OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions On Ride On Mowers Questions on Greenfield Ride On Mower Frames New Greenfield owner. Lots of questions!

That is useful information, Millsi, we haven't seen pictures of one like that on Outdoorking before, as far as I know. Your clutch countershaft is also much longer than the later ones such as myevolution's one in the other thread I referred to. I think for a time, though, the long shaft was continued with the threaded shaft - some of our Greenfield threads on Outdoorking feature long shafts. Those long shafts seem to have fractured not-infrequently, which may be one of the reasons for the change to the short shaft. At the moment my guess at what might make your clutches run out of true, is a bend or fracture in that shaft.

Are you going to strip that shaft now? I think at a minimum you'll need a gear puller to get the ballraces off, and perhaps some of the collars as well, but you may have to heat the collars with a torch. I think I'd use the puller first, removing the bearings, the sprocket, and the other collars near the ends of the shaft. For the collars that are up against the clutches, a puller won't work and it will require either careful torch work or perhaps a press and a split ring.