WOW, what a great video. I'm not a Mechanic, but do most of my own repair work if I can figure it out. I'm so glad I watched this. I've had to replace the wire (splice out) going to my pto clutch twice. Husq YTH 2348 Finally found the round holding rod coming out and allowing the clutch to spin and tear everything loose. The hole in the clutch plate must be wallowed out. I put it back in good and tighted the rod which runs to the outside of the frame very tight, but it did it again. I saw on another video the techn said the ohms should be at least 2.5 across the clutch leads. His new clutch checked 3.1. I checked mine and it was .002 which is close to zero so I'm changing it out. I had started hearing a loud noise over the past couple months and kept using it. It was probably that clutch going bad. Anyway, a new clutch it is and I'm glad to see a re-design on the hold down bar vs a round rod to prevent it from spinning. You are a great instructor on your videos. You put the info down on the lower shelf so people like me (who can work with their hands and are mechanically inclined) can understand what you are saying. If I can see you do it, usually I can do it. Thanks again. By the way, I'm no spring chicken. I'm 68 and can still do it. It's the gettin up and down part that's hard. lol

Kudos on your production value Foxboss9. It's so frustrating trying to decipher bad audio and/or badly lit or badly framed videos. Yours is not only helpful and to the point, but also a pleasure to watch. Thank you.

Very detailed video. I for one can appreciate it! Pretty sure my clutch is out on mine gloms through the troubleshooting steps you mentioned. I did however take the switch apart, broke it apart more or less lol so I can tell that the contacts were touching and verified that it was still good. Thanks again

Wait, I watch your camping channel! Now my riding mower is acting up. Small world. Mine was doing something similar, fuse blowing, PTO not engaging and disengaging well. Very glad I watched this because I thought my PTO switch was the problem. Now I know to look at the clutch too, so thank you.

Good video made by an intelligent man with a good sense for video presentation. My PTO quietly died while mowing. After spending some time with the multi meter, pulling the ignition and PTO switches, finding solid ground locations, and getting random results, I started to pay more attention to the small melted spot on the PTO switch receptacle - not the plug itself. Then with the key ON and my foot on the seat to provide "operator presence", I was able to turn the clutch off and on by jiggling the connected PTO switch and plug together. But I sure wouldn't replace the entire harness, so I'll probably just bend and jigger the copper in the plug. I may take a look at how replaceable the plug is. Thanks for the inspiring vid.

Very helpful !! Thanks my issue ended up being the relay. Husqvarna lt46. Thanks again!!

Absolutely saved me hundreds of$. Thank you and Bless you. For such a boring subject, the man is quite entertaining.

While I am a well skilled wrench man. I decided to look up the swap to see what your technique could teach me. I'm glad I did!

Thank you for being so detailed and naming parts numbers in videos.

Having a problem with the mower blades not engaging when the PTO is pulled up. Going to try to troubleshoot the switch and clutch this weekend and the videos on KZfaq have been very helpful with diagnosing this issue

Replaced the bearing repaired the wire , $25 for a bearing,took old one to a bearing shop matched it up. Saved me a couple hundred bucks !

Thanks! The bracket that mounts the front axle and deck front yolk to the frame on my 1986 Bolens GT180 made an "excursion" when the nuts finally stripped off of all four 35 year old bolts. And of course it pulled one of the wires pulled out of the clutch assembly in doing so. Hopefully I can shove it back in to fix it if it's just at a connector. It looks like it pulled out cleanly. Or maybe I can find a new wire assembly. It's still almost new, you know, lots of life left in the old girl. Good enough that yeah, I might have to go with a new clutch if necessary. Oh, by the way, I have always engaged the clutch at about half throttle. 15 years ago I had to tighten the three bolts about a third of a turn. Once. That's it, with 925 hours on it. So don't do it at full bore.

I have the same mower but it's a 2017 I don't have that problem yet hopefully they upgraded the parts you showed from the factory

Fabulous work and great explanation! I'm having this PTO clutch issue w/ my 20 year old Regent and this was a tremendous help. Unfortunately I maybe forced to get rid of my tractor if I can't get the adjustment to fix the issue. Keep up the good work.

I wish everyone on KZfaq making repair videos, did theirs as well as you. Nice job!

Nice one Foxboss9, my ride on mower blades would engage at first than after a while if you turned off the blades they wouldn't re-engage. So I tested for power supply all ok, I re set the clutch gap and Bingo, she's running as good as gold.

Nice job! You have done an excellent job explaining your work. Thank you for sharing your expertise!

