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timb
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We took the track off yesterday and got everything out of the way. when we tried to get the housing off that the clutch is in, it won't come off. All of the bolts are out. The housing only moved alittle very little. and stopped. we think that there is rust in the housing and is binding up on the hubs splines.
Does anyone have some ideas on how is get this off.

Thanks for the help.
Tim
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Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:54 PM
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maybe you need to go one piece ferther, the first casting after the sprocket you can not take off before you take the second casting of , because the shaft with the sprocket on is hold with a bearing and a locking nut on the second one.
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Thu, Apr 26, 2007 4:32 AM
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maybe you need to go one piece ferther, the first casting after the sprocket you can not take off before you take the second casting of , because the shaft with the sprocket on is hold with a bearing and a locking nut on the second one.
I had the same problem with my d2. One side came apart with very little trouble. The other one has so much rust built up on the teeth of the clutches that I had to put pry bars between the housings and keep rocking back and forth. It took a while but it finally came off. I don,t know what else you could do because nothing is accessable until you get the housing off.
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Thu, Apr 26, 2007 5:21 AM
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I had the same problem with my d2. One side came apart with very little trouble. The other one has so much rust built up on the teeth of the clutches that I had to put pry bars between the housings and keep rocking back and forth. It took a while but it finally came off. I don,t know what else you could do because nothing is accessable until you get the housing off.
It is a common problem on a D2 for the steering clutch to freeze in the drum, it is somewhat common to break the drum trying to pull the final housing. all you can do is rock it back and forth and keep your fingers crossed, I have some D2 steering clutch parts if needed. The springs are available aftermarket. Replace the thrust bearings when your in there
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Thu, Apr 26, 2007 7:13 AM
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It is a common problem on a D2 for the steering clutch to freeze in the drum, it is somewhat common to break the drum trying to pull the final housing. all you can do is rock it back and forth and keep your fingers crossed, I have some D2 steering clutch parts if needed. The springs are available aftermarket. Replace the thrust bearings when your in there
Got the housing off. It was indeed rust. When the housing came off it broke the inside of the outer hub and the rest of the outer hub was still attached to the inner hub. I had to use a cut off wheel to cut the hub off.
Hopefully tomorrow I can pop off the clutch and get the old girl running again.
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Thu, Apr 26, 2007 9:28 AM
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