Love your perspective of thinking and showing how you fix stuff. The camera angles and perspectives you use are great and show us all what it’s really like operating and repairing that heavy stuff. Love that clean shop and clean parts going back together
I know you will never acknowledge it but your videos of tear down, diagnosis, refurbish and rebuild of any items in your workshops or in the field are most informative. Well done. Mike
Great vid. never seen anyone show this job before! Some co.s I've worked for once the brakes go, once the diff. lock quits working, and the trans. hold quits they just never repair them. Its great to see someone that respects the older scrapers and the way they were meant to work. Thanks!
Not a small job! As I am older now I find that I am just as strong as when I was in my twenties, but by God lifting heavy things around sure hurts a lot more afterwards! Nice job Jeff.
I'm a life long lover of heavy equipment, since I was 5 yrs old....I'm 56 now. The scraper being my favorite piece to watch work. Thank you for doing these detailed videos of what makes them go, and what to do when they break.....I love it. I fly airplanes for a living, but really enjoy twisting wrenches in my time off (77 Corvette with a 406 425 HP) , and would love to work on one of these beasts. Thank you for doing these vids....keep them coming, I love watching Forrest
MY gawd I love watching you repair and fix things. You are so knowledgeable about so many things mechanical. Thanks for showing us your great repair. Now we all should know why these machines cost so much money. The people who invented and made these machines were very smart people for sure.
Yes they were smart people, can you imagine coming up with an 8 speed semi automatic transmission that worked so well they still use it, with out tons of mods. it's still the same as it was when invented, other than electronic controls watch this video, I love this one, it's about this guys grandfathers and the things they did. ruclips.net/video/L0DsvpE9aOk/видео.html
Great work I would always have done my welding work on plant with a stick welder it's just what we had. Used Mig on lighter stuff , we had very little problems .
That's some really shoddy workman ship on those castings! I'm shocked they were put into service! Still have faith in Cat? That is some heavy work, hats off to ya! Thanks for the video.
thanks for taking us along for the ride. i really like when you take us a long when fixing something and take the time to explain some of the little things that would get over looked like the torque bolt. got to lean how to fix all my old iron some how lol keep up the good work.
Jeff, Very interesting! You do a great job of explaining the parts and functions during the process, thanks for taking the time! My wife has been watching some of the hours of videos of yours with me lately and she saw you putting the axle back in and said, "Is that the same guy!?!, he HAS lost some weight!!" We would both like to hear a bit more about your fasting schedule and weight loss program. Thanks again, Jim.
Remember the guy that called about that? In order for that to happen I needed to say F--- alot and yell at my boys and have all kinds of drama, to appeal to the masses , So I told him to call you! Ha Ha Ha LOL
I'll probably never work on something that big, but still fun to watch/ see how it all works :) and that is the biggest O-ring I've ever seen, on that housing! LOL
Great diagnosis on the air leak Jeff. Interesting explanation on ring gear cap torque bolt. Looks like cap has flat spot in between bolts @ safety wire. Sure enjoy your seminars!
They are having a serious stroke right now, as they have adopted a new system which allows them to not know where anything is. And here is why Microsoft itself - So very, very, very bad and ugly. If you are considering implementing your first Microsoft BI solution then pay particular attention here. Most of the development teams in the Microsoft organization are utterly amazing however... Microsoft is their own worst enemy when it comes to BI. They don't know what they are doing. I'm not qualifying this with "in my humble opinion" because I feel so very strongly about this. They have no clue. They've gone off the reservation. There is no concerted vision for Microsoft Business Intelligence or even an indication of profound understanding in the space. They just want to sell licenses in any way possible. Their sales and marketing force is embarrassing. They will come into your organization and show you canned demos to illustrate the power of Microsoft BI. They will gloss over the complexities of data warehousing and effective data visualization. They will recommend completely inappropriate products to you without understanding your needs. They will help their solution partners make a sale and then disappear. They will effectively cripple your project before it has even started. They will not be good advisors. They will lie. It is a crime. Furthermore this attitude is so deeply ingrained in many of their solution partners that many Microsoft Gold Certified Partners that you'll run into will be from the planet Mars. If you, in any way, question the comprehensiveness or capabilities of the Microsoft BI stack you will be met with furrowed brows. It will not compute for them. In their hearts they feel that they are part of the Microsoft world and Microsoft can do no wrong. Yes, there are good consulting companies that will guide you to success, but there's also a chance that black-23 will come up on the roulette wheel when you put your money down. How lucky do you feel? If you do find a good Microsoft BI partner, don't let them go.thoughtsonbi.blogspot.com/
Thank You Wow YOU called that right..... I might add, Anything we buying now they say we don't own it... Can't get drawings, can't get schematics, can't let U access to the software... Cummins took me down for about $ 500 Interface box & cd and then told me I couldn't change anything.... How Do We get any damn thing DONE...? Keep The Old Stuff YES No $$ For New Rip Off ..... I Will FIX IT Thank J
poor Ole girl well it ain't like she ain't earned them cracks N such bud nice job on the fix boys and GRRR I'm just 30 MINS away jeffy!! a call was all you needed to do and I woulda been there to help ya pard!