Converted my JD F 930 electric clutch to cable idler pulley, now smooth engagement and no slippage. No more silly dual coil springs to maintain belt tension. Electric clutch is the worst idea, period 💪

This guy knows his stuff. You have have training or experience to understand, not clearly detailed enough for the newbie old-timer DIYer .

Thanks for this video. Last year I went to use my mower and found the battery dead. I tried to jump it with one of those small battery jumper and I think it burnt out my pto switch. I order4d one from Amazon but it didn't work. I ordered a clutch from Sears and it would not slide onto the shaft. The mower sat for a year and I was ready to sell it for cheap. I watched your video and rigged up a bypass switch like you did. The mower deck functions again. I ordered a replacement switch from Sears Craftsman and I saved myself a couple of grand on a replacement mower. Now everyone thinks I am a know it all fix it man! Haha!

Thank you for information and advice Yep clutch over heating and bad electric clutch is so common now

This applies to a Toro Wheel Horse 210-H as well. Exceptional video.

Nice job! Very informative! Thanks, Stan

Thank you very much Excellent video Had the same exact problem on my zero turn mower

Welp all done. The hardest thing was getting the connector undone to the clutch, the 2nd hardest thing was getting the drive belt onto the last pulley. I zip tied part of the belt to the pulley and I made a tool so I could turn the pulley with a ratchet and with the tool it was easy. I like my Ariens max zoom mower.

Foxboss9 thanks for your help. Let me tell you what happen . First I went and bought a new PTO switch and an new clutch. But for some reason I must have gotten a bad PTO switch. So I did what you said and jumped the switch that I thought was brand new only to find out that it was bad, My clutch Kicked in and that was all she wrote. So I went and bought a new switch and problem solved. Thanks for you help. I am taking this serious and getting certified as a small engine mechanic. It's nice to know that I can count on you to be there. THANKS

Thank you for your help. You are easy to understand and very good easy to follow.

I got a john deere 285 pto doing the same thing that would keep shutting down and I found a double yellow wire that was loose on the key switch. Replace the key switch and found that was the problem now it works great.

Brilliant. I need to replace the main drive belt of a Snapper SPX17542, which looks identical to this model, and was wondering what I'd have to do about the wire to the PTO clutch as it was preventing me from removing the belt. I guess I'd just have to disconnect it, and the connector is probably in the engine space. Now I don't have to remove the clutch from the engine. Thanks!

Awesome "mytractorforum" pointed this out to me. Lucky mule was detached for years. It's from a 1988 JD 332 dealer wants $650. I found a aftermarket coil pack on ebay & bearing for $200. Here are my quotes from tractorforum. "The problem with the resistance being .002 ohms is that it is drawing more than twice the amount of current, which heats up wires, wire insulation, VR and draws on the battery. It may work fine now, but you may just drive it till there smoke or flames rolling out from under the plastic hood"

Great informative video !! Thank you !!😊

I lost ground to clutch while i was cutting lawn, does the clutch supply the ground or is it the relay this mower was sitting outside for a year and a half it was given to me i have spend $85 so far with new belts and pto switch and oil change, i was cutting lawn for about 10 min when blade stop working.

Yea while running it redomley clicks we both think its the electric clutch. what are your thoughts?

Great job, I found this video quite useful!

I'm currently working on my 2001 Husky, you may have saved it with this video, thanks!

i bought a new pto clutch and a new switch but the clutch still doesn't engage the blades. I noticed the bolt that holds that pto clutch in place. Is this suppose to happen.

What if you buy a new clutch that doesn't come with the jumper wire to adapt to the old style harness?

your channel is very helpful. I have a Cub Cadet ZT1 42. the wiring and switch checks out good. When I engage the electric clutch, the mower deck will not disengage. I have to shut the mower off to shut deck off. When I restart the mower, the deck is often still engaged, but not all the time. is my clutch bad?

My Dad and i have an ingersoll 1418 and it just resently started making a clicking noise we both think its the electric clutch? what are your thougts on that?

Can you make another video that actually shows you putting the new clutch on?

did you use an impact to tighten this as well? I heard you're just supposed to grip the HEX nut and tighten the long bolt to torque specs? Thanks for the help. I'm about to replace mine on my broadmoor.

Great video, Thank you. However the mower that I am working on has sat outside for a few years and I believe the clutch has rusted up and just not working.

