How to Rebuild a John Deere Gator Clutch

Open the Gator's hood. Follow the spark plug's black ignition wire from the right side of the Briggs & Stratton engine assembly to the rear, where it comes to rest beside a large, circular part called the flywheel.

Remove all of the bolts on the flywheel's top cover with a socket wrench. Remove the flywheel cover from the flywheel itself.

Remove the center nut on the flywheel with the socket wrench.

Position a flywheel pulley over the Gator's flywheel and ensure the pulley's two arms extend down over the sides of the flywheel. Use the socket wrench to tighten the center bolt on the flywheel pulley until the flywheel comes completely off of the engine block. Set it aside.

Take out the oil pan bolts with the wrench. The oil pan is underneath the engine block where you removed the flywheel.

Locate the clutch shaft, which is visible now that you have removed the oil pan and flywheel. The shaft extends up from just above where the oil pan rests to just below where the flywheel sat. Remove the securing bolts along the shaft with the socket wrench.

Strike the top center of the Gator's clutch shaft with a rubber mallet, directly below where you removed the flywheel. This will dislodge the now loose clutch shaft for replacement.

Slide the new John Deere Gator clutch shaft into the spot vacated by the old component and secure it in place with the bolts you removed from the shaft. Tighten the bolts into place with the socket wrench.

Secure the oil pan back into place beneath the clutch shaft with its previously removed bolts and the wrench.

Position the flywheel back over the top of the clutch shaft and reinsert and re-tighten its center bolt with the socket wrench. Set the flywheel cover back into place and secure it with its respective bolts.