How to remove a "whatch a ma call it"??????

[BigBill]

I looked to find out what to call it and found nothing, i know its there???

How do you remove the crank starter pulley/pto clutch basket from the crankshaft without damaging it?

Does it come off easy?

I asked a power equipment company and he said they break everyone trying to get it off so before i even try i'm asking here first how to get it off so i can switch out engines.

thank's bigbill

[lonnyb]

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Item #7

That is if you are asking how to remove the pto from the front of a older cub cadet.
More info can be found here,
http://cubfaq.com/mechanical_pto.html
and here
http://cubfaq.com/setscrews.html

[Eugene]

On the narrow framed Cadets. Remove the hood (2 bolts) and cast iron front end (4 bolts) - unbolt regulator - disconnect battery first. Remove the bolt holding the PTO lever from the right side of the tractor. Loosen the starter generator. This will provide access to the PTO clutch.

First try removing the grill and the PTO lever bolt. This will provide you access to the PTO. Last time I tried this method I couldn't quite get the PTO to slide past the bar/round rod containing the PTO lever/pushbutton. Could be that if you loosened the bolts holding the motor and lifting a bit on the front of the engine, the PTO will clear.

Come off easy. Not readily if it has not been removed in quite some time.

[lonnyb]

With the front grill casting off the PTO bar/round rod should have came off with the grill casting IF you are working on a narrow frame tractor.

I have not worked on any wide frame cubs so I dont know about them.


To remove the starter pully, spray with your favorite penatrating oil and let sit a few days, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat until you are able to slide the pully off after removing the set screws.

[wdeturck]

The starter pulley can be removed with the bar type pullers but you must drill 2 1/4" holes in the pulley a 180 D apart near the hub and use 2 long 1/4' bolts/nuts an an impact wrench on the puller bar with penetrating oil and a clean sanded crankshaft end.

[Eugene]

The grill comes out of the front casting. Some grills are held in with 4 springs and others with bolts.

Clarification on my earlier post.

[trac48]

Bill,
What tractor are you working on,Email me a pic. I will post it

[BigBill]

I'm thinking of putting my 14hp kolher in my 108 but i wanted to know how to remove the pto/starter pulley from the crank. I never see any on ebay so i asked a seller on ebay about it. He said they all break when there trying to pull them all off. Now i may not touch it till i pick up an extra one.

[Merk]

I never have any problems getting the pto-starter pulley off. I remove the set screw(s) and soak it with PB blaster. It may have to soak a few days....All mine get reused.