d17 1 clutch and brake shaft replacement

Foot clutch pedal shaft can be pulled from the housing by welding a 5/8" nut on top of it and using a pipe/threaded rod to pull it or a big slide hammer. Grind off the nut, build up the shaft and machine back to size and drive back in the housing. This can be done without splitting the tractor with another extra step or two.  

Pulls out. Straight shaft. Press fit into the side of the torque housing.  If the tractor is split, you can drive it out from the inside with a 4 lb hammer and BIG punch.

Edited by DrAllis - 04 Mar 2025 at 9:47am

my shaft is wore real bad i am going to pull it and replace it  .  i have apeice of 4140 for anouther job i will cut apiece off and cut a new snap ring groove  i have aparts tractor that maybe a new enough to allready have replace able bushings  if not i will bore this one and bush it .  thanks  for all the tech everyone

i  have doctored up alot of pins like that and its time consuming weldind grinding and you can get it pretty good but its never going to last as long.  yes you have to take the running bourd off  my old pedal and shaft was so wore it i probley could have wedged it past but need to straighten the running board because it had a  step bolted on it and its bent a little , my grandfather put it on when i was young he wasant a big guy and real short ,  i didnt get the step it was missing when i got the tractor back .  i am going to fab anouther step but i am going to make brackets to go all the way back to the strap that holds the running board up and spread the weight     

this tractor of mine turned over the hour meter twice that i know of   

Remove the side cover on the right side and get a magnet in there to catch the ball. Measure the clutch pedal pivot shafts EXACT protrusion from the side of the torque housing to place the repaired or new shaft at the same depth. Whatever you use (new shaft or repaired shaft) drill the hole for the spring and ball all the way thru the pin to the outside. Measure the spring pockets depth first, so you know how deep it was. Make a plan as to what size of drill bit to use, as you'll need to thread the end of the shaft to loctite a short bolt or pipe plug in the end when you get done. I think the hole is 3/8" diameter. Once the shaft is pressed back in the side of the torque housing at the proper depth, you place the ball and then the spring into the shafts outside hole. Make a pin (3/8"bolt shank) to press against the spring and install your pipe plug or short bolt from then outside. Getting the pin length correct might take you a time or two to get the correct tension on the spring to hold the PTO lever engaged and disengaged.