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I decided to persevere with the Agriline bushes. I cleaned up the housing with a drill and wire brush attachment. I made a press for the bushes out of some high tensile steel 12mm threaded bar. I used large flat washers and drilled a 100 mm length of 30mm x 10mm steel plate. I heated up the housing ...

I have kept the old spindles but it would be too expensive to repair them. Purchased Agriline spindles and bush kit at a keen price. Unfortunately, there isn't much attention to detail with sizes. For the front axle, I had to get a bush made as the one supplied was far too loose. I have removed all ...

Thank you for your confirmation. Engine now connected to transmission. Hope I don't have to split it again. Started work on the front axle. Going to order up kits to renew all the bushes, bearings etc. The main axle bush was worn through and there is a bit of wear on the axle. A local engineering wo...

Thank you for this valuable information. I decided to keep going and hope that everything works as intended. I have the oil seal on the transmission shaft fitted, new gasket made and the cross shaft mechanism back in. The torsion spring was quite easy to get back into position. Unfortunately, I don'...

Fitting the clutch return spring turned out to be straightforward. I located it on the clutch fork and this left the other end having to be rotated through about 90 degrees. I used a 9mm socket on the end of a 1/2 inch T bar. I was easily able to prise it back into position. I would advise using saf...

I went ahead and torqued the pressure plate assembly to the flywheel. I took a look at the springs but can't see any colour coding on them. I'm not so sure about the QTP 4910 pressure plate assembly. The springs are under a lot of compression and it requires a very large force to move one of the fin...

Finally managed to get correct 11" clutch plate. The clutch was not specified as a heavy duty type. The Dexta manual refers to the use of spacers for a heavy duty type clutch. When I fitted the pressure plate and clutch assembly there was a noticeable space (4mm) between the pressure plate housing a...

Unfortunately I don't have the original pressure plate and assembly. I replaced the pilot bearing as the original one was well worn. It wasn't a brass type. I rang the local supplier and he is willing to order me the correct parts. However, I will need to make sure he orders the correct parts as he ...

Thank you for this important information. I think I need to return the pressure plate assembly. The only thing that I have used from the kit is the pilot bearing and it fits fine. I tried it on the transmission shaft before I fitted it.

Richard

Thank you for your reply. The pressure plate is QTP 4910 and aligns up to 6 bolt holes in the flywheel. Fairly sure that it will work. On the QTP website, the 4910 pressure plate shows 2 compatible clutch plates. Both are for a Major and I think they both have 10 splines instead of 15. This probably...

Thank you for your advice. Will tackle this job when I get the new clutch plate fitted. I have taken photos of the spring orientation before I removed it so at least I know what it should look like when correctly fitted. It was a friend who works at landroves who suggested compressing the spring sli...

Thank you for confirming that. The single clutch kit was bought locally so I will be able to exchange it. The box is marked: Quality Tractor Parts - 3775 Clutch Disc Dexta/Super Dexta 9" Main Drive 1" x 15 Splines Main Drive. I have managed to source manuals online and can check specifications. Also...

I removed the cross-shaft to fit a new oil seal. The return spring was very difficult to remove. I am expecting it to be very awkward to fit on the edge of the fork that operates the release bearing. Has anyone any advice on making this job fairly straighforward? I was minded to try and compress the...

Thank you for all the helpful advice. Have flywheel resurfaced and put back on. Fitted new pilot bearing and packed recess with some Castrol high melting point grease. Original Fordson Dexta manual states that single clutch is 11" in diameter. The Dexta kit that I was supplied with comes with 9" dia...

Managed to get release spring off end of fork. There's a lot of torsion in the spring! I have resourced several pdfs online and the information and diagrams are very useful. I anticipate that the release spring will be extremely difficult to get back into its correct position. It needs to be rotated...

Hi Sandy, Thank you for your informative post. The original pilot bearing in the flywheel definately need replaced. I have a replacement one that came with the clutch kit. It is in a package marked: QTP 828123. I would be keen to replace the oil seal but have decided not to remove the transmission s...

Hi everyone, I was restoring a 1962 Dexta for my son. It is fitted with a single clutch and th engine was rebuilt several years back. I was hoping to assemble it and bring it back to life. * I decided to remove flywheel and it is away getting resurfaced. I have the pressure plate and clutch ready to...