440 CI

[Flurette Farm]

2 questions.
Is slip in the final drive on these generally caused by gear or bearing wear or a combination of both?
Will final drives from any other units(420, 430) fit these or do the dowels govern?
Thanks,

 

[NCWayne]

The actual final drives are gears so there is no slip there. Where your getting your slip is in the steering clutches. I know Lavoy on here has alot of parts for the Deere crawlers so you might try looking him up for the parts. If he doesn't have the parts, with a little research, you can get material and have new steel discs cut out using an old one as a pattern. As for the fiber discs I'm really not sure where to get them as we didn't have to replace them in ours. When Dad and I redid ours about 10 years ago we had the steels laser cut for about $17 each. This was a good bit cheaper than they had been from Deere at the time they discontinued them years before.
Good luck.

 

[CHinNY]

If it is slipping it is in the steering clutches I have anything you need to repair that machine. email is open