That was a big job for sure! I hope I never end up doing the same. But if I do your video will be the first place I go for advice. Thanks and love your videos.
Damn Jeff you are a bad ass ! Your knowledge of all the different machinery you have is second to none. Nice job. I am on my way to purchase some of those rock flavored taters right now. "For the children" of coarse, LOL !
well this wasn't a one day job ! Old Jed would have loved to have oil come from a drill hole( Clampit Jed, Beverly HillBillies) . The build /rebuild of this reg is amazing. $200.00 good word to the man above seemed to pay off ! Good job.
Nice job! Hope you tie wired those plugs............... Those transfer tubes are usually the hard part of pulling the trans together also, orings are so tight.. I got a big bolt that fits in the end of the axles , makes it a lot easier too!
Great video Jeff. I sure enjoy your repair videos. I would say keep them coming, but that might sound like I'm wishing you troubles. So keep up the good fight and if there is any repair work we would love to watch and learn. Oh, and tractor videos would be good too. :)
This was very interesting, my experience was 80% heavy and medium truck and 15% assorted equipment. I've never seen such a crap casting on any Cat equipment , that's embarrassing for them. Nice repair.
I enjoyed that so much I watched it twice ! Great job now I know how do a Cat scraper transaxle ! Keep the videos coming is watched most of them now ! How many hours did it take to do it all less time waitin for parts looks like a good 20/25hr to me !
back up to machine on left side of tire with ur right rear out rigger bearly touching left front fender! it gives you clearance to swing the trans and diff right out! might have to extend out a little with crane and crowd in when swinging! but trans ends up damm near ur bumper when it's out. i use 4 or 5 ton comealong just in case! just basic safety precautions i was taught working at caterpillar dealership.
I always wondered how the diff lock worked, we just plugged off the lines on are 627's. You getting ready for some scraper work? You have to be out of rocks to move soon. LOL!!!!!
I see you wear overalls, I love them. I buy mine from factory in Bristol, Tn. Pointer Brand, high back, low back, jeans, shorts. I like low backs the best. I have new pair, good pair, pair worn slap out ( my favorite , patched over, & over). Love you videos on mechanical stuff the best. How do you know how to fix everything, good manuals, or experience.
Down here in harvest season when a tractor or combine breaks down there is serious money spent to get it fixed fast. They call the local John Deere shop, which sends out their truck. When you encounter electronics on these things, the cost goes sky-high.
With that piston full of defects like that and still somehow able to function, it makes you wonder how many parts are out there in new machines with the same general defects...
I am enjoying these. This is the first example I've seen of lock wire being used outside of aircraft. That casting was pathetic. I wonder where the raw castings were made.
Well I know Blackhawk casting was in Iowa, they did manifolds, pulleys and other small parts until EPA killed them off, i met a gut who worked at one in Iowa that made track links, but all that's gone I think, china china vachina
excellent video. just a thought, you could have used the hoist to set the drive axles in. yes I know, its an extra step. still beats dropping our seeds.
