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Levoy thats great, would you have the seals (AM 2011 T) on hand also?
going to be more, getting a list going. will contact you soon.

Yup, 32 pads, so they are the "optional" ones. Did find something strange on the right ideler, the axel is a two part set up with a "supposed to be" solid inner axel, its snapped in half where there was a pin through it which tied it to the large bore cylinder which rode on the bushings. I have thre...

Thanks guys, going to look down there tomorrow with a line camera, suspect I will
find contamination. More questions to come I'm sure.

new development in steering department. I suspect new clutches are in order but interested in other thoughts. I have had no problems with right steering clutch untill last summer, would work fine at first but the longer I ran dozer the more slippage I experianced. By the end of 1-1/12 hrs when pushi...

Thanks Mike, going to count pads and see where I am at.

Just started a "time to fix" stuff on my 1957 420C. Front idlers are rough and I acquired a set theoretically off same vintage 420. When I removed mine and placed side by side I noticed a difference. Mine are 21" in diameter and replacements are 19" in diameter. Did JD make different size idlers for...

Thanks Lavoy,
Yaa, kinda figured that, oh well was worth a try.
Will be starting on the right side drive on the 420 soon so will be in contact for parts, your assistance on the left side was greatly appreciated last winter.
Jerry

Just a shot in the dark but have chance to pick up some rollers and front idlers from a 450, is it possible to retrofit them onto a 420C.
Thanks

Thanks. Just wanted to say thanks to the site and in particular to lavoy. I am new to the crawler world in that I picked up a " rode hard and NOT put away" 420 a bit ago. Gathered a lot of info from the site and spoke with Lavoy about what I needed, I really appreciated the time, information, and pa...