I have a 10 year-old 42" Sears Craftsman Lawn Tractor. While releasing
the Brake/Clutch pedal to the drive position, I heard a "pop". Now the
Brake/Clutch pedal does not return to the drive position. When I manually
pull the pedal back, the drive engages and the tractor moves forward.
What causes the Brake/Clutch pedal to return to the drive position? Is
there a spring that broke or a rod adjustment that returns the
Brake/Clutch pedal to the drive position? Any suggestions welcome!


bjbigus
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bjbigus wrote:
I have a 10 year-old 42" Sears Craftsman Lawn Tractor. While releasing
the Brake/Clutch pedal to the drive position, I heard a "pop". Now the
Brake/Clutch pedal does not return to the drive position. When I manually
pull the pedal back, the drive engages and the tractor moves forward.
What causes the Brake/Clutch pedal to return to the drive position? Is
there a spring that broke...

yup...

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dpb wrote:
bjbigus wrote:
I have a 10 year-old 42" Sears Craftsman Lawn Tractor. While releasing
the Brake/Clutch pedal to the drive position, I heard a "pop". Now the
Brake/Clutch pedal does not return to the drive position. When I
manually
pull the pedal back, the drive engages and the tractor moves forward.
What causes the Brake/Clutch pedal to return to the drive position? Is
there a spring that broke...

yup...

Or, of course, it could have just come off...

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On Nov 3, 8:28*am, Claude Hopper
wrote:
bjbigus wrote:
I have a 10 year-old 42" Sears Craftsman Lawn Tractor. *While releasing
the Brake/Clutch pedal to the drive position, I heard a "pop". *Now the
Brake/Clutch pedal does not return to the drive position. *When I manually
pull the pedal back, the drive engages and the tractor moves forward.
What causes the Brake/Clutch pedal to return to the drive position? *Is
there a spring that broke or a rod adjustment that returns the
Brake/Clutch pedal to the drive position? *Any suggestions welcome!

bjbigus
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I bought a used one that had that problem. The spring was off that
returns the clutch. I found no place to hook it except over the edge of
the frame.

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Claude Hopper * * * * *

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there is a place, look on the sears website for the parts drawing,
there is a hole in the chassis that the spring attaches to..

as a workround, you can use a bungie cord...

Mark

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bjbigus
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Mark wrote:

On Nov 3, 8:28=A0am, Claude Hopper

wrote:
bjbigus wrote:
I have a 10 year-old 42" Sears Craftsman Lawn Tractor.
=A0While releasi=
ng
the Brake/Clutch pedal to the drive position, I heard a
"pop". =A0Now t=
he
Brake/Clutch pedal does not return to the drive position.
=A0When I man=
ually
pull the pedal back, the drive engages and the tractor moves
forward.
What causes the Brake/Clutch pedal to return to the drive
position? =A0=
Is
there a spring that broke or a rod adjustment that returns
the
Brake/Clutch pedal to the drive position? =A0Any suggestions
welcome!

bjbigus
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I bought a used one that had that problem. The spring was off that
returns the clutch. I found no place to hook it except over the
edge of
the frame.

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Claude Hopper =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0

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there is a place, look on the sears website for the parts drawing,
there is a hole in the chassis that the spring attaches to..

as a workround, you can use a bungie cord...

Mark

I have the origianl manual which shows the repair parts and schematic of
the drive. Both springs in the diagram are in place, but I still can't
figure out why or how the tension is supposed to push the rod back. The
bungie cord does makes a nice work-around. Thanks for the suggestion!





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