I love these repair videos! That "jaw clutch" functions exactly the same as a curvic coupling on a CNC lathe turret. With that kind of porosity in the casting did the diff lock ever work correctly? I'm surprised that you guys don't have a hose crimper with the amount of equipment you have.
The machine is the tip of the iceberg. Stocking all the fittings to use the damn thing is where the real money is. Plus Cat loves to sneak in metric fittings. They sure are handy though. We had a Parker unit in the first shop where I worked. Nothing to it.
+Jpaydirt good thing about cat fittings is you can reuse most of the ends if you have the sleves to make the crimp and different hose sizes....they are handy as hell to have around though...
+Jpaydirt good thing about cat fittings is you can reuse most of the ends if you have the sleves to make the crimp and different hose sizes....they are handy as hell to have around though...
@@WatchWesWork I worked for the largest scrap dealer in the Northeast. Took me yrs but they finally let me set up with to get bulk hose and fittings, also a crimping machine with all dies. I color coded all the dies and a chart for fitting sizes. 1st yr saved them a ton of money
do you not have to remove the drive shaft tube so as not to crush the tube ,is there a access plate on the diff compartment to install the tube when the diff is in place.
Very helpful Where did you learn about some many different machines ?Just curious .I pulled cab and transmission on a komatsu 500-3 loader last week . It was a learning experience .Wish I could have found a video like you made .Great job
Just open the patient up and have a look at all the pretty pieces covered in machine blood, then just like a doctor say nurse, get me a number 13 gangley wrench to fit a findlay sprinkler socket STAT I learned from watching dad, and then just tackeling some stuff on my own, made a lot of mistakes, I just have this thing inside that won't give up, I refuse to let something beat me
is that big ring gear made by Dana or Eaton I use to make those 2010 series I think, but them on a gear cutter after bullard shaving about ..020 ata time
Is there a sealing gasket between the trans/diff assembly that you used your service truck crane on or just metal to metal dry seal ? Same question on the wheel axel covers as well
Drive shaft - at 22-25 time - how did you get a drive shaft from THUNDER BAY?.....That is my city. Must have came from the formerly Powell Equipment Cat dealer. Im from Thunder Bay...woo!!!
Hey you know you should have a bushy tailed wide eyed helper running around learning from you one could learn a great many things from you and earn an honest living
Seriously, is cat getting that bad? Which equipment builder builds quality? I am looking for a mini ex and a track skid steer now and don't want a bunch of quality control headaches. Thanks
great video.. a side question. do service trucks use one of the tool compartments as a jet wash tank with a pair or reservoirs so one is soapy and the other wash water.. pump driven off the pto either hydraulic or direct depending on how many PTO devices there are?? its just a thought that crossed my mind..
So how complicated is it to remove the rear differential? I'm pretty good mechanically, just never done one before. One of my 627Bs is only getting power to one wheel on the rear axle, so I need to pull it out. If you ever do one yourself, I would love to see a video of it.
I did one just before I started posting videos on YT, steam clean it off good, you can take it out with the power pack in or out, pull the axles remove the tube between the diff and the right wheel , then take off the fill tube and drive line, slip off the drive flange from the pinion then put a strap around the diff and pry it away from the studs and then lower it down onto a sheet of plywood or pallet so you can rehook and slid it out, Now the fun begins, lets hope your no spin is good, $$$$ it could be your springs are broke, there are two big F ing springs on the jaw of each axle, setting up your pre load and backlash is a lengthy process , you'll have to build a special tool to measure your back lash correctly, its a one inch wide quarter inch thick piece of flat bar, with a half inch hole in one end, send me your phone # click on (About) at the top of my channel then use the message button, I will send you a pic of the tool, also include your address I'm pretty sure I have the Cat print on the specs to build it, also your going to need a service manual, the one for the B's is probably not going to tell you much, the old A model book will be full of information, if you want I can pull the section on the diff and photo copy it, 637's had the same rear diff
Thank you sir. I sincerely hope the Q.C. and engineering dept. at Caterpillar have subscribed to your videos. Many companies are living on past glory. Corporate gurus and management are cutting quality and inspections. That indifferent attitude and greed may seem to work for awhile but eventually it catches up with a company. The question arises concerning the porosity pitting craters and channeling: if the metal was from a USA foundry or imported, or is the defect traced to a casting process at Cat.?? Either way, the fact that the once trusted name of CAT. and the pride and workmanship that went into much of their equipment seems to be on the decline. Flaws in metal are not new. An old article stated that engine mount bolts for the P-51 Mustang in WWII were breaking, no one knew why. Metallurgist found it was due to (hydrogen embrittlement) and the necessary corrective action taken with new inspection standards in place. I'm not bashing the rank and file workers at CAT. no way. Years ago I worked for a company that considered it's self so specialized that they were untouchable by any competitor. Counting their main parent group + all their subsidiaries they worked in excess of 40,000 people. Long story short..caught miss charging and falsifying test results at management levels...the govt cancelled their contract and second sourced that particular weapon system to another defense contractor.
