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Trying to install new clutch disk and pressure plate on farmall h. It's an aftermarket. Pressure plate has no provision for compressing springs. Can't get enough clearance between throwout bearing and pressure plate fingers to get the retainer in proper position. Contacted supplier who said that his new pressure plates have no way to compress springs. Any idea on how to do this? I've tried every which way to get this thing installed with no luck.
 
I think all replacement clutches are made that way. Try adjusting the linkage so that the bearing is further to the rear.
 
Lot of clutch's do not have a place to install a bolt to compress. Just push the fingers down and insert what ever it takes for that one under the pin end of the finger. Some clutch's you can use a small nut, others I use a little flat iron. Thing is that most clutch's come locked compressed, not all do though. Just part of the fun of working on this stuff.
 
BruceS: Do the fingers on the new presure plate have a hole or slot in them? If so, fashion 3 J hooks from 1/4 inch redi-rod, place the hook around the edge of the pressure plate backing, thread the end through the hole or slot, screw on a nut and tighten.
 
Or do as Pete says, I forgot that I used nuts under the rear of the fingers to compress them on my 460. I have replaced the clutch on a Super A, C, Super H, and 460. None of those had places to put bolts to compress the fingers.
 
Be sure the disk is situated so that the springs in the hub are away from the flywheel. If they stick out on the Flywheel side the hub will catch the Bolts, and the distance to get it compressed will be way farther than normel. Take the clutch linkage shorter to allow assembly. Use the nuts under the fingers to hold it in compression. (be careful not to drop them into the cover when getting it together, or it will need to come apart again. Use longer bolts to pull the cover closer to the Flywheel, then reinstall the correct bolts. Jim
 
That is weird. My MD did and so does my WD-9. I don't have the new clutch for the WD-9 yet, but the old one does.
 
My I&T manual says to remove the cross shaft for the throw out bearing to remove the clutch. What retainers are you talking about ? The pressure plate bolts ? We just put a clutch in a 350. It had no holes to compress the pressure plate. The mounting bolts were long enough to catch.

Before you get the pressure plate installed you might want to check that the pins the fingers pivot on have cotter pins through their ends and that the fingers are all the same heigth (sp? that looks wrong. i before e except after c). Anyway. Wait 'til I see my IH partsman...

Greg
 

I installed a new clutch and PP on my M not too long ago. The new pressure plate DID have the 3 holes for compressing it, but I had to use smaller diameter bolts (I think 7/16, or maybe 1/4) and a few flat washers. Once I figured out the combination it worked fairly well.
 
(quoted from post at 06:48:49 03/29/12)
I installed a new clutch and PP on my M not too long ago. The new pressure plate DID have the 3 holes for compressing it, but I had to use smaller diameter bolts (I think 7/16, or maybe 1/4) and a few flat washers. Once I figured out the combination it worked fairly well.
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I did have that issue. My manual said I should be able to use the same set of bolts that hold teh PP on, but I had to get super tiny bolts to do it.

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(quoted from post at 07:03:53 03/29/12)
(quoted from post at 06:48:49 03/29/12)
I installed a new clutch and PP on my M not too long ago. The new pressure plate DID have the 3 holes for compressing it, but I had to use smaller diameter bolts (I think 7/16, or maybe 1/4) and a few flat washers. Once I figured out the combination it worked fairly well.
Click to expand...

I did have that issue. My manual said I should be able to use the same set of bolts that hold teh PP on, but I had to get super tiny bolts to do it.

height
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Exactly. My old pressure plate allowed me to use the mounting bolts to compress it. Had to use smaller bolts on the new one.
 
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