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I agree with you on that one! I hate doing it the hard way! Although I did buy a parts crawler last night! The parts are not for the clutches, just to put on the shelf.

Well the oil/grease got into that part of the final drive because the previous owner had a bad seal that was around the bull gear so what he did to fix it was pump grease into the bottom cover of the final drive and then he put the cover back on. Talk about a mess. I very lightly used the 420 for a ...

So you saying oil contamination inside the clutch plates? What is the minumum thickness range for the plates? Fiber and metal. Also the plate springs are pretty tough to move. They'll move with a long screwdriver, but it takes some effort. What determines replacement of the pressure plate? How exact...

I have read multiple posts about the final drive clutch issues, but I cannot see to find an exact topic regarding a problem I am having with my left final drive not having power, sometimes. If I drive up to a large pile of dirt or tree and with all of the inspection covers removed I can see that the...

Thanks for the compliments on my rebuild. But yes I rebuilt/replaced all of the engine and final drive bearings and seals. There is complete gasket kits available for the motor. For the finals I got the old bearing numbers and crossed them over to new bearings that you can get at any local bearing s...

Thanks a bunch for all of the photos Paul. I guess there is no excuse now for not doing a roll cage! Tom

Does anyone out there have any good ideas on building some sort of roll over protection or at least some protection from a stray tree branch?

Thanks John. That's as nice as it will ever look. There has been a few scratches added since the photos have been taken! Tom

Hello all and 1st off let me thank everyone for all of there input reguarding this fantastic website. I have used it many times for information while I rebuilt my crawler during the winter months. I bought this 1956 420 John Deere crawler in the fall of 2011 then it went in the barn and got complete...