jeff hi tracy from iowa the county does the same thing here my neighbor waited the other mourning for the grader to go by before he went to work and he went 10 min after the plow and got stuck two hundred yards down the road it so stupid the world is going to hell in a hand basket
Love your perspective of thinking and showing how you fix stuff.
The camera angles and perspectives you use are great and show us all what it’s really like operating and repairing that heavy stuff.
Love that clean shop and clean parts going back together
I know you will never acknowledge it but your videos of tear down, diagnosis, refurbish and rebuild of any items in your workshops or in the field are most informative. Well done. Mike
Thank you Mike
Good imformative video, Thanks Mike.
I was reading the other comments about your teardown ect. I just cant say enough good about the way you work and talk. Just outstanding.
Lee Ross
Ames
Great vid. never seen anyone show this job before! Some co.s I've worked for once the brakes go, once the diff. lock quits working, and the trans. hold quits they just never repair them. Its great to see someone that respects the older scrapers and the way they were meant to work. Thanks!
Not a small job!
As I am older now I find that I am just as strong as when I was in my twenties, but by God lifting heavy things around sure hurts a lot more afterwards! Nice job Jeff.
I'm a life long lover of heavy equipment, since I was 5 yrs old....I'm 56 now. The scraper being my favorite piece to watch work. Thank you for doing these detailed videos of what makes them go, and what to do when they break.....I love it.
I fly airplanes for a living, but really enjoy twisting wrenches in my time off (77 Corvette with a 406 425 HP) , and would love to work on one of these beasts.
Thank you for doing these vids....keep them coming, I love watching
Forrest
Well Forrest come on over I have a 2750 ft X 75 grass runway your welcome anytime, Blackfoot Idaho its listed as,
Russell Anderson Strip
Excellent job on the scraper, I'd like to hang around with you for about 3 or 4 years to get one of the best education's an American could ever want
MY gawd I love watching you repair and fix things. You are so knowledgeable about so many things mechanical.
Thanks for showing us your great repair. Now we all should know why these machines cost so much money.
The people who invented and made these machines were very smart people for sure.
Yes they were smart people, can you imagine coming up with an 8 speed semi automatic transmission that worked so well they still use it, with out tons of mods. it's still the same as it was when invented, other than electronic controls watch this video, I love this one, it's about this guys grandfathers and the things they did.
ruclips.net/video/L0DsvpE9aOk/видео.html
I love to watch this gentleman working, you do a great job my friend.. Keep up the good work and keep uploading new projects too, thanks for this one.
Your knowledge of machinery is amazing to me ! I’ve learned so much from your videos, thank you
Great work I would always have done my welding work on plant with a stick welder it's just what we had. Used Mig on lighter stuff , we had very little problems .
Really enjoy the repair vids...my back is sore from watchin you pick up that axle.
OK, before you watch again, go to the fridge and get a barley pop. and some ibuprophen it will help with the swelling☻
Awesome! That was a big job for sure. I really enjoy watching your repair videos!
That's some really shoddy workman ship on those castings! I'm shocked they were put into service! Still have faith in Cat? That is some heavy work, hats off to ya! Thanks for the video.
