Well, with Hurricane Sandy barreling towards us here in New Jersey, this weekend was spent outside cleaning up, putting things away, trying everything else down and making sure the chainsaw was ready to go. In a perverse way, I often enjoy extremes of weather, but I have to admit that this one has me concerned. I didn't have a chance to try Matt's clutch puller tool, but there's always next weekend.
Matt, I read more on the PTO clutch in the service manual, but it didn't jump out at me where it explained how to remove the clutch button. You hinted that it doesn't come out until after the clutch is removed from the tractor. The entire engine is sitting on the bench right now; I'd say that qualifies as "being out of the tractor", wouldn't you?
Would you (or anyone else) mind giving me a little more detail on how to remove this?
Thanks.