Posted by jdemaris on January 01, 2015 at 05:30:40 from (70.194.3.93):
In Reply to: john deere 350 dozer posted by rick1 on January 01, 2015 at 05:03:06:
The "bad" is that many of the 350s are separating in the middle. When that happens, there is no cost-effective way to fix them. I have two right now that I bought just to scrap out. Both ran fine and looked OK from a distance. I'm only talking about 350s with hydraulic reversers but the vast majority of 350s and 350Bs came that way. ALL 350Cs have them.
Easy to check. They separate where the reverser case bolts to the reverser case. Two big bolts on the bottom and two big studs and nuts on top. Once they've been loose for awhile, the locating dowels between the cases hammer out, the splines on the shafts get ruined, studs and bolts strip out, side-frames and steering clutch housings crack, etc.
Plenty of other things to check too. Obsolete model C diesel injection pump? Track frames no longer properly attached to crossbars? Flywheel-islolator hammering? Note - with the latter - the early 350s had a isolator plate like the 1010s had and it was very durable (but cost a fortune to replace). Later 350s, 350Bs, and 350Cs had an awful torsional isolator that often spun apart and siezed the engine. Deere changed all that when the 350D came out and was selling upgrade parts to retrofit to 350Cs.
350 can be a great machine if you actually find one in good shape. I haven't seen a good one in years. I've looked at many at auctions and every one I looked at close was ready for the scrapyard.
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