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Mine's a 1010 crawler. His name is Buster and since Lavoy hooked us up with new bull gear, clutches & brakes, he's a kick-a$$ lil machine! (Thanks Lavoy!)

Thanks for the replies. We've taken the shaft to a machine shop and are having a new one made. Howard, if you do have the steering control rod, we'd sure be interested in buying it from you. Let me know... Also, we have one other question. We didn't know enough to order the pressure plate gauge when...

Hello Lavoy We've finally discovered the steering problem on our 1010. We need a left clutch fork shaft and the steering control rod . It seems the set screw on the clutch fork broke off. That allowed the fork to slip out of the clutch spring. Duncan has to cut the shaft in order to get it out becau...

Thanks Stan! Hubby is new to this.......he knows automotive but is flying a bit blind on this job. We appreciate the help. The bull gear is definitely not damaged, and neither is the pinion gear. They were inspected when he was replacing the brake band and pressure plate. We will keep investigating ...

OK, after cleaning and reinspection, it appears that the ring gear splines are OK. If pulling the transmission is necessary, do we have to remove the steering levers? Can you give us further advice on what next step we should take, or what to test to diagnose exactly what is broken? Any tips/tricks/...

Thanks for the response Lavoy. We did as you said and turned the sprocket by hand. The brake drum does turn, so that means it is the clutch or rear end. Looking inside the pipe that drives the final drive, it looks like some of the splines are broken or damaged. This seems to be the only damage we c...

I'm just heartbroken! My little 1010 is broken. The left track suddenly stopped working. We thought it was the steering clutch/brake, so hubby replaced the pressure plate and brake band. All the other parts looked ok. Put it all back together and while the machine was still up on blocks, both tracks...