Gerry, this is the earliest post by you that I can find. My archives of the "new" forum start with a November 20, 1998 post by Ranger Buck. My Voyager archives end with a November 15, 1998 post by Hydro Harry.
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By K G Ide on Thursday, April 15, 1999 - 11:27 pm:
Great forum (yeb- a newbie..)
After living with my 129 since '85 (I bought it from the original owner for what he was offered on trade in for an MTD built Ford), I didn't think there was much new to learn, but I've already picked up some hints. Question for the experts: I have fought wear button problems on the PTO clutch for a few years (it may coincide with the Kohler's replacement) I rebuilt the clutch, used new springs, set the bearing depth according to the manual and just recently replaced the bearings (yeah, I was too cheap to do it when I did the engine replacement) My dealer says that without a belt on the sheave,I should be able to disengage the PTO clutch and the driven part will stop. Is this true? I did check for warped plates and I can stop it spinning by dragging a piece of wood in the pulley..<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>