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RICHARD C. - I knew when I made the first keystroke nobody was going to change Your mind about elec. PTO's and Q/L Cubbies.  It was ALL in the interest of healthy debate.  No offense intended or taken.

   Like You said, both styles of clutches are durable. Even the transmission clutch on gear drives "Takes a Lickin and keeps on Tickin". I've never had ANY interest in a creeper gear for a CC because the trans clutches are so immune to damage from slipping. Only problem I've ever had with the trans clutch in any GD Cubbie is broken teaser springs. 

 

   HEY ART - What are You considering a "Torsion Sprng" in the mech. clutch? I'm only coming up with twenty-eight total parts in the whole clutch assembly including the anti-rattle springs that I always throw away.  That includes the three special screws, six hex jam nuts, the levers, and all six set screws. The pilot bearing & locking collar and the fiber thrust button are not in that number.

 

   One other O/T comment about ag tractor LPTO's, most companies put a operator controlled brake on them to slow the rotation of high inertia equip. like rotary (bush hog) mowers, silage choppers. I can understand companies like IH having to add brakes to the PTO clutch to protect operators not used to running power equipment but I REALLY don't feel there is a need for brakes on them.  But then I still remember the news blurb about 10 yrs ago after a late spring really wet snowfall here in Madison where eight or ten people had to go to the emergency room to get fingers "Attached, removed, repaired" after reaching into the discharge chutes of plugged snow blowers while they were still running.  The news report didn't tell how many were College Professors.