Ever since my first hot-rod (32 chev with 56 Lincoln engine and AUTO box ) I've never touched a clutch or a manual tranny in my life! Can't find anything in the Engine or Gearbox parts manuals (the applicable ones). But I did find a picture from my earlier crank hub broken-bolt episode and I remember putting my finger into it and noticing that it was NOT loose. It LOOKS like it may be a bushing and not a bearing at all:
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Anyway 2 local mechanics say "you do NOT leave something like that unchanged while a tractor is already split". So the clutch comes off again and I'll just have to reinstall it
a 3rd time (I'll know how to do this by the time I get done)! At a minimum I have to spray it out clean, then re-examine it and unless I come accross serious advice to leave it alone I'll almost certainly change it.
I'm a little confused though, this bearing or bushing is turning at
engine rpm all the time, how can it be a bushing and even if it's a pin-bearing how can it be without continuous pressure-oil lubrication?
BTW since last night I've been emailing with this
https://agrodoctor.eu/en/ outfit in Poland, really impressed by their response speed and readiness to help out (prices being more than reasonable).