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I already had it out pushing some dirt before the ground froze, but the steering clutches already need adjusting, I'll adjust them in a few weeks, then as soon as the ground thaws I'll be out moving some dirt.

Here's some pictures of my1966 450, after it had been painted, along with new steering clutches and misc other work: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/kimbeey13/Dads208.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/kimbeey13/Dads207.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/kimbeey13/Dads206.jpg ...

I found a gentleman to look at my brakes from Bridgewater NH, and he told me I still have plenty of life left in the bands and they just need adjusting. This man restores mostly 1930's era "Caterpillar" equipment and has quite a few restored crawlers, he is incredibly talented and altough his restor...

I picked up new barake bands for my 450 at PB&H Equipment yesterday, and I'm going to attempt to replace them this week, I was wondering if anyone has had experience with replacing these and if so do you know how big a job I may be looking at ? and any thing in particular I should be watching out fo...

I'm trying to adjust my brakes and steering on my 1966 450 crawler, and I've run into some problems, my first one is I broke the bolt that goes to the bell actuator, hopefully I can get it out, my second problem is the left brake rod does not have enough thread to put the yoke in the right position,...

I was using my 450 crawler yesterday and suddenly I had very little left steering, it smelled as if something was burning when I tried to turn left. I'm assuming it must be the steering clutches, altough the guy I bought it off of in June said he had replaced them, could it be they need adjusting, a...

Thanks Lavoy, I'll try the threaded inserts, I put in extra long bolts and caught some thread, so they're staying in for now but who knows for how long. I bought this machine at an auction(4,500.00) and the hour meter only read 837 hours, and the meter has been working since I've had it, so maybe it...

My steel transmissions line were badly worn so I replaced them with high pressure rubber line with a slightly larger inside diameter, basically the same as the short length ones that went from the steel lines to the tansmission and cooler, now they're just that way all the way back replacing the ste...

Does anyone know where I can purchase the steel wedges that hold the blade in the tilt position on my 1965 450 crawler, the dealer tells me they are no longer available.

Does anyone know where I can get steel wedges for manual tilting the blade on a 450?

My 450 has no brakes thru the brake pedal, and a I have to pull way back on the steering levers to turn, the guy I bought the machine from a couple of months ago said he replaced the steering clutches, could they be out of adjustment?

The 7/8" x 3-1/2" bolts that go thru the frame and hold the clutch housing on my 450 are stripped or should I say the female threads they go into are. I tried a longer bolt in hopes of catching some thread but had no luck, does anyone know of any type of bolt maybe slightly larger that would be self...

I have a steel line that has a split in it, that goes from the filter mounted by the radiator to inlet or outlet at the transmission, my question is can I replace that line with a 3/4" 300 psi rubber line in place of the steel?

I took the front engine cover off yesterday and discovered the source of my leaks, one was from a transmission coolant line, and the other was from the neck of the oil dipstick, that just need tightening, and the hose I was able to cut at the break and still had enough length to re-attach, I'm going...

I just tried to post a topic, and somehow sent it to myself in the form of a private message, does anyone know how to forward it?