Neoprene sleeve and maybe a few more 440 steering ?'s

[Paul Harney]

I'm in the process of rebuilding both steering clutches on my 440icd. Both sides are dissasebled and I'm reassembling the quills and throw out bearing assemblies now. The service manual references adjusting the throw out rods then installing a neoprene sleeve but I see no sleeve nor do I see one in the parts manual. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Lavoy]

That would have to be from a very early manual, yours will very likely not have that style, so don't worry about that. What you can/should do is adjust the length of the rod so that when you pull on the steering lever, the throwout bearing is moving outward immediately.
Lavoy

[Paul Harney]

Perfect. Thanks Lavoy.

One other question.... When setting the pressure plates, I can't adjust the fingers up enough to contact the gauge. Best I can get with 8 steels and 8 fibers is 1/4 inch gap with the adjusting bolts bottomed out. If I pull one steel it can be adjusted to the gauge. If this is and option, which one do I remove? Any thoughts?

[Lavoy]

Not uncommon on the 16 plate crawlers, I have encountered this many times. Pull the first steel in the drum, and you should be fine.
Lavoy

[Paul Harney]

Easy solution. I like those. Thanks again!

[Paul Harney]

I found the source or at least one of the sources of oil contamination in my left steering clutch. Who ever was in there last left the pipe plug out on the bottom of the clucth side of the final drive. Strait shot for oil to flow into the steering clutchs. What a waste.

[Paul Harney]

Both steering clutches rebuilt and reinstalled. Test ran it tonight and everything seems to be functioning properly expect I need to adjust the right brake. Thanks Lavoy for your help and thanks to everyone that has posted the enormous amout of info on this site! Just need to weld the cracks on the front attachment points of the fuel tank and it should be operational! Only leaks on the top half of the tank!