Yesterday I put my IB back together. This time I assembled the pressure plate without any washers between it and the flywheel. They were recommended to get to the 1 13/16" between the fingers and the disk face per the Allis service manual. With the 1 13/16" there was no gap between the fingers and the bearing surface. So this time I simply adjusted the fingers to 1/4" with the throwout bearing all the way back. I cleaned the input shaft spline thoroughly to make certain there was no residue in the grooves. I applied spline grease to the input shaft spline and tip and clutch disk. It appears I'm getting approx. 1/2" compression of the fingers with the pedal all the way down. However, the clutch still takes forever (up to 1 minute) to disengage.
I looked at the clutch assembly for the CA in the service manual and it states that the fingers should be adjusted to 1 1/2" from the clutch disk. After assembly, the clutch rod should be adjusted to get the 1/4" gap to the bearing. I thought everything from the bearing to the flywheel was the same on the B,C, & CA. Although this makes more sense than the 1 13/16" I can't imagine this procedure will produce a different result than what I did.
This tractor is driving me crazy. This is the 3rd time I've split this critter. I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about the damned thing. Aaaah!
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