Best visual of everything I've seen yet. The connector... that they gave you the jumper for to connect it... to change the drive belt for my sabre 2254 had to be disconnected. That was more than a bear to get it disconnected. I had pliers, screwdrivers & a lot of muscle. I may have squeezed it so tight i may have damaged the wires. It connected back together just fine, but now the tractor doesn't start. It starts using starting fluid, but only for about 2 seconds. Could damaged wiring for the PTO cause the tractor to not stay running?

excellent walk through thank you very much.

How in the heck do you undo the connector that the two green wires go into? Edit: it was tough but I finally got the connector apart. The connector shell is slightly messed up though. Had to pry it against itself with a screwdriver.

My Scag 52” hydro works fine until I turn it off then it won’t restart until it cools down. However, after this last time of running then shutting it off she won’t cut on at all! It appears all the switches are working fine. I’m on clutch number 2. The engine leaks oil and it runs down on the clutch. My question, will the oil cause the clutch to burn out?

Love the video!

Recently, my Craftsman DYT4000 (B&S engine) started to take much longer for blades to reach full spin speed once switch is pulled. Used to take only 1 second, now takes up to 5 seconds! New belt, tensioner, spindles and pulleys. Only thing it could be now is the PTO clutch is slippin? It's gotta be right? That would cause the blades to take longer to reach full spin speeds

I have one when you start it and engage the clutch the motor dies Just curious if the clutch might be bad should I test it with the voltage meter

Ok Foxboss i tested the power from the battery to the PTO switch harness I had power. but i don't know how to test the connection from the harness to the connector that hooks up to the connector on the PTO clutch. I put the leads on the two wires the black/white and the black one but i didn't get any reading. I don't know if that was the proper way to test. I also turned on the motor and put the switch back on. And I engaged the switch and put a clamp on the seat safety switch. I just bought the switch so i hope it's good.

Can a clutch cause a tractor to pop and sputter, only when the cutting deck is engaged?

I have a lt1018 cub cadet tractor i mow with when i lower my deck down to 2 or 3 i loos rpms but when i pick up my deck my rpms come back up what would cause it

Is is possible to put a clutch and switch on a YTA 22V46 AND CHANGE IT OVER TO A 48" DECK?

Excellent presentation.

Great video. I just put a new drive belt on my 06 cub cadet SLT1550. Now it vibrates like crazy. What would cause this?

I’m curious what the hp rating on the clutch….this maybe my go-to clutch for a air cooled diesel connected to a samurai transmission….

My Craftsman got to the point where the PTO would engage with the mower cold but if you disengaged after cutting a while and tried to turn back on it would not work until you let mower cool. Yesterday it quit while I was cutting and doesn't operate at all now. Haven't had a chance to look further though.

How did you take the clutch off without it turning

Great job from Germany

I ment my Dad and i have an ingersoll 4018 and it just resently started making a clicking noise we both think its the electric clutch? what are your thoughts on that?

Hello brother all this started with my tractor after changing the belt not really the correct belt that goes on it, so I just had to add a little more tension Could this have caused my switch problem because belt too tight? I've loosened just waiting on new switch? Ty

Excellent Video Thank you Thank you

Could a air gap that’s out of Wack (not set to the right gap) cause it not to work when the switch is engaged

isn't the seat switch ,just a ground?

I have a cup today and I change the transmission hydraulic fluid and now she don't want to go forward or backwards

so how do you remove the old key in the shaft

Happy Father's Day gentlemen!

I have craftsman T110 riding mower and my blade won't engage. I already replaced cable clutch because i ran over something in my yard that cut the original. I tried starting it and blade still didn't engage. I noticed my deck belt was loose and worn so replaced it. Still won't engage. Help plz

If your still monitoring this, I hope you won't mind answering a question for me? I have a Simplicity Conquest mower and I've had problems with the mower shutting on and off just from hitting bumps. I've played around with the wires and found wiggling the wires will make the mower run off and on. So I'm pretty sure my wiring got a short and from the looks of it is in the plug itself that plugs into the clutch. Now on the plug that's not on the clutch side, but on the tractor side has what looks like a resistor added to the plug that is hooked to both wires on the one plug. Which seems wrong to me that it would be hooked up like that being I would think when you turn on the mower the 2 wires on that plug would both get electricity at the same time. is it made that way on purpose or is that something someone added somewhere along the line? Any ideas what I'm talking about here? Really appreciate your help!

I changed the clutch and my pro still don't work but I by past the switch and it's working now so what is mass up or what bad

Think mines still good something from my flip switch shuts the mower off I took the clutch off checked the clutch with power in the wires and its good But my metal switch is good to its not a pull switch what your taking about but still does the same thing my switch is being grounded out some place

wonderful video and comments!

