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Omega......your post gave me a smile and chuckle on an otherwise mundane day. :lol And as for that 14 year old kid.......well, let's just say I too am very well aquainted with him, as are most of us on this board. Your "trophy" that you have is actually cherry compared to the shape mine was.....and ...

Weld a nut to the end of it. You shouldn't have to weld on it long enough to ever cause a problem with the bearings. I'm with Ben though.....have a fire extinguisher handy. A small fire can turn into a big one in a hurry when your welding.

I'm not familiar with these cylinders or the seals that they use but I found that Chicago Rawhide has a fantastic parts cross reference manual available online for free. Might be worth a try. I was able to.cross reference all the John Deere bearing and seal numbers that I needed for my reverser on m...

I agree with Lavoy, mine was a way bigger pile of scrap than that and I'm in the process of resurecting it. That machine actually doesn't look all that bad in the fact that it appears to still be assembled. Mine was a basket case......always fun to decipher a good jigsaw puzzle.

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Actually I used half hard brass. It isnt quite as good as bronze, but actually does quite well as a bearing material for most applications.

Well guys, as promised.....I finally got time to put some pics up of the die I made to form the radius thrust washers that go behind the spider gears in the reverser. I got the differential section of the reverser together and it all works great. http://m.flickr.com/photos/83418390@N07/8018445053/li...

Welcome to the board! I have one in a 420 also that I bought disassembled.....only mine hadn't been rebuilt yet. It's starting to come together again though, but its a slow process. Anyway, welcome, and if I can be any help give a holler.

Being a machinist/welder for 25 years I have done this more times than I have fingers and toes and it is the best method of removal if you can get to it. Broken dowel pins can be removed in a similar fashion by welding a stud to the broken dowel then use a slide hammer to pull the broken dowel out. ...

I couldn't agree more Lavoy. At least by rebuilding the transmission you have, or anything else for that matter, you know exactly what you have when you are done. This is precisely why I do all my own mechanical work. Think about it.....who will put more care into a repair, the guy who owns the equi...

Nice looking old mc. The fellows I meet here are some of the most resourceful people I have ever met and you certainly didn't let us down in that dept.....The swingset was a cool idea. Nothing like a little redneck engineering to bring a project to fruition. :lol: Keep the good pics coming of the pr...

Glad to hear you found the problem. I never would have imagined that, but can definately see how that would.cause a problem. Here is a pic of a socket wrench I made to pull the rear clutch out of my crawler. http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/83418390@N07/7642285326/ It's not fancy but it gets the job done.

Yeah Ben, Just doing a few parts at a time. It's a pain in the butt cleaning the spray gun that many times, but it makes the entire job seem a little more manageable. Plus it keeps from having my whole shop dedicated to just my crawler.......which doesn't exactly pay the bills. :lol: That is one of ...

Here is a link to my Flickr page that I put all the progress pics of my dozer on. Hopefully someone might see something they enjoy here.
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/83418390@N07/page2

Great looking old machine Lavoy. Not too many originals that straight. By the time they get to be the age of that machine they are usually in the same shape as I am......wore out, and beat to pieces.