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daveminn 01-23-2013 05:09:01 184.20.107.58 Report to Moderator	Looking at a 444 jd loader and wondered if anyone on the forum has had one and what are the good and bad to look out for on it??Thanks for any info,I appreciate it!!Dave A [Reply]   [No Email]
Roy Suomi 01-23-2013 16:54:00 76.190.196.2 Report to Moderator	Re: 444 jd payloader question?? in reply to daveminn, 01-23-2013 05:09:01   Steering problems were prevalent on the 444-644 loader series tractors.. Steering would sometimes take off on it's own on start-up.. A mild jerk is somewhat "normal".. Sometimes bleeding the steering valve would take care of the problem for a while..Another slight problem is an out of balance condition sometimes accompanied by the smell of hot rubber..This is caused by the rubber dampers on the flywheel coming apart.. These can be changed by removing the seat and sheetmetal behind the seat, removing driveshaft and rear drive cover on the "clutch housing" of the engine..One other thing is many people don't grease the axles on these machines.. There is a plug on the end of the axle tube right behind the axle flange on each axle.. If these never got greased, there is a possibility of outer bearing failures..Look them over closely..Other than that......Not a bad loader [Reply]  [No Email]
Fritz Maurer 01-23-2013 05:52:47 216.137.138.146 Report to Moderator	Re: 444 jd payloader question?? in reply to daveminn, 01-23-2013 05:09:01   Any information? O.K., don't say John Deere Payloader. Payloader was registered by Frank J. Hough Company, which later became International Harvester [Reply]  [No Email]