Allis Chalmers wd45 hand clutch

Bell housing is the casting bolted to rear of engine which houses the foot clutch. If a wide front you can wedge 2X4's between axle and frame rails to keep vertical stability and place a jack under bell housing. Block front tires each side to keep it from moving. A narrow front is not stable and is top heavy. Need a splitting stand or "A" frame attatched to frame rails hanging from a hoist.. Once front half is well supported you put a floor jack under drawbar next to snap coupler bell and roll back half away from front half. If you don't have a concrete floor to work on you will likely have a big failure.

Do you guys have any advice on how to bend the snap ring into the correct shape on the hand clutch once I get it out of the tractor so it fits perfectly so I don't need to weld it in place

hunter321 wrote: Is welding the snap ring in place a good idea

When someone inevitably goes wrong, do you want to be the one that has to fix it after being welded into place?

Thanks
I just got it ordered along with a shift tower gasket

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Is this the right gasket

Make sure to put some blocks between the front axle and the frame if you don't have something holding the frame from tipping.

Ok.
I am making great progress on splitting the tractor, tomorrow I am going to get 3/4 in all thread to support the back end of the tractor and I'm going to try to split it tomorrow and get the clutch out.

Thanks for all your help.
I do need to find what gaskets to get and is it a good idea to weld the snap ring in place.
Also my transmission fluid had water in it.

I'm splitting it right behind the hand clutch. What gaskets do I need

Yes I do but the snap ring is not in the right shape

I think Im just going to give up on have a working hand clutch. No matter what I do I can't get the ring over the shaft and have it be the right shape to fit in the grove. The only way I have left is to split the tractor and I don't have anything to do that and don't have money to get anything

Well then, you've got some choices to make. You want to work on this tractor?? it takes tools. You don't have what it takes, buy the tool that does the job or figure out another way.

Flat blade snap ring pliers that OPENS wide enough would beat splitting the tractor.

i did get it back to the right shape

If the ring is not too bad you can save it. Flatten it on vice or anvil with hammer. Compress it a bit to get to the size you want and try again. To get it in place use snap ring pliers unless you do not have space to do that.

Edited by Ed (Ont) - 03 May 2024 at 10:34am

I got the ring on the shaft but it was to bent out of shape to stay In place