Greetings. I have an OC3. Pushing some snow yesterday, the clutch pedal dropped to the floor while trying to actuate it, and stopped working. It previously had about 1" of play, as I had adjusted it recently. The pedal will swing freely all the way to the floor and back with no resistance. The clutch is engaged firmly, the pedal will now not release it. I pulled the starter to see if I could see the throwout bearing or pivot pin with no luck
Are there any common failures of this linkage? Is there an easy way to get at it? I have the parts manual and the operators manual, and didn't see any access panels...
thanks, John Cadwell
You'll have to pull the clutch housing cover off the back to see what let loose inside.
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Thanks for the picture and the advice. Looks like I'll be pulling it apart.
Not to be smart or anything, but did the pin come out of the yoke or the rod come unscrewed from the yoke? This is the yoke that is attached to the bottom end of the pedal. Might save you some extra trouble if it did.
Geoffrey
Nope, it is definitely internal to the bellhousing. The pedal operates normally with no resistance. The pedal linkage is all intact.
I took the bellhousing out, and pulled the assembly apart.
As it turns out, the throwout bearing was seized, and it ate the 3 release levers off the end of the pressure plate assembly.
All I need is a new throwout bearing, and hopefully those three levers are available. If not I can machine them...
Does anybody know how to set the height on the three levers? It looks like there were three bolts at one time.