[super1914]

I just replaced my springs....around 20 bucks from cub for both springs and pins and its surprising how well it operates now. I am sure that you will be amazed at the difference if your trunion was so worn that the springs fell out! Just to make life easier on yourself, I would recommend taking the rear end out of the tractor. It will give you much easier access to the trunion and its a good chance to clean out the fluid and any other nasty junk inside and give the outside a good cleaning to make it run nice and cool. Download the service manual to see how its done. Should only be a few bolts to remove, a new rear end gasket and some new HyTran. It will only take you a couple of hours if you can talk your welder friend into helping you and is well worth it.
There are a ton of posts from people who have already done this too so do some looking and feel free to ask questions. Thats what we are all here for!