You saved a wad of money by repairing that casting instead of replacing it. You really know your Cats!
thanks for taking us along for the ride. i really like when you take us a long when fixing something and take the time to explain some of the little things that would get over looked like the torque bolt. got to lean how to fix all my old iron some how lol keep up the good work.
Jeff, Very interesting! You do a great job of explaining the parts and functions during the process, thanks for taking the time! My wife has been watching some of the hours of videos of yours with me lately and she saw you putting the axle back in and said, "Is that the same guy!?!, he HAS lost some weight!!" We would both like to hear a bit more about your fasting schedule and weight loss program. Thanks again, Jim.
I really enjoy watching your repair videos
Awesome!
Another wicked vid this guy needs a tv slot great veiwing. 9/10 from across the pond uk
The possibilities are endless with a crane. Nice repair on the piston, I'd be afraid to see what a new one costs.
Very cool to watch this! Just looking at the size of the gears and it just make you go Wow.
Nice job on the rebuild!
Oh my, don't let JI FI (jif) see this comment he will start talking about my man gears and stuff☻
Brilliant work. Need to have a TV show
Remember the guy that called about that? In order for that to happen I needed to say F--- alot and yell at my boys and have all kinds of drama, to appeal to the masses , So I told him to call you! Ha Ha Ha LOL
I'll probably never work on something that big, but still fun to watch/ see how it all works :) and that is the biggest O-ring I've ever seen, on that housing! LOL
Thanks for the video link it is awesome and so true. machines 100 years old and still running! that will not happen now days.
This kind of work will make a old man out of you I can testify to that.
Yes it will, thank god I have a sky hook
That work is not for the faint of heart, good stuff.
Nice channel colleagues.
Regards from Stoparts Ltd
Heavyheavy duty ,I like your work Jeff
Great diagnosis on the air leak Jeff. Interesting explanation on ring gear cap torque bolt. Looks like cap has flat spot in between bolts @ safety wire. Sure enjoy your seminars!
Your CAT dealer just had a stroke cause you did not let them fix that! You saved a boatload of money doing that yourself! Great job well done!
They are having a serious stroke right now, as they have adopted a new system which allows them to not know where anything is. And here is why Microsoft itself - So very, very, very bad and ugly.
If you are considering implementing your first Microsoft BI solution then pay particular attention here. Most of the development teams in the Microsoft organization are utterly amazing however...
Microsoft is their own worst enemy when it comes to BI. They don't know what they are doing. I'm not qualifying this with "in my humble opinion" because I feel so very strongly about this. They have no clue. They've gone off the reservation. There is no concerted vision for Microsoft Business Intelligence or even an indication of profound understanding in the space. They just want to sell licenses in any way possible.
Their sales and marketing force is embarrassing. They will come into your organization and show you canned demos to illustrate the power of Microsoft BI. They will gloss over the complexities of data warehousing and effective data visualization. They will recommend completely inappropriate products to you without understanding your needs. They will help their solution partners make a sale and then disappear. They will effectively cripple your project before it has even started. They will not be good advisors. They will lie. It is a crime.
Furthermore this attitude is so deeply ingrained in many of their solution partners that many Microsoft Gold Certified Partners that you'll run into will be from the planet Mars. If you, in any way, question the comprehensiveness or capabilities of the Microsoft BI stack you will be met with furrowed brows. It will not compute for them. In their hearts they feel that they are part of the Microsoft world and Microsoft can do no wrong. Yes, there are good consulting companies that will guide you to success, but there's also a chance that black-23 will come up on the roulette wheel when you put your money down. How lucky do you feel? If you do find a good Microsoft BI partner, don't let them go.thoughtsonbi.blogspot.com/
Thank You Wow YOU called that right..... I might add, Anything we buying now they say we don't own it... Can't get drawings, can't get schematics, can't let U access to the software... Cummins took me down for about $ 500 Interface box & cd and then told me I couldn't change anything.... How Do We get any damn thing DONE...?
