Clutch repair on the David Bradley

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:07]Well, I'm back with the David Bradley video.

[00:00:11]>> [snorts] >> I doubt you can see me. It's really not important that you see me.

[00:00:16]I'm working on this clutch. I made that video with it >> [snorts] >> uh cultivating the corn, but I was forcing it to work.

[00:00:27]And uh and I knew that. You're not supposed to have to hold pressure on that to make it cuz I was just holding forcing the clutch to work.

[00:00:38]They call this a ball lock clutch.

[00:00:42]I've studied on it and looked at the big guys who tried to help me on groups.

[00:00:47]I think I understand, but uh we're going to I'm going to put the bearings back in here or the ball This is called a ball lock clutch.

[00:01:00]Of which I have no idea what that means.

[00:01:03]I just I know I think I got it lined out where the balls go, where a washer goes.

[00:01:10]And when you theoretically, when I get all this Assuming I have it right, when you put this clutch in, it will snap in.

[00:01:21]So, we finna find out if I've learned or not.

[00:01:29]I think I've done took it all apart. I'm going back together with it now.

[00:01:35]Uh I learned what I could learn. I've gotten some bearings.

[00:01:39]Uh ball bearings.

[00:01:43]And we'll see.

[00:01:54]Hope this magnet don't fall out on me here.

[00:02:04]I'm going to throw everything off the table.

[00:02:08]It'll be sweet when ball bearings go flying everywhere.

[00:02:12]We're going to get them out of the way.

[00:02:16]As I understand it, the bearings go in here.

[00:02:26]This slides up there.

[00:02:29]Like I say, as I understand it.

[00:02:32]Then, once you get the bearings in, a guy told me to put grease in here.

[00:02:37]It'd help me stick the bearings in. Or, you could flip the tractor on its side.

[00:02:42]I'm going to try the grease thing.

[00:02:44]Put the grease on them.

[00:02:46]Stick them in there.

[00:02:48]I found this washer, but boy, does it fit perfect. It matches up in there.

[00:02:55]And Well, you know what I know right now.

[00:03:12]I sure hope this thing works cuz I have big plans for it.

[00:03:22]It's supposed to be 10 of these. Some places say 11.

[00:03:26]This just You know, doing this thing and I have no idea.

[00:03:44]I got a large supply of ball bearings just in case this does not go my work.

[00:04:05]Even if I drop them in I should be able to wallow around on the ground here finally. There must be a hundred of them in there.

[00:04:16]I got to tell you this I got to give the guy credit who thought this up.

[00:04:20]Oh.

[00:04:23]I just don't It takes a special kind of people to come up with stuff like that.

[00:04:30]And it obviously works. I mean these things It's hard for me to hold a stimulating conversation right now trying to keep these little rascals I just I don't I'm going to learn more about these things. I'm going to learn what they are and learn about them because I'm very fascinated with this thing.

[00:05:22]I basically have learned how to put it together.

[00:05:26]I still don't truthfully I'm being honest.

[00:05:30]I truthfully don't understand how it's supposed to work.

[00:05:34]All I know is how to put it or I think I know how to put it together.

[00:05:39]That is five and I don't know what I'm doing.

[00:05:49]I why I got extras.

[00:05:54]All right, that is five, one more.

[00:05:59]How many you want to put 11 sunfish? Put 11.

[00:06:14]Mhm.

[00:06:16]Let's see if I can get anything else.

[00:06:22]See how steady my hand Oh, crap.

[00:06:30]I got Yeah, they got to go back home there.

[00:06:41]before That is not ever going to work.

[00:06:46]>> [snorts] >> We'll try it. Let me get that out of the All right.

[00:06:55]Put it in here.

[00:06:59]Here is all I need to do this. I need to take that out. We'll try it.

[00:07:05]Let me see.

[00:07:16]Yeah, watch it fly.

[00:07:25]I can keep most of them in there.

[00:07:29]Let me put them back in.

[00:07:39]One of the little rascals I'm trying to slip out.

[00:07:44]But All right.

[00:07:58]That did not go too terrible.

[00:08:04]I'm thinking it went right.

[00:08:07]So All right.

[00:08:15]This should go like this.

[00:08:23]Now if I'm right this goes on there.

[00:08:38]And you get the pin.

[00:08:57]All right. So I'm not messing around and messing with the pin.

[00:09:55]>> I guess I should have said something about this right here.

[00:10:00]I forget what you call it.

[00:10:03]I could go get the thing, but this thing is not just round and it's not just a square.

[00:10:08]There are threads here, flat here, threads here, and that's that way all the way around.

[00:10:15]And this This screws on there.

[00:10:24]Threads on there like that.

[00:10:28]And you got to get you this little set screw here. Once you get your clutch adjusted where you want it, you got to screw that in to set it, but you got to make You got two different spots you can set it. They give you some options.

[00:10:41]Okay, you got your set screw flat so you can put it on the thread or you mess your threads up.

[00:10:51]So give it every chance we can to work out.

[00:11:06]Lord willing.

[00:11:10]Well, believe it or not, that didn't take but a couple of seconds to get it started.

[00:11:34]Now, what I'm curious to find out I don't really know.

[00:11:43]I don't know what this is supposed to look like.

[00:11:47]I'm going to put a little snugness on it.

[00:11:55]Shoot.

[00:12:15]>> [snorts] >> Well, first things first, let's see if this clutch is working.

[00:12:52]And then we'll try to figure out how to If we don't Let's get this snugged up, figure out if the clutch is working.

[00:13:03]And then we'll find out figure out where the flywheel is. I should have paid attention to that.

[00:13:11]But like I say, this one and one more will make two of these that I've ever messed with.

[00:13:33]>> Well, it's not good.

[00:13:56]I've definitely done something.

[00:13:59]But, what I don't know.

[00:14:35]Aha.

[00:14:38]Look at that.

[00:14:42]Thank the Lord. Okay.

[00:15:26]>> Well, look at there.

[00:15:27]Thank you, Lord.

[00:15:30]All right. Now, now we really got to find out here now.

[00:15:36]That's I think it's Put the glasses off when you trying to do this thing.

[00:15:43]Pretty sure.

[00:15:46]I see three of them in there.

[00:15:50]And I'm also pretty sure I see them on the All right. We're going to pause this for a minute.

[00:15:57]And let me figure out where the three is.

[00:16:03]All right.

[00:16:05]I went ahead and skipped to [snorts] the part where I think I've got it adjusted here.

[00:16:11]This is not a perfect scenario, but this is where it's really wanting to work.

[00:16:25]So, let's see what we got.

[00:16:51]Damn, I'm not.

[00:17:20]>> Oh.

[00:17:21]Now, let's hope it's still working.

[00:17:23]Oh, yeah.

[00:17:25]That is what it is supposed to do.

[00:17:28]That still does 100% not mean it's going to work.

[00:17:33]I'm afraid I'm going to have to do this. All right, we're back.

[00:17:40]It's harder to get the stupid key out of the lever. There.

[00:18:00]I'm excited. I hope this works out.

[00:18:32]Now, let me put this in.

[00:18:43]And that feels like crap.

[00:18:49]Okay. Okay, I will.

[00:18:54]And And you got to take this back.

[00:19:10]Get this uh linkage adjusted, it should work.

[00:19:17]If it does work, even if it ain't perfect, we know how to do it now.

[00:19:23]All right, in and out.

[00:19:27]In and out.

[00:19:30]All right.

[00:19:32]Well, I'm going to get the wheel back on it, get the belt back on it.

[00:19:38]And I'll come back when we take the little spring