Hoosier Tree Farmer
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72" Turf Tiger, 35 HP Vanguard engine.
Some rope, suspect belt rope but do not remember this belt going bad and could not get clutch fully disassembled to examine further), got into clutch and caused it to go off balance and burned out. Also burned out PTO switch and voltage regulator. (Still waiting on voltage regulator to see what else was harmed.)
Is there any quick way to block engine rotation to properly torque the new clutch onto the rear of the engine shaft? (A lot of mower parts have to be removed to get to flywheel. One "Youtuber" used a pipe wrench to hold engine, but there is no room, nor access, in the Scag STT to use that shortcut.)
Many thanks to Ill Engine for the air idea. O'Reillys rent/sells/lends a cylinder compression tester that includes everything necessary to load cylinder with air pressure, only had to remove a somewhat hidden air valve. Installed tester, added air and it held well for the 55 ft/lb torque pressure, all done in less than 15 minutes once I found the air valve. Thanks for everyone's comments.
Some rope, suspect belt rope but do not remember this belt going bad and could not get clutch fully disassembled to examine further), got into clutch and caused it to go off balance and burned out. Also burned out PTO switch and voltage regulator. (Still waiting on voltage regulator to see what else was harmed.)
Is there any quick way to block engine rotation to properly torque the new clutch onto the rear of the engine shaft? (A lot of mower parts have to be removed to get to flywheel. One "Youtuber" used a pipe wrench to hold engine, but there is no room, nor access, in the Scag STT to use that shortcut.)
Many thanks to Ill Engine for the air idea. O'Reillys rent/sells/lends a cylinder compression tester that includes everything necessary to load cylinder with air pressure, only had to remove a somewhat hidden air valve. Installed tester, added air and it held well for the 55 ft/lb torque pressure, all done in less than 15 minutes once I found the air valve. Thanks for everyone's comments.
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