Keep The Old Stuff YES No $$ For New Rip Off ..... I Will FIX IT Thank J
poor Ole girl well it ain't like she ain't earned them cracks N such bud nice job on the fix boys and GRRR I'm just 30 MINS away jeffy!! a call was all you needed to do and I woulda been there to help ya pard!
well ok you asked for it
That was a big job for sure! I hope I never end up doing the same. But if I do your video will be the first place I go for advice. Thanks and love your videos.
reeferdoctor
Damn Jeff you are a bad ass ! Your knowledge of all the different machinery you have is second to none. Nice job.
I am on my way to purchase some of those rock flavored taters right now. "For the children" of coarse, LOL !
For the children, LOL
well this wasn't a one day job ! Old Jed would have loved to have oil come from a drill hole( Clampit Jed, Beverly HillBillies) . The build /rebuild of this reg is amazing. $200.00 good word to the man above seemed to pay off ! Good job.
Your videos are great. Keep posting!
Excellent video !
The one you call a jaw clutch, sometimes here are called dog clutch, good video.
Nice job! Hope you tie wired those plugs............... Those transfer tubes are usually the hard part of pulling the trans together also, orings are so tight.. I got a big bolt that fits in the end of the axles , makes it a lot easier too!
Great video Jeff. I sure enjoy your repair videos. I would say keep them coming, but that might sound like I'm wishing you troubles. So keep up the good fight and if there is any repair work we would love to watch and learn. Oh, and tractor videos would be good too. :)
Oh no worries, one thing about machinery it's never fixed
LOL That Right Love YOUR Video's Your, Fix IT
I love your videos .Thank you.
Your welcome PJ
great videos and great repairs !!
Great advise the the 9 spring!
I do believe cat is going to have big problems . They are living off their old reputation ,there new reputation is no good!
They don't have any competition any more
Seem to be doing what you love in life. Which means that you don't go to work everyday, you go to play...
Great video fill that pitting with devcon! Sand her down and put her back together! Thanks for sharing great job!
Devcon? that sound familar,
This should be rated R😜
Your videos are amazing!!!!!
This was very interesting, my experience was 80% heavy and medium truck and 15% assorted equipment. I've never seen such a crap casting on any Cat equipment , that's embarrassing for them. Nice repair.
Heck of a job! you need a backhoe :)
Looks like cat subbed out that casting in that year production
I enjoyed that so much I watched it twice !
Great job now I know how do a Cat scraper transaxle ! Keep the videos coming is watched most of them now !
How many hours did it take to do it all less time waitin for parts looks like a good 20/25hr to me !
Yes thats about right, there was a day for the machine work, I pre orderd the parts like orings and springs and hoses
back up to machine on left side of tire with ur right rear out rigger bearly touching left front fender! it gives you clearance to swing the trans and diff right out! might have to extend out a little with crane and crowd in when swinging! but trans ends up damm near ur bumper when it's out. i use 4 or 5 ton comealong just in case! just basic safety precautions i was taught working at caterpillar dealership.
I always wondered how the diff lock worked, we just plugged off the lines on are 627's. You getting ready for some scraper work? You have to be out of rocks to move soon. LOL!!!!!
Ya got some dirt to move soon,
SCRAPERS........money eating bastards
great video!
That is amazing the service truck would lift that
I see you wear overalls, I love them. I buy mine from factory in Bristol, Tn. Pointer Brand, high back, low back, jeans, shorts. I like low backs the best. I have new pair, good pair, pair worn slap out ( my favorite , patched over, & over). Love you videos on mechanical stuff the best. How do you know how to fix everything, good manuals, or experience.
Very good thanks .
Excellent work, and extremely informative. Cat should be watching your stuff. How many hours did you have in this job? Did you get any help?
It takes a good 10 hour day, this one had to sit while the machine work was done and then the welding which took a couple hours
Down here in harvest season when a tractor or combine breaks down there is serious money spent to get it fixed fast. They call the local John Deere shop, which sends out their truck. When you encounter electronics on these things, the cost goes sky-high.
With that piston full of defects like that and still somehow able to function, it makes you wonder how many parts are out there in new machines with the same general defects...
great video
Is there anything you can't fix Jeff??? Man ur awesome.
I am enjoying these. This is the first example I've seen of lock wire being used outside of aircraft. That casting was pathetic. I wonder where the raw castings were made.
