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That is one nice job of restoration . Dan

Lavoy , got the roll pin out of the throttle lever after heating it and driving it out from the other side . Now on to the lever itself . I am going to build a puller to pull it tonight as it is raining outside right now . Dan

Lavoy I was looking at the holes that the rivets are in yesterday and they look to be oblonged out . So it will be the bolt and weld method of repair on them . Might make an additional plate for the inside to help spread the load more effectively . I was puttering yesterday on the crawler while wait...

Thanks , Lavoy . I will do that . Dan

Tonight I pulled the left side track off the crawler and have a few questions on the that side . After I got the track off from under the track frame , I check to see how much slop was in the idler bushings . The bushings have a little slop but the right idler bracket can be lifted about an 1/8" . t...

Gil , Not promised as of yet so you are on the top of the list . . Dan

Gil , if I get the time next week to run the material out to my machinist , he could have them done in about a week from what he said . The ones he will be making will be from aluminum tube stock instead of plastic , after I emailed him the drawing we discussed it and decided to make them from alumi...

jd , Sounds like what we call "Open Gear Lube" up here will stick to anything and not flow away .
Thanks for the information .

Casting number on the final drive housing is M- 938 - T . Now onto the fenders , the rear bracket (TE281YT) does it bolt on to the outside of the steering clutch housing ear or to the inside of the ear ? Just something that is unclear . I have had them setting on the tracks and figure that the they ...

Lavoy you are right it is for an older crawler as I checked the face dimension of the axle seal retainer mounting surface and the rear bearing cap mounting surface . It is approximately 1/2" shorter than the one on the crawler . Now that I am on the hunt for another Final drive housing that will fit...

Paul . Another Vote for Kroil . I have found it to work on some very stubborn bolts in the past . And it cames in gallon cans or aerosol cans . I bought a gallon can several years ago and still have about a quart left in it . Your trick with the saw dust would work with the Kroil also . But I just g...

Pictures of the latest parts. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/IMAG0589013a.jpg I know it is the older style , but it was the only one I could find locally . I was assured it would fit . http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/IMAG0584008.jpg Left side fender , on Photobucket ...

jd , that is why I added the maybe . I want to change the bushing in the idlers while I have the tracks off to switch the position of the cleats . The left side idler bushings are shot , and the right side is not far behind them . Once I get the parts here for the final drive I will do the right sid...

I am working up a parts list to do the final drives , rollers and idlers on my 420 crawler and remembered that corn head grease was mentioned as lubricant for the bushings in the rollers and the idlers on these machines . Has anyone here tried this grease ? I looked on JDparts site and came up with ...

I finally managed to got to talk to my friend that does my machining today , and he has time to do the job so I will order the material for it tomorrow . Dan .