Curious about the clutch and pto on my Oliver Super 55

Regipika500 · Mar 30, 2022

Hello all, I just had a question I was wondering if anyone could help me with. I have a 1957 Oliver Super 55 that has a brushog on the back that I use to mow my yard. I've noticed a few times while mowing that when I hold in the clutch and then try to disengage the pto, the lever is very stiff and hard to move, unlike when I don't have the clutch in and it moves smoothly. I was just wondering if this was normal or a problem, why it is doing this, and while I try not to do it, sometimes when I hit something my reaction is to push in the clutch and shut off the pto and I've forced it through a few times so I want to know if this is going to hurt the tractor. Thanks.

rrlund · Mar 30, 2022

No connection. There's a tractor clutch in the flywheel and a totally separate over center PTO clutch on a different shaft.

Regipika500 · Mar 30, 2022

Thanks for replying. So if it's not connected, why does the lever get stiff only when the clutch is in?

rrlund · Mar 30, 2022

Lube the pivot on the clutch pedal. The shaft that it pivots on is the same shaft that the PTO lever linkage hooks to on the other side and moves the fork for the PTO clutch. I'm guessing that at a certain point of rotation of the pedal, it's wanting to bind when the PTO lever tries to turn the shaft.

RCP · Mar 30, 2022

I agree with Randy and have had this issue myself.

Regipika500 · Mar 30, 2022

Thanks for the information. So it's not a problem to push in the clutch and disengage the pto?

rrlund · Mar 30, 2022

No, like I said, no connection between the two (except that pivot shaft).

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