Well I know Blackhawk casting was in Iowa, they did manifolds, pulleys and other small parts until EPA killed them off, i met a gut who worked at one in Iowa that made track links, but all that's gone I think, china china vachina
excellent video. just a thought, you could have used the hoist to set the drive axles in. yes I know, its an extra step. still beats dropping our seeds.
Only the left one, the right one is under the neck, well I guess I could have turned it straight then installed them☻
Wtf.... Was this thing built July 5th or something!?!
I love these repair videos! That "jaw clutch" functions exactly the same as a curvic coupling on a CNC lathe turret. With that kind of porosity in the casting did the diff lock ever work correctly?
I'm surprised that you guys don't have a hose crimper with the amount of equipment you have.
got a buddy with a Cat hose machine, he wants to sell me, should I buy it?
The machine is the tip of the iceberg. Stocking all the fittings to use the damn thing is where the real money is. Plus Cat loves to sneak in metric fittings.
They sure are handy though. We had a Parker unit in the first shop where I worked. Nothing to it.
+Jpaydirt good thing about cat fittings is you can reuse most of the ends if you have the sleves to make the crimp and different hose sizes....they are handy as hell to have around though...
+Jpaydirt good thing about cat fittings is you can reuse most of the ends if you have the sleves to make the crimp and different hose sizes....they are handy as hell to have around though...
@@WatchWesWork I worked for the largest scrap dealer in the Northeast. Took me yrs but they finally let me set up with to get bulk hose and fittings, also a crimping machine with all dies. I color coded all the dies and a chart for fitting sizes. 1st yr saved them a ton of money
do you not have to remove the drive shaft tube so as not to crush the tube ,is there a access plate on the diff compartment to install the tube when the diff is in place.
Very helpful Where did you learn about some many different machines ?Just curious .I pulled cab and transmission on a komatsu 500-3 loader last week . It was a learning experience .Wish I could have found a video like you made .Great job
Just open the patient up and have a look at all the pretty pieces covered in machine blood, then just like a doctor say nurse, get me a number 13 gangley wrench to fit a findlay sprinkler socket STAT
I learned from watching dad, and then just tackeling some stuff on my own, made a lot of mistakes, I just have this thing inside that won't give up, I refuse to let something beat me
One thing about it you know your shit on those cats,
Yup I do know my Cat shit☻
is that big ring gear made by Dana or Eaton I use to make those 2010 series I think, but them on a gear cutter after bullard shaving about ..020 ata time
I think of my lame attempts at auto repair when I watch you I think I will try harder and bitch less, thanks
Awesome vid....
Thanks Jim☻
Damn and I thought it was a pain to change the oil in my super duty.
Is there a sealing gasket between the trans/diff assembly that you used your service truck crane on or just metal to metal dry seal ?
Same question on the wheel axel covers as well
Orings on everything
Drive shaft - at 22-25 time - how did you get a drive shaft from THUNDER BAY?.....That is my city. Must have came from the formerly Powell Equipment Cat dealer. Im from Thunder Bay...woo!!!
44 gallons! Do you centrifuge and reuse your oil? Navy does that to it's oils.
Hey you know you should have a bushy tailed wide eyed helper running around learning from you one could learn a great many things from you and earn an honest living
Set up a like a big Ford 9 in!
ckelley63 i
Seriously, is cat getting that bad? Which equipment builder builds quality? I am looking for a mini ex and a track skid steer now and don't want a bunch of quality control headaches. Thanks
very strange to see this in something as old as these scrapers, right now cat has some serious qualitity issues, and it concerns me
great video.. a side question. do service trucks use one of the tool compartments as a jet wash tank with a pair or reservoirs so one is soapy and the other wash water.. pump driven off the pto either hydraulic or direct depending on how many PTO devices there are?? its just a thought that crossed my mind..
No, I have not heard or seen any thing like that before but maybe that is possible
So how complicated is it to remove the rear differential? I'm pretty good mechanically, just never done one before. One of my 627Bs is only getting power to one wheel on the rear axle, so I need to pull it out. If you ever do one yourself, I would love to see a video of it.
