Does anyone have images of the few pages from the Servicemans Reference that illustrate and describe the removal of the clutch pack, (steering clutch assembly), from the bevel gear shaft? My machine is a D42T. I have a SRM that is a little later than my machine here at the house, but the one for my model is elsewhere.

I think once the lock and nut are removed from the outside of the pack, the assembly can be pressed off of the splined shaft with no other nuts or fastners holding it on.

Am I correct???

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Thanks Again-
bernie

Bernie. .you're correct in that the clutch hubs come off after the lock bolts, lock and nut have been removed. I put the nut back on to protect the threads on the splined shaft flush with the end of the shaft. Also, I left the clutch drum on to protect the teeth on the clutch plates. I used a 1" plate that was drilled to fit the holes that held the lock on, placed a rolled piece of sheet metal that protected the clutch springs from heat and heated the hub a bit. I tightened up the grade 8 5/8" NC bolts to put a pulling force on the hub with an air impact wrench and whacked the plate with my favorite molecular readjustment instrument ( 12 lb beater), retightened the bolts and reapplied a few more whacks, etc until the clutch came free.

If you're doing this on the floor, put a piece of plywood down and put your support blocks (to support the bearings) on it. That way, when everything comes loose you're not scraping parts on a concrete floor.

Hi Bernie,
make sure you get as many threads as deep as possible without bottoming out, use longer bolts and spacers to adjust bolt depth, of the puller bolts screwed into the hub or the hub can slit through the bolt holes and break the side out of the bolt hole boss and then you are really screwed so to speak.
Cheers,
Eddie B.

OlGrump and EDB-Thanks!

My D42T. I put the best of two clutches together, and put in new clutch bearing. This was the second removal of the clutch assembly. The first time I though it was the easiest to replace the assembly with one that was though to be good. Heat was required on one hub and damaged some springs, but had extras.

Bob