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that’s why i used a 1/4 drive there is a little hole at the back that I figured if I was to drop it in I could fish it out of the hole I thought about welding up some kind of tool. I did see in the book what looked like a open ended wrench welded to the end of a rod to form a crows foot like tool th...

can you actually fish it out with one of those?

lol i still got to fish the socket out of the other side lol im thinking of sticking an old hard drive magnet to the brake drum and seeing if i can bring it up on top it sucks [/quote]

how much torque can you put on the bolt? I’m just afraid of breaking it or striping out the threads?

I was just wondering what tools you guys use to tighten the locknut on the bearing mine slipped and now i must readjust it I’m afraid to tighten it to tight and strip it as when I went thought the clutches there wasn’t much bolt thread on the throughout bearing. has anyone ever stripped the locknut ...

I'm not sure if this is normal for an M but i had a lot of pedal travel before any resistance was felt I thought a turn buckle would allow me to take some of the pedal travel out also the pressure plate and clutch is new the yoke was already strengthened with bar stock bearing looks fine I'm assumin...

so i got it apart and found the transmissioninput shaft and the propeller shaft splines worn so that will need fixed I really dislike a lot of play in certain things. I have been reading a bit on the M clutch and found there was some flaws with the design and some fabrication is needed to make thing...

I have a john deere mc crawler and removed engine to readjust clutch and found that the propeller shaft seams to have a large amount of turning play when it couples up to the transmission input. Looking on the manual it shows a pin in the coupler is this pin the only thing that keeps this shaft from...

Do you think that blade would work for clearing and making roads?
from the blades I have seen this one don't have much of a curve of course its from a 3 point hitch blade one concern is anything I push would go over top of it what do you guys think?

I posted some pics on the forums
http://www.jdcrawlers.com/messageboard/ ... 6848#36848

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t413/malen31/1.jpg http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t413/malen31/2.jpg http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t413/malen31/3.jpg I'm new to crawlers and I'm not sure how well the home-made blade will work the previous owner said it worked for him but my plans for...

Thanks for the reply I understand now I took the inspection cover off the top of the right control to have a look in there I will more than likely need to drive it for a few and see. I did notice its a bit wore where the hand control goes into the housing when I pull back on the handle there is resi...

Hello Im new here it seams the place to be if your own a John Deere crawler :) I have some general questions on the steering levers if I push forward on one handle I hear a snap like noise and when i pull it feels like the tension band or brake I was looking at the exploded view of the brake band an...