For the never ending debate, I'll say that I like both hy and gd, but I prefer gd slightly in everything but snow removal. Yeah even mowing, I much prefer set it and forget it with all the hills I have, or anytime I might have a cup of coffee in my hand. With the hydro I pretty much got to have my hand on it the whole time cause it keeps slowing down or speeding up. Hydro is nice around some of the trees though. Pulling weight goes either way. I often haul a lot of wood on my 6x10 road trailer (1400 lbs just the trailer empty) or my 30cuft cart I made that I haul wood in with on rough terrain and steep hills on the farm. I don't know which I prefer in that situation, maybe the hydro since the hydro helps with braking and I can vary speed without having to disengage the drive, sometimes if you have to put the clutch in on a steep part hauling a heavy load, things can get scary. But I like the clutch in the woods otherwise, especially so I can use my hand to push branches and stuff away from my face and still be able to vary the speed, or if I have something in my hand like a chainsaw.
Dennis, I had a similar problem at first with the throwout arm still putting pressure on the bearing driving around. And I probably shouldnt have but I mowed with it a few times like that until I figured out something. I probably used up a lot of the life of the bearign already unfortunately. I pulled the whole thing out and cut the driveshaft down like 1/4" and that gave me enough room that the throwout arm comes completely loose of the bearing. I dont think any of that had anything to do with the spring however.
To be honest I didnt really do it because I wanted the toughest clutch on the planet or anything, I thought it was just an easy solution at the time because it came as a complete assembled unit and I didnt know anything about cub clutches. So I thought it would be an easier bolt on that trying to buy all the individual cub parts and putting it together (in the end it wasnt probably any easier, and I am now quite familiar with all the working of the clutch!). But the main thing was it was actually cheaper for most all the parts compared to stock replacement. I don't really need the extra weight of the red spring, which is also why I told em to back it off on the adjustable collar, its just the lightest spring they had. At the time there really wasnt a downside that I could see, except for the extra work pushing the spring, which the way mine is set is really nothing.
Dennis, I had a similar problem at first with the throwout arm still putting pressure on the bearing driving around. And I probably shouldnt have but I mowed with it a few times like that until I figured out something. I probably used up a lot of the life of the bearign already unfortunately. I pulled the whole thing out and cut the driveshaft down like 1/4" and that gave me enough room that the throwout arm comes completely loose of the bearing. I dont think any of that had anything to do with the spring however.
To be honest I didnt really do it because I wanted the toughest clutch on the planet or anything, I thought it was just an easy solution at the time because it came as a complete assembled unit and I didnt know anything about cub clutches. So I thought it would be an easier bolt on that trying to buy all the individual cub parts and putting it together (in the end it wasnt probably any easier, and I am now quite familiar with all the working of the clutch!). But the main thing was it was actually cheaper for most all the parts compared to stock replacement. I don't really need the extra weight of the red spring, which is also why I told em to back it off on the adjustable collar, its just the lightest spring they had. At the time there really wasnt a downside that I could see, except for the extra work pushing the spring, which the way mine is set is really nothing.
