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Leonard and Digitup2 Both you guys nailed it. Centrifugal force was the culprit and I should have been able to figure this out...but I didn't. When I was a kid (early seventy's) my father was operating a D7 with a shearing blade. I remember (I was 10 or 12) that I sat on the right side of the seat a...

I've been following closely Crawler123 steering clutch rebuild, so I'd like to say thanks for all the pictures and everyone else who posted. As a matter of fact, my father and I was so inspired, we tore into our 550 (straight). This machine pushes well. It will spin both tracks under a load and stil...

Thanks for all the replies and help. And I found out yesterday that you actually had to be a Facebook member to even view photos. I wasn't sure if that would work. I've since found a Yahoo site (Flickr) that's really easy to use. Maybe this can work. At this point it looks like I have two choices; b...

Digitup, Thanks for the reply. I'm beginning to think I may not have all of the dipstick tube. Could there have been a "two piece" tube at one time? The serial number on the cab is 240453T and I only suppose it's the original cab. The more I look at the tube, the more it makes me think that it's mis...

First off, I'm new to the site and I'd like to say thanks to Lavoy and all others for their work who help make this site possible. Just what I've learned so far by searching previous posts has provided invaluable tips and knowledge. My dad recently acquired a JD550 crawler, 1976 model and the hour m...