Thanks man that helped a lot

Having the switch issue it's 18 years old so going to replace both the clutch and switch... I like the MLB pendant... Thats also my team as I'm also from NE Ohio

Great video. I just fired up my mower from winter storage and I noticed my pot starts but it seems slow. Slow to start and my blades turn slow. Like their labouring to turn. I pulled my deck off and my pulleys are fine on the deck. Could my clutch be seizing? would that make the blades turn slow

I have a 2008 simplicity broadmoor 20 hp. The problem I am having is that when I get into thick grass the blades are slowing down. the motor rpm is not changing and the belts are not slipping. I beleive the problem is that the clutch seems to be slipping under load. How can I fix this

I like you. Thanks for the help.

I have a poulan pro zero turn and my pro stop working. I tested the switch so what can I do

The anchor part, what's that link or part number

I found one with brg freezing up and over load on coil blowing fuse

Great video! Thanks

How do you keep the motor crankshaft drom turning when you remove the clutch bolt?

Hi, Which wires did you plug you switch into the back of the PTO to bypass the PTO?

I am fixing to replace the clutch on my John Deere LA 150. The bracket broke and the clutch started to spend which tore up the wiring. My problem is this: When I install the new clutch I have to find a hot wire to go to the safety switch under the seat. Right now I have put a jumper from the old clutch to the safety switch. When I install the new clutch it comes with a wiring harness just for the clutch. Do you have any ideas on how I can run a hot wire to the safety switch for the seat after I install the new clutch with the new wiring harness ? The wiring harness is the one just for the clutch, not the complete wiring harness for this mower. Thanks need your thoughts and ideas.

Hello, my craftsman ztl7000 just stopped on me while i was cutting. It starts and runs but does not move forward or backwards. It is about 4 yrs old and in nice condition. The belts are fine. Does the PTO switch also control the hydraulics as well?Any help is appreciated. Thanks

what about if the clutch is kicking in and out? Would you think that would be a switch issue? Mine runs and then after a min or so the blades start cutting on and off. It makes the whole lawnmower shake like crazy then the blades will almost stop.

How do you install a Craftsman plow on a Cub Cadet lawn tractor it's a LTX 1040 get back to me thank you

Mine randomly kicks the pto out and at that point no power from the switch???? pto ohms at 3.6

Your video said push mover,where is it

The switch will fail a lot unless a diode and resistor are put in the circuit to suppress the spark when the clutch is deactivated. This could also be the reason why the fuse blows for an unknown reason. Unless spark suppression is used when the coil opens a very high voltage is induced just like a Magnito coil when the points are opened.

I have a sears model 917.275520 which is a 42 inch deck with a brigs 23 hp engine. It has a manual engagement lever for the deck, if I were to change to a electric pto do I have to change the belt also or does it use the same belt?

How do you lock the crankshaft so you can torque the shaft bolt to 45-50 ft-lb when reinstalling the PTO? The manual for my old Broadmoor says to install the drive belt to the shaft pulley before installing the PTO unit. This means I cannot use a strap wrench to hold the shaft still.

Awesome video! Any tips for a parking brake not disengaging? (no hydrolics/power steering, or Forward/reverse) I have a Simplicity Prestige, 23hp Hydro W/Ps Rmo giving me a headache.

I ment it makes a clicking noise even when the pto isn't engaged we both think its the electric clutch. You can here it clicking when you start the tractor and i know damn well it wont start if the pto is engaged when you drive it you can here it. what are your thoughts?

If the seat switch was bad..wouldn't the mower fail to start.?..rider on. key on. pto on. I have 12v to clutch..ohms 3.6..but has continuity unplugged.this bad?

I have a cub cadet slt 1554 and my PTO would randomly stop spinning blades. Then the blades would not engage at all. Getting power to the switch and to the plug. Any ideas? Want to avoid replacing the PTO clutch if possible.

my Zoro turn zero it blew the fuse once ran great the rest of the season til the end mower started shutting off by its self. This season same thing now it won't start at all. Also can you show me how to replace a choke cable I am having to do it manually. How much do batteries run? Thanks! First time working on a mower.....

If i saw you in person i would buy you a drink. Thank you

Does the air gap on new clutches have to be set or are they set at the factory

I have a troy bilt tb2450, the pto clutch assembly just buzzes, and has a burned smell. it tries to turn, but just buzzes, could it be burned out, or is there an adjustment?