I have a Greenfield Evolution E2000 M11 34" - 20hp Vanguard OHV VTwin.

I recently started to have problems with clutch slippage - I had problems getting the mower to take off and had to stamp on the pedal ect,ect.

Initially I took the mower to a GF dealer to get a quote, after inspection I was told that the mower needed a new clutch pulley and that both drive plates needed new linings and the quote was $600.

I know there is a lot of fiddly work involved with this job and the quote was on par with other quotes I had, plus I also had a similar work done on it 2yrs ago and it was around the $600 mark.

Any way I decided to have a go at it myself to save money as I am fairly mechanically minded,I priced the parts required 1x clutch pully complete $120 - 2x clutch linings $30 total $150.

Note: Out of interest, I also priced the reverse & forward drive plates complete, they were $78 each).

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A view of the Drive Clutch and Rear Axle Layout

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Step1 - Removed seat and rear

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Remove Drive Belt

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Remove wheel so that chain can be loosened and removed

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Loosen and remove chain

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Remove 2 bolts (red dots) either side of the small sprocket, also 2 on opposite side, you should now be able to manoeuvre the whole drive assembly out.

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It took me about 2hrs to remove the whole drive clutch assembly from the mower and it wasn't a traumatic experience, fairly straight forward and logical.

Once I had it out and on the bench, I came accross my first problem
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I couldn't get the sprocket off or more to the point I didn't have the tools to do it and I didn't want to damage it.

So at this point a reappraisal was required, so I took the whole assembley down to GF mowers and got another quote to do the job, now that I had it stripped down.

This time the quote came in at $250 - 1x clutch pully complete $120 - 2x clutch linings $30 - labour $100 - Total $250, so considering I would have had to purchase the parts anyway, I considered an extra $100 for the experts to finish the job with 3mths warranty was well worth it, so I left it with them and all I have to do is put it back in the mower and away we go.

So by having enough knowledge to get so far and enough sense to know my limitations, I still saved myself $350 on the initial quote of $600.

Sorry grumpy that it doesn't help with information on setting up the shim stack in the center of the shaft to get a clutch clearance but it may help others like myself with limited knowledge/resources to still save money by doing x amount ourselves and getting the experts to do what we can't.

ps; Let me know if you need any more pics before I put it back together

Regards
Rich