I did one just before I started posting videos on YT, steam clean it off good, you can take it out with the power pack in or out, pull the axles remove the tube between the diff and the right wheel , then take off the fill tube and drive line, slip off the drive flange from the pinion then put a strap around the diff and pry it away from the studs and then lower it down onto a sheet of plywood or pallet so you can rehook and slid it out, Now the fun begins, lets hope your no spin is good, $$$$ it could be your springs are broke, there are two big F ing springs on the jaw of each axle, setting up your pre load and backlash is a lengthy process , you'll have to build a special tool to measure your back lash correctly, its a one inch wide quarter inch thick piece of flat bar, with a half inch hole in one end, send me your phone # click on (About) at the top of my channel then use the message button, I will send you a pic of the tool, also include your address I'm pretty sure I have the Cat print on the specs to build it, also your going to need a service manual, the one for the B's is probably not going to tell you much, the old A model book will be full of information, if you want I can pull the section on the diff and photo copy it, 637's had the same rear diff
How much did that weigh ? I was surprised you were able to lift that with service truck.
I think the book says 4,500 lbs
Grind those porosity pits out with a bur and die grinder Tig over with nickel and flush fit works great try it
Thanks for the tip
Nice!!
You need a ABomb79. He woulda welded that right up and slapped it in the monarch and made it better than new.
Awesome Video
thanks Louis
What a pain in the arse..glad none a my customers have anything that big!!
Best place to buy reusable hyd. fittings, Northern Tools ( Northern Hydraulics).
quality control was smoking a joint out back when that crap came through sad
just found your channel really like the way you put them together and you show what and how you do things. from billings montana.
Did you work for Cat by any chance as a mechanic?
No, not even once☻
Thank you sir. I sincerely hope the Q.C. and engineering dept. at Caterpillar have subscribed to your videos. Many companies are living on past glory. Corporate gurus and management are cutting quality and inspections. That indifferent attitude and greed may seem to work for awhile but eventually it catches up with a company. The question arises concerning the porosity pitting craters and channeling: if the metal was from a USA foundry or imported, or is the defect traced to a casting process at Cat.?? Either way, the fact that the once trusted name of CAT. and the pride and workmanship that went into much of their equipment seems to be on the decline. Flaws in metal are not new. An old article stated that engine mount bolts for the P-51 Mustang in WWII were breaking, no one knew why. Metallurgist found it was due to (hydrogen embrittlement) and the necessary corrective action taken with new inspection standards in place. I'm not bashing the rank and file workers at CAT. no way. Years ago I worked for a company that considered it's self so specialized that they were untouchable by any competitor. Counting their main parent group + all their subsidiaries they worked in excess of 40,000 people. Long story short..caught miss charging and falsifying test results at management levels...the govt cancelled their contract and second sourced that particular weapon system to another defense contractor.
These were made back in the seventies, so I guess even back then they had trouble with QC
quality Caterpillar castings , welds that crack under stress? Are you sure it is Caterpillar?
the welds inside are just common stuff, the diff lock housing was a Cat part, I can tell the counterfit stuff, sometimes things just slip thru I guess
Hey man would you give me some work!! I'm hungry to learn
I want to put that differential in my Jeep
I think I would drop dead after all the maintenance you would have to do on those machines
Your the Wizkid
My , that’s a big ole’ shaft ther’ Sir!!😳😉😆😆 nice job! You should see the s**t I have to use at work it’s a disgrace!!!😞😏
Are you a mechanic? Or self taught?
self taught, no papers awww. so sad I'm a mutt
The Very BEST ARE YOU ... Self-taught Just Have To Do IT Good ON YOU !
I would have sent that right back to Cat. That is junk.
how much does a barrel of 90 and 30 run?
30 is becoming obsolete I guess, yesterday it was $15.30 a gallon
expensive.
Wow those castings are junk!
jeff hi tracy from iowa the county does the same thing here my neighbor waited the other mourning for the grader to go by before he went to work and he went 10 min after the plow and got stuck two hundred yards down the road it so stupid the world is going to hell in a hand basket