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350b steering clutch

Post by Brad350b » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:17 pm

Can the springs In the steering clutch pressure plate be purchased? My pressure plate appears to be in good shape besides the springs being broke

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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by Lavoy » Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:40 pm

Service parts have not been available for years. New pressure plate is $140.
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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by Brad350b » Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:27 pm

Thanks for your reply,I'll look into buying one

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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by Lavoy » Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:04 am

I have them in stock.
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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by Brad350b » Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:59 am

You have a number I can call?

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Re: 350b steering clutch

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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by prepper » Sat Oct 14, 2017 4:57 pm

New owner's first post so if I did it wrong or in the wrong place suggestions appreciated criticism not needed.

Pulled final drive and hole for the clutch shaft that pivots in the housing is egg shaped is there a recommended fix for this I have a 1973 JD 350BB SN 183160J. The shaft is worn as well. I have not pulled the shaft yet but if it can be striped I can weld and turn down on my lath. I could strip the housing lighting it up and center it on a mill bore and put a brass bushing in like a pilot bushing in a flywheel but that is a lot of work.
The right side was locked up and upon tear down found by-metal clutch plates and lots of rust seems when the inspection plate was reinstalled they did not want to mess with the bolt under the hyd hose and gobbed rtv in the hole which did not seal. The break band is almost worn out so we will pull the left side and clean reseal and reband the brake as well.
Bearing are slightly dry so I will re-lube them with a grease pack I learned working on Allison power-drives while at a Detroit dealership in the oil field. (throw out and pilot bearing)
I power washer the clutch pack before pulling apart and got rust washing out for about 5 minutes.
Oil in drive was very clean and gears very good shape.
Does any one seal the housing to the mainframe? Looks like a place for water penetration if submerged like in a creek crossing or swampy area. (don't know all the names of the parts yet)
This has a MF backhoe added to it, Hyd works well on loader but backhoe has no power. The pin dose not pop up on hyd tank by the filter.. Hoe will not push or pull but about 1/3 of what tractors I have used in the past would do. The hoe has is a 17 ft boom and the crawler wants to do wheelies when it is attached, so yes it is way over sized.
I have read a lot of the post and found so much info that I was able to pull the drive in one afternoon. Could not achieve the jack trick on the 1 1/8" bolts under neath but ran a chain and used a gantry frame and chain hoist to pull up on the wrench and had success. It was the jack trick that inspired the thought.
Thank to every one who shared your tricks and input. Also the tool for pulling the counter weight was a winner also. I made one in about 20 minutes. I am blessed with a 5k fork lift so transfusing the weight from gantry to back of a trailer out of the way was made easy. You that do it all by hand kudos to you for a job well done. I can't do that any more at 64 years young.
Any way to post pictures?

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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by Lavoy » Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:39 am

If you mean the hole in the final is egg shaped, that will have to be machined. The clutch housing should already have a bushing in it.
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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by prepper » Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:05 pm

Yes the final is egg shaped.
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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by Lavoy » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:44 pm

No bushing there, but no real reason you could not bore the housing and put in the same bushing that is in the clutch housing.
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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by prepper » Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:21 pm

My finals have fill plugs on both sides so i am going to swap sides with each final, filling the void with jb weld which will center the shaft and the wear will be transferred to the good side of housing should last longer than I will.

did you get the photo bug worked out with hdokes so we can post?
I looked at his and went to his link for more it relay helps to see photos!
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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by Lavoy » Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:06 pm

Yes, contact him for explanation, I will just screw it up. :lol:
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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by B Town » Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:37 pm

I sent a PM to hdokes regarding the pic hosting 2weeks ago. Haven't heard back from him , yet. He has not been on here since 9/28. I hope everything is okak. Bruce

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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by prepper » Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:10 am

Source for thread brushes
http://www.brushresearch.com/brushes.php?c1=62
the are only in packs of 12 but lowest price I found
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Re: 350b steering clutch

Post by Lavoy » Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:10 am

The series 83 is the style I am using, absolutely amazing.
For those of you wondering what we are talking about, these are the types of brushes I use a lot of when cleaning out gunky rusty threads prior to tapping old threads to clean them. I find that my taps live a lot longer, and in many instances on larger coarse thread bolts, one of these through the threads are good enough.
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