clutch help!!!

i have a 1974 mogomomery ward 8 the clutch bolt that holds it on broke because i pushed on it because it wouldnt move.Well i bought a new bolt and have bent 3 bolts now it isnt hitting anything but wont let me push in the clutch pedal.SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!

Check the clutch linkage. Lube everything up real good too. That's about all I can tell ya without a pic or two.

my camera sucks but can i use a Centrifugal clutch one of the ones with a pulley

Possibly. I wouldn't see why it wouldn't work. Might be a little hard to shift. that way, it would be what's like in most utility ATVs. Release the throttle, and shift. No clutch pedal.

I ran a centrifugal clutch on my murray at one time. It was for another project but I slapped it on for fun. I didn't try to shift on the fly, rather I put it in gear and then just throttled up to get to speed. The downside was the clutch was only a 3" so it wasn't much faster than a stock mower. I have since welded a 5" pulley on and want to try it on a mower again. I'll post up a video of how that works out. In the meantime, here's a video I made with the 3" pulley.

Man, I love how the opposed twins sound.

is it really jerky when you take off and the clutch engages

No, it's really smooth even though my throttle setup wasn't all that smooth, and the motor wasn't running all that great. Just be sure you know what the idle rpm is on your motor and match the clutch to it. I used the cent. clutch on an opposed twin and it was fine, but on a 16.5 OHV single it wouldn't idle low enough to completely disengage the clutch.

how do i find out what rpms my idle is?

since im going to run a centrifugal clutch should i just run chain and have no belt slip problems?

Look up service manuals or maybe google search for your engine for the idle rpm. As for running chain, it is unfirgiving and would need something to hold tension on such a long section, from engine back to transaxle. Not that it can't be done, but I suspect there would be many hassles involved.

ok i will just run a pulley one just got to figure out my idle rpms

i cant find nothing for my engines idle speed i got a 12.5hp briggs vanguard single

if anyone can help me find a pulley centrifugal clutch for under 70 dollars let me know

Mine is a hilliard and I think $70 is what I gave for it.

must be the same one ime looking at it was a hillard is it a good clutch and will it last awhile?

I've heard good things about them but I haven't run mine long enough to know durability. It has a brass bushing that I assume is replaceable.

how do i figure out my shaft diameter to make sure i get the right one?

What notor? More than likely 1" with a 1/4" key.

its a 12.5hp briggs vanguard ohv and could you make a video with the 5 inch pulley? thank you for all the help your giving me to

The video I can do, but it may take months, haha. Currently it has a manual clutch and a 16.5 ohv. I'm basically rebuilding the whole mower with front suspension, rear solid axle, and a different motor. It's also not on top of my to-do list either.

And yeah, almost positive your motor has the 1" crank shaft.

o ok but could you post a pictue on how you added the 5 inch pulley

To the clutch? I just took a deck pulley off an old murray deck, drilled the center hole out to about 1 1/2" and eyeballed it center then welded it on. Not sure if that's good or will hold but the 3" pulley was just way too small. I'll see if I can get a pic next week unless I forget. If you don't see a pic by Wednesday, send me a pm cause I forgot, haha.

ok well do

well clutch is least of my worries went to change oil yesteday and it was putting new oil in and it was coming right out the bottom by the shaft and there is a little hole by the shaft is that hole suspose to be there and if so what part goes in the hole?