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i need parts for a frigidaire lawn tractor sold under quality it is a model q185h46b 18.5 hp 46 inch lawn tractor i need a clutch cable part number 170328

Growing up on a farm ,I didn’t really get into the ball and stick games the kids in town played ;other than football and track the only sports I really cared about involved the internal combustion engine .When other kids my age were reading Inside Baseball I was devouring Hot Rod, Motor Trend, and Motors manuals, Learning what makes cars and motorcycles run. One of my friends grandpa restored old cars as a hobby ;and noticed my interest so one afternoon he pulled an old buck rake( Abuckrake was a model A Ford that they had taken the body off of ,and made it into kind of a tractor)into my parents driveway and said if it was alright with them he would just give it to me to tinker with since it had just been sitting out in a pasture for years and didn’t run he thought it would give me some good experience. Well when my friends parents came over to pick them up that evening they found us out in the pasture sitting on buckets on that ole buck rake just flying back and forth across the pasture. I had got it running and we were just trying it out. Needless to say Gramps came over the next morning and the buck rake was gone. So that’s how things got started, I had the reputation that I could get anything running And so enters Nicky Hovie;

Nickie hovie had a real nice sixty three chevelle convertible Yellow,Black interior 327 4 spd ,nice car .Well he drove in and said he was given an old motorcycle and the motor was froze up and wondered if I thought I might want to try to get it running for him. I said sure thing ,so the next day he brought it over and we put it in my parents garage. Some one had painted it White with household interior paint and it really looked bad but It was an Indian Motorcycle. I pulled out the spark plugs and filled the cylinders with diesel fuel and let it set. In a couple of days I put it in gear and with the sparkplugs still out I rocked it backward and the engine broke loose. Now I could use the kick starter and I checked to se if I could get spark and I could so I had new spark plugs and put them in and with fresh gas I tried and tried but could only get it to pop.

The next Saturday Nickie came over to see how I was coming and I jumped on the kick starter and It popped and Nickie got all excited .”lets pull it with my car” he said So I proceeded to get a rope, tied my end to the bumper hitch of Nickies Chevelle and handed the other end to Nickie.Well we got all straight so that I could pull him straight down the street and we were ready .—-These old Indians were a lot like the old Harley 74 In that they had what people called a suicide clutch as the clutch was down at your foot and the shifter was next to the tank But on the opposite side than that of a Harley for some unknown reason.

—So I eased out on the clutch of the Chevelle,the rope became taunt, and down the street we went. As we gained speed Nickie stomped on the clutch on the ole Indian and I heard bap—bap-bap-varoom as Nickie roared past with a huge smile on his face. Un be known to me Nickie had foolishly tied the rope onto the handlebars of the motorcycle. As you can guess when Nickie came to the end of his rope things progressively got worse. Dave Shriver

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How to Repair your John Deere Hand Clutch

Have you been grinding the hand clutch on your 2 cylinder John Deere Tractor? Good thing the specialized design of these tractors makes for accessibility and repair of the John Deere clutch. A sharp contrast to other tractors. the clutch on the lay down John Deere tractors needs no splitting of the rear end of the tractor from the torque tube, to access the clutch components. Built in Waterloo Iowa these tractors are known as “lay downs” by some meaning the engine has horizontally opposed cylinders. Waterloo built 2 cylinder tractors including the A, B, D, G, GP, H, R, 50, 60, 70, 80, 520, 530, 620, 630, 720, 730, 820, 830 and many associated variations. To reach the clutch remove the clutch cover from the tractor panel. These covers stay on with compressions and could be dented as a result of the force required to take off the clutch cover and put on a new one. If a new clutch cover is required check out the availability at Steiner Tractor Parts (STP). Their most sought after cover is the JDS543 which works with late models A and G up through the 630 and 730 tractors. After you take it off you will need to take apart the clutch. For instructions it is best to consult your manual. If you do not have one STP can help. A replacement is likely available on their web site: Steiner Tractor Parts. Once you get it apart, take a look at the clutch facings and bonded clutch discs. These components will wear out as they absorb the friction to engage the transmission. After you inspect, examine the teeth on the slider disc(s) and the clutch driver for wear or damage. Either one or two slider discs are used, depending on the model. Replace as needed. Next inspect the clutch dogs, springs, T-bolts and the slotted hex nuts for damages. The belt pulley brake lining is another high wear item. Examine the lining for wear. Finally if the hand clutch has too much play then you may need to replace the clutch lever pivot bushing and also the pivot bolt. Luckily Steiner Tractor Parts (STP) always has a wide selection of drivers, discs, clutch facings and covers, bonded linings, T-bolts, clutch dogs, springs, slotted hex nuts, pivot bolts and clutch lever pivot bushings along with the belt pulley lining.  You will find it all, along with low pricing STP is a clutch resource for John Deere tractors.