after this fixes everything and it works perfectly all summer, I'll see where the oil is coming from, trans or engine (probably trans since it had no oil in it) and take the appropriate action. These transmissions are easy to mess with. I made one good one out of 3 bad ones on my other Economy. Worked fine.

Didn't see any evidence of burning or cracks so this ought to be ok just scuffed up. Unless it isn't.

Don't know why I sold the other one with the dual transmissions and the tiller. Oh right, the money.

[jlinskey]

Regarding the C-clip...

It is located within the side of the flywheel that mates up to the engine's output shaft (on the other side of the bushing inside the flywheel). The clip keeps the entire flywheel assembly from sliding up any closer to the engine.

[jas11964]

I'm jumping in late on this but, keep in mind, the tranny only takes half a pint of lube. If you fill it till it comes out the side hole, the oil will find it's way back to the rear end. When properly filled, you should be able to just touch the top of the oil with your pinky finger in through the side home and bent down.

[attorney_barnabas_collins]

It's on hold right now, but I'm going to go ahead and remove the body pan and take the top off the trans and inspect the gears, put on a new front bearing and check out the shift forks.
I found my manual so that should help.
Thanks for the tip on the fill amount. That's how we filled rearends too. Everything has been sitting with the fill plugs out draining. Going to start fresh hopefully.

[jas11964]

When you have the tranny top off to inspect the gears and forks, pay attention to the end of the shift lever. Common problem with these tractors is that the disk on the end wears down and, when it does, the tranny gets stuck in gear. If you are handy with a welder, take the extra time to build that area up and file it back down to where it slides in the grooves. You'll be glad you did.

[attorney_barnabas_collins]

Actually did that on my other power king. I have 2 3 speed shifters laying around, but this is a 4 speed so I'll have to rebuild it.

[attorney_barnabas_collins]

Thanks for all the advice on the T-95 transmission, but like I said, this is a 4 speed. It isn't made anything like a T-95.

It's a rainy day, so I took the body pan off to see what I have here. Looks like you split it front to back to get at the innards.
The shifter moves like it is stirring gravel, so I want to get in there and look it over and at least lube it up and see if that will help it.

But I'm going to look over the manual I have and see if it has a breakdown and possible disassembly instructions. Yeah the shaft is stuck in the splines, a bit of WD40 and a little wiggling out to free it.

I don't see any casting numbers on it anywhere, anyone know what it is?