'60 CAT D6b steering issues

Welcome -
I will enter a note of caution, those recoil springs are just waiting for release, know what you are doing and follow all precautions to the letter! NO SHORTCUTS.
Those springs help keep tension on the front idler, keeping the track in place on rollers, idler and sprocket.
As suggested, first thing to check would be the adjustments on the steering clutch and brake band, owner manual for instruction.

Pictures are always helpful and appreciated.

If you are pushing trees, do you have a ROPS? Be cautious of pushing trunks with forks or crotches. They can rollup and then fall right back on the machine, not a place you want to be. Cut crotches before pushing!
CTS

ctsnowfigher and juiceman, thank you for the information. recoil springs are broke and have little tension on them at the moment however I do understand what you are saying and will always move forward with an emphasis on caution as I have a whole lot more livin to do. This machine does have a ROPS and in a previous life, back in the 60's, I worked with my dad in his logging business in Montana.  Fell, skidded, and bucked trees before loading them on the transport with a knuckle boom.  I will say that I am not familiar with the term 'crotches' in this context all tho I was once kicked there by a Shetland pony one time... whole nother story.   We had a D8 cat at the time with winch, ROPS, etc. Regarding pics.... am I correct that there is no attaching of images directly here?.... never mind... figure it out.  I do actually host a pic server dedicated to heavy equipment.

I will report back on my success or lack there of on adjustments.

If spring is broke, there still a lot of tension left. Example scrapped a D8, cut every coil and still loaded, cut each coil second time, and the expansion did not stop till every coil was cut in two places. A little residual tension can still kill you

I think what he means is a log hung up in another tree. particularly the fork of another tree. can be very dangerous as they can become loaded with large forces that when released can make stuff fly at rapid knots.

Hi, Folks.
Dunno how trees hung up in other trees got into the conversation but there is a 'sortuva' shared principle there. The difference being that with the tree, you don't really know which way the force is gonna go whereas with the spring, you do know which way it can go - - - - sometimes. But you can be fairly sure that it won't go down 'coz the track frame is gonna stop it - - - which still leaves up as one of the options.

Be SAFE.

Just my 0.02.

That recoil spring has a lot of pressure left in the portion that is not broken. The recoil springs on my D6B are both broken and it was apparently run for years with no trouble before I purchased it and I decided it would work for me also. 
I couldn't see the front idlers in detail in the pics but what I could see looked like there is too much slack in the idler yoke retention plates. This should be repaired before more damage occurs.
The failure of the right steering brake is sometimes caused by an untrained operator that doesn't realize that he has stepped on the brake lock lever and has operated the tractor with the right brake applied enough to wear the brake until it needs adjusting or replacing.
Craig

ctsnowfigher and juiceman, thank you for the information. recoil springs are broke and have little tension on them at the moment however I do understand what you are saying and will always move forward with an emphasis on caution as I have a whole lot more livin to do. This machine does have a ROPS and in a previous life, back in the 60's, I worked with my dad in his logging business in Montana.  Fell, skidded, and bucked trees before loading them on the transport with a knuckle boom.  I will say that I am not familiar with the term 'crotches' in this context all tho I was once kicked there by a Shetland pony one time... whole nother story.   We had a D8 cat at the time with winch, ROPS, etc. Regarding pics.... am I correct that there is no attaching of images directly here?.... never mind... figure it out.  I do actually host a pic server dedicated to heavy equipment.

I will report back on my success or lack there of on adjustments.