I have an ancient Winget 3S dumper, Petter single cylinder engined, that has a clutch problem - the clutch pedal seems to operate ok but the clutch does not disengage. So either the problem is that the clutch plate has rusted onto the flywheel or the primary drive shaft into the gearbox is seized in its bearing. Either way I need to remove the clutch bell housing to see what is occurring.
It isn't obvious to me how to achieve this without either (a) unbolting the front axle so that the whole clutch bell housing/gearbox/prop shaft/front axle assembly can be slid forward, or (b) unbolting the engine from the chassis and from the bell housing and moving it backwards.
Not sure that I much like either solution, but needs must. Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how I might approach this problem? The way the UJ between the gearbox and the prop shaft is constructed, it can't be removed (which was my initial thought) without shifting the front axle, so that direction doesn't look promising to me.
Any helpful advice would be most appreciated!
It isn't obvious to me how to achieve this without either (a) unbolting the front axle so that the whole clutch bell housing/gearbox/prop shaft/front axle assembly can be slid forward, or (b) unbolting the engine from the chassis and from the bell housing and moving it backwards.
Not sure that I much like either solution, but needs must. Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how I might approach this problem? The way the UJ between the gearbox and the prop shaft is constructed, it can't be removed (which was my initial thought) without shifting the front axle, so that direction doesn't look promising to me.
Any helpful advice would be most appreciated!
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