Reverse Clutch

[toby3]

hello i motified my mtd from the 2pulley clutch to a single pulley clutch the only problem i encounter was that when i would push the clutch in it would just slide the pulley along the belt and not tighten/or losen it. so i moved the pulley up about 2inches higher and flipped the clutch rod upside down and mounted it with the ends of it on the other side. So when i push the clutch IN IT GOES and when it LET OUT THE CLUTCH IT STOPs i feel that this was a good idea because it is an extra saftey tool. If you would get throw off the mower the cluch would come back out and stop the mower.

[tractorman]

ummmm............. okay... 

[AcreFarm]

MTD's been doing that for a while.  Some models use a pedal for speed control, and a shift lever for forward and reverse.   Put the tractor in gear, then step on the pedal.   The farther the pedal travels the faster you go.   

[toby3]

do you mean on hydrostatics?

[AcreFarm]

No, on variable speed tractors.  They still use the variable drive pulley arrangement, but instead of a "shifter" that holds the pulley in position they have a pedal that allows you to change speed by pushing it farther.    It has a return spring so when you let off the pedal the tractor stops.

[Chris]

Ewwwwww vari-drive

[MTDrider1160]

Yea it could be a good safety thing, but i can guarantee it would also get annoying pretty quick.  Especially when your bouncing down trials with bunch of people, and if that isn't rigged to a brake light, your probably going to letting on and off it continuously.  Which could cause some pile-ups.

[toby3]

yeh whell back to the drawing board it didnt work. So i think i may pull a stock clutch off of a craftsman and hook that up
Posted on: October 21, 2007, 04:57:59 PMi dont really think you know what you are talking about. I said that when i push the clutch in it tightens it allowing it to go. on Stock tractors you push in the clutch it still loosens it. Just not all the way it lets you pick how tight to want it. All the way out is tight. All the way in is lose. I  put mine so that all the way out it lose and all the way in is tight.

No, on variable speed tractors.  They still use the variable drive pulley arrangement, but instead of a "shifter" that holds the pulley in position they have a pedal that allows you to change speed by pushing it farther.    It has a return spring so when you let off the pedal the tractor stops.

[Chris]

i dont really think you know what you are talking about.

Hey now, calm down there buddy...

[toby3]

i guess i should calm down but im just agrivated about the way my clutch didn't work. Any way i sent Don From G team a message asking if he could build me a clutch for a newer mtd that would allow me to shift with out the linkage rubbing the belt

Hey now, calm down there buddy...

[AcreFarm]

i dont really think you know what you are talking about.

 Yeah... about that.   
I do know what I'm talking about.   I should know, I sold them for several years.  I've assembled, delivered and repaired more machines than most people will ever sit on.  There are some MTD tractors that do not have a clutch pedal, only foot control for acceleration and brakes.  When the "go" pedal has no pressure on it the tractor does not move, whether it's in gear or not.  If you step on the pedal, the tractor moves.... let off and it stops.  If you were to look at a Yardman that was so equipped there's 2 pedals on the right side of the mower.   The short one is the speed control, the higher one is the brake.   Cub Cadet uses 2 pedals that are next to each other at the same height.   The brake is not a clutch/brake combo, but is connected directly to the brake via a spring.   
They are nothing more than any other MTD 600 series tractor.  Instead of a 7 or 5 speed "Shift on the go" the operator only has to select F or R.   Then step on the pedal.