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Yep, that looks like what I would have expected and yes #6 is the spring that's broken on both sides. You're probably right about the hardware store springs. I've seen a lot of things on this dozer where someone has cut corners but while I've got it apart I'm going to try to put it back right since ...

My question is does anybody know if this would come from the factory with a spring connected to a shaft by a wire tied around it?

Here's a better view. This is a Straight 450 Dozer looking from the rear into the left side drive clutch housing.

http://jdcrawlers.lcent.com:8000/johndeere/albums/userpics/10008/Broken_Spring_Right.JPG I'm in the process of rebuilding a straight 450 and when I took the covers off to check the brakes and drive clutches I saw a broken spring. I checked the other side and the spring was broken there too. I looke...

That sounds like what mine is missing.

I'm sure something is missing here. I googled the part no. for the lower bolt and it's over a hundred dollars. It obviously is no ordinary bolt but I'm going to make a stepped washer to put back in there to fill that space.

I'm a machinist and I can make a washer like this. I was just wondering if there was something like this originally?

What is the bushing you're talking about? There was nothing in the 1-1/2 hole except the 1" bolt with about a 2" washer on the outside of the frame. It just seems that something should be in there so the load wouldn't all be on the top bolt.

I've pulled apart my 450 straight to fix a cracked frame rail. The bolts that attach it to the clutch housing are 1". the top hole in the frame is 1" but the bottom hole is 1-1/2". Should there be a 1-1/2 od x 1 id washer or bushing to take up that gap or is that normal? The frame was broken at the ...

Wish I had checked with you first Lavoy. JD charges $77. Anything else I need I'll check with you.

Got it off. After penetrating oil I used a piece of 2 x 2 square tubing to drive it back then pushed it forward with the clutch pedal, repeated a few times and it finally loosened up enough to slide it off. The bearing is frozen and won't move. Ordered a new one from John Deere. Man, they think a lo...

I've moved the grease fitting from the top of the bell housing to the carrier and greased it but that didn't help. I sprayed it with penetrating oil yesterday. Maybe it will move today.

http://jdcrawlers.lcent.com:8000/johndeere/albums/userpics/10008/thumb_Throwout_Bearing.JPG I've finally started in earnest to get this dozer going. It's a 450 straight (s/n TSF3M 0787351). Got the engine out Monday and found that rats or squirrels had been living in the bell housing. The grease tu...

It appears that the problem was a simple one. I pulled the dozer into my barn until I could check it out. The place where it died was a slight grade with the front uphill. After putting it in the barn I went to check it yesterday and the glass bowl on filter #1 was full. I started pumping the mechan...

I changed the filters because the engine lost power and died. The dozer had been sitting for several years but started right up and I have started several times with now problems but when I took these off there was definitely a lot of nasty stuff there. I suspect there is some trash somewhere causin...