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Well what started out as simply trying to get the clutches freed up turned into extracting about a dozen broken bolts from their bores and cleaning all the threads, a new front cross bar and it looks like probably new sprockets too. But for now my question is where can I find new, good quality, stee...

thanks for the reply. we already have it in the shop and have the tanks and instrument housing taken off so i think i should maybe just keep going with it and take the clutches completely apart. do you know what to look for when i get them apart to tell if they are still in good shape and what can b...

if anyone has a 450b service/shop manual they're looking to part with i am need of one. i found one for a crawler loader one on repairmanuals.com but i'm not sure if there is a separate one just for the dozer, which is what i need if there is such a thing. i already have the tech. manual but this is...

I sure appreciate the response Dan and it makes me feel quite a bit better hearing that you've actually done this and it works. It makes sense I suppose but I sure didn't want to go off half stupid and break something. I guess my main concern now is the front motor mounts, or lack there of. When you...

I'm new to the site and to this type of dozer. We just picked it up cheap from a guy who shouldn't have been allowed to own what could have been a nice machine. More bolts are broke off than those that are left, and most that are left aren't correct (just sharing frustration). Any how, the left brak...