Clutch made out of aluminum dirt bike sprocket
 

just cut the sprocket out and installing it tonight hopefully it'll work

Hello and welcome! Could we get a pic of what you did? Me personally I wouldn't do that. You would be better off buying the correct part.

clutch
 

Well it works great for now engages and disengages fine and it doesn't slipAttachment 56937

I could see it being a temp fix and good thinkin on yer feet. But for as cheap as a jew clutch disk is id be swapping it out soon. So much more smooth in taking off and if u need it to slip it will but new parts will hold just as good

I agree with cubby, you'd be better off fixing it the right way. Get the correct parts and fix it right. There are some things you can modify to fix like I have a older k301 and a newer pto clutch. It has a bronze sleeve on it and a oversized key way , but I'm your fix may tear up more than what it would cost to fix it right. My 2 cents

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I got the idea from a web site on pulling tractors and if it would work for them it would work for me in the yard pulling a plow (NOTE: If an aluminum clutch disc is used in a high rpm tractor, I found they won't work as well because after a while the aluminum will get galled, and the clutch could become "grabby." The aluminum disc works best in a stock tractor with the engine running at a maximum of 4,000 rpm. Therefore, a double fiber clutch disc set up with a cultivator pressure spring may to be installed.)

I wouldn't run an aluminum clutch even in a pulling tractor. (Yes, I am very aware that they sell them as an option.) Sounds like your convinced though, so whatever. It's yours, do as you wish.

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I'm not trying to be argumentative over the deal I just did what I could do to keep my machine running until the first of the month when I get my VA check and I might have the cash to buy regular clutch I'm very aware of the detrimental aspect of metal on metal I was raised different but I do what I can do

Desperation, the mother invention. Do what you have to, to get-er done! :clap:

I like it. make it work!

they work like an electric PTO. either on or off. hard on driveline parts

Maybe I do not have as much surface area, but, my aluminum disc brake pads do not seem grabby at all,,,,:bigthink:

The ONLY difference I have noticed is I need to adjust them far less frequently.

I have only adjusted them twice in 2-3 years, normally on my blade dedicated tractor, the way I use it,
the brakes would need adjusted every three times I take it out......

Have you personally used one?? Is the clutch being grabby due to the high pressure of the clutch spring?:Huh:

A brake works similar to a clutch.... but not in application. Engines spin waaaayyyy faster than a wheel. Anytime you get two materials that hard on a clutch they grab. Even a ceramic or kevlar clutch is touchier than a woven fiber disk. For smooth engagement, they need to slip. No slip= "grabby". Like Don said, hard on drivelines.

I've never used them. it is a common budget tractor puller thing. there's a clown in MO. that sells them. I've taken 4 of them out of tractors where guys have had issues as I explained. for $30 or 35 bucks you can get a Kevlar disc and have something you can have softer engagement and better holding power and its cheaper than the stock cub cadet disc.

I get it, it is the fix at the moment.. it was very inventive.. "A" for effort in a pinch.. Weather or not it is a temp fix or not, aluminum or not. That pc was not made for what you are using it for,, your only askin for hurtin somewhere, tractor or person.. If you not pulling, don't do what they do. Plowing and pulling are the same idea, but nowhere near the same. There drive shafts are prob, a heck of a lot stronger than stock.. this is how it works well for them. I am by no means trying to come down on you.. One thing I have learned from this site is comedic mods are one thing, structural mods are something completely different. The guys on here are only looking out for the safety of you and your tractor. :beerchug: