I would guess that the left steering had more wear than the right on our D2 back in the fifties. The right track ran down in the furrow and guided the tractor when moldboard plowing so the steering wasn't used but occasionally from one end of the field to the other. When making the left hand turn, however, the left clutch got a workout as the right track had a hard time pulling the 3-16" plow around the corner. The turn consisted of constantly working the left clutch and brake and was even more difficult in wet conditions. Another great video! Keep up the good work, Toby!
I remember as a little kid growing up on the ranch running across a rather substantive stash of issues of "Selected Articles from Service Magazines" relating specifically to tractors that our grandpa had hidden on a top shelf of his private "office". Me and my brothers grabbed what we could carry up to our tree-fort where we would spend hours pouring through them...especially the pictures......while catching a buzz on grape Nehi! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Seriously though, your dedication and respect for these machines is infectious (in a good way). Best wishes.
What amazes me is the fact that all of those parts were designed on paper with a pencil, then machined essentially by hand. The tolerances are incredible. You really need to hand it to the people who thought that technology up and then made it work. Thoroughly enjoy your videos and always look forward to the next. Thank you!
I agree and I have even made this same comment....growing up around tractors (both track and wheel) I assumed the cats were just simple, big cog drive mechanisms. Learn something new every day!
Looking great, Squatch!!! There are so many moving pieces - I think about the clutch on the H or M when I watch this, and I am just amazed at the difference in complexity.
Welcome to Squatch University. Pay attention or a pickling fork might fly your way. An absolute unbelievable education you are teaching. Great information
You do a Great Job documenting EVERYTHING! I do not mind watching a commercial or four to help you pay for the parts to save one of these Forgotten Beauties'. Looking forward to a road grader in future!
Squatch253 I am a flat bed truck driver and when I was strapping down my first load of the day. I told my self is it “ RIGHT AND PROPER?” LOL think I’ve been watching your channel for a bit :)
Very useful video on the steering clutches. The Soviet tractors KD-35 , DT-54, T-74 and T-100M have the same setup so it is good way to learn a few quirks here and there. Probably the best video out there on how to service the steering clutches.
It keeps moving around the shop. I asked about it a few videos back, but not sure he ever saw the question. Looks like it'd make a great base to a shop stool.
Always impressed with your mechanical knowledge Squatch, but even more impressed with how you build your own tools. Pretty amazing stuff. As always, great content and thanks for sharing.
It’s wild how much force those springs have just looking at them you wouldn’t think they are so compressed lol that’s how people who don’t know what there doing gets hurt great video as always my friend one more step closer
As Paul Simon once said: "There must be 50 ways to love your lever". 17.40 that tool looks a lot like the clutch hub holding tool I made for my motorcycle - even down to the square hole in the center. I'm another one who spends 3 days making a tool to do a 1 hour job.
Did Squatch watch shake hands with danger recently 😂 seriously tho safety is no joke when you are dealing with stored energy like that - good on you bud for explaining why that compressor is built the way it is 👌
I'm definitely starting figure out how crawlers work i thought i knew but watching you has made it clear keep up the good work . the eye is looking better
I love that bearing race removal trick Squatch!! You taught me something I never thought about doing, when you showed it a few videos back. I am ALWAYS a bit nervous when it comes to inserting new races into hubs. I don't have a race driver and am reduced to a 4 lb. sledge and drift. I know it's kinda "cavemanish" but it is not something I do all the time.
Hi Toby well you made pulling those to pieces look very easy, and you must have a huge cupboard full of home made tools. I must admit that I have a few tools I’ve made for pulling my Honda quads to pieces. Honda make the tools but they cost near as much as the bike costs. Anyway great video as usual, one last thing I always find it really hard to throw away any parts that I replace, i just feel that you never know when you might need it, any way Cheers mate from vegemite land.
Have you considered a section of cold-rolled square or rectangular bar stock, threaded, to replace the bottom nut on your fixture? Alot more meat for the vise jaws to clamp down on, and reduces the possibilty of everything tipping sideways-
Yeah, compressed springs always make me nervous. Good control over those forces is essential. The other form of potential energy that scares me is trees. Even just limbing, you're releasing who even knows how much energy, usually all at once, with your sawcut. I've predicted that release of energy completely wrong too many times. Safety first.
for the next time, could have supported both sides of the bearing IE a couple of large washers with a bolt to hold both sides of the bearing so could press it out without the damage
A 12 gauge shotgun has roughly 2,500 ft/lbs of energy at the muzzle. Most automotive struts store more energy than that and can mess you up just as bad it you're in the wrong place when they let loose. Far too many people drastically, sometimes tragically, underestimate the stored energy they're dealing with.
You mentioned oiling your jack screw. Don't you want to use something formulated for very high pressure such as axle grease or hypoid gear oil? I love watching your videos, much better than gear-head channels on TV.
"So I made a tool...." I always look forward to seeing the newest fabricated tool. I have made a few tools to get a job done, but they are not made to this level. Next time I make one, I will ask myself " What would Squatch do?"
I’m surprised steering clutches are not in an oil bath like a motorcycle clutch or an automatic transmission. Seems like they would last longer as well as run cooler.
You are the best assembler, always on cardboard, and VERY organized.
Yep definitely went from comprehensive to EPIC! Thank you again, I am learning sooo much before I tear into mine.
I would guess that the left steering had more wear than the right on our D2 back in the fifties. The right track ran down in the furrow and guided the tractor when moldboard plowing so the steering wasn't used but occasionally from one end of the field to the other. When making the left hand turn, however, the left clutch got a workout as the right track had a hard time pulling the 3-16" plow around the corner. The turn consisted of constantly working the left clutch and brake and was even more difficult in wet conditions.
Another great video! Keep up the good work, Toby!
I remember as a little kid growing up on the ranch running across a rather substantive stash of issues of "Selected Articles from Service Magazines" relating specifically to tractors that our grandpa had hidden on a top shelf of his private "office". Me and my brothers grabbed what we could carry up to our tree-fort where we would spend hours pouring through them...especially the pictures......while catching a buzz on grape Nehi! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Seriously though, your dedication and respect for these machines is infectious (in a good way). Best wishes.
Nice to view your work, and great work shop. I found your Channel today with others suggesting to view your channel. :)
What amazes me is the fact that all of those parts were designed on paper with a pencil, then machined essentially by hand. The tolerances are incredible. You really need to hand it to the people who thought that technology up and then made it work. Thoroughly enjoy your videos and always look forward to the next. Thank you!
Its mind blowing the amount detail and engineering that went into these old machines. Another great video squatch253. Looking forward to the next one!
I agree and I have even made this same comment....growing up around tractors (both track and wheel) I assumed the cats were just simple, big cog drive mechanisms. Learn something new every day!
Cool beans!!
When you beat yourself up you really do it good . But I am certainly glad you didn't get hurt any worse than you did !
Being the Smart @ZZ. Glad to see no Pickle Fork was involved......... Thanks Squatch.....
Looking great, Squatch!!! There are so many moving pieces - I think about the clutch on the H or M when I watch this, and I am just amazed at the difference in complexity.
I bet I'm not the only one who says we want MORE.
Alright, another adventure. Enjoyed the background information on disassembly. Great meat and potatoes! Thanks.
“Sorry about the mess...” (me) looks at a bench laid out like the instrument tray in an operating theatre...☺️
Welcome to Squatch University. Pay attention or a pickling fork might fly your way. An absolute unbelievable education you are teaching. Great information
Really enjoyed this post! Love the explanations!!
You will never wear out that D2 in your lifetime. Thanks for all the detail!!!!!
It is so important to make the specialty tools. Even when only doing just one job. I’m with you on this Squatch!
Amazing!!! I'm always surprised at how something I know nothing about can be so darn entertaining!!!! Many Thanks!!
“Some assembly required” .... no kidding!
You do a Great Job documenting EVERYTHING! I do not mind watching a commercial or four to help you pay for the parts to save one of these Forgotten Beauties'. Looking forward to a road grader in future!
Love to see how it all comes apart and goes together. Thanks for the ep.
Hi Squatch I was over at Watch Wess Work channel and he made reference to you and your fold over locks his would make your eye twitch
That's a decent vise-however looks like you're ready for one larger and more robust
Squatch253 I am a flat bed truck driver and when I was strapping down my first load of the day. I told my self is it “ RIGHT AND PROPER?” LOL think I’ve been watching your channel for a bit :)
Very useful video on the steering clutches. The Soviet tractors KD-35 , DT-54, T-74 and T-100M have the same setup so it is good way to learn a few quirks here and there. Probably the best video out there on how to service the steering clutches.
Good safety advice, Thanks
Thank you!
Incredible genius of those who invented that system
I tell you, All Thread Rod is easily in the top ten inventions of all time
I really liked the socket you built.
I’d like to see more about that valve in the corner...
I was thinking the same
It keeps moving around the shop. I asked about it a few videos back, but not sure he ever saw the question. Looks like it'd make a great base to a shop stool.
I have one the same size. Not sure about his but mine was for an old back up generator for Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.
Man I love how much gose in to those steering clutches ..
Great vid, Thanks.
Always impressed with your mechanical knowledge Squatch, but even more impressed with how you build your own tools. Pretty amazing stuff. As always, great content and thanks for sharing.
It’s wild how much force those springs have just looking at them you wouldn’t think they are so compressed lol that’s how people who don’t know what there doing gets hurt great video as always my friend one more step closer
The toolmaster blessed us with yet another of his creations. :D
Man is it rocking along! Keep up the quality work.
I think those books/manuals are worth their weight in gold.
As Paul Simon once said: "There must be 50 ways to love your lever".
17.40 that tool looks a lot like the clutch hub holding tool I made for my motorcycle - even down to the square hole in the center.
I'm another one who spends 3 days making a tool to do a 1 hour job.
Look at this funny guy right here.
Love your shop made tools which can be very proud of.
You call it long winded i call it brain candy and will take all you want to give great video.
Did Squatch watch shake hands with danger recently 😂 seriously tho safety is no joke when you are dealing with stored energy like that - good on you bud for explaining why that compressor is built the way it is 👌
Don't want the eyes to match ;)
Would have to change your name to racoon if you whacked the other one!!
Amazing!! Incredible engineering long before CAD!!!! Keep going! Looks great!
Thank you for the video.
I have used hydrochloride acid to remove rust from brake shoes and drums. Just needs a good rinsing afterwards, but no good material gets ground off.
I'm definitely starting figure out how crawlers work i thought i knew but watching you has made it clear keep up the good work . the eye is looking better
BRILLIANT ! very interesting regards N Ireland .
Excellent video 👍👍👍👍
Increadable work as usual! Clutches are going to look and operate beautifully I would suspect. So jealous of your shop space....
Another good video, Mister Shiner.
Love working on these things with ya,,,enjoy it immensely 👍🇺🇸😇
Those brass catch cups would make great looking ends for a towel bar.
Almost like a funny car clutch......thank you as always.
I love that bearing race removal trick Squatch!! You taught me something I never thought about doing, when you showed it a few videos back. I am ALWAYS a bit nervous when it comes to inserting new races into hubs. I don't have a race driver and am reduced to a 4 lb. sledge and drift. I know it's kinda "cavemanish" but it is not something I do all the time.
WOW That's a lot of parts!! Enjoyed the video!
The welder trick works great! I tested it myself on a really rust-stuck bearing.
Love the detail! Well done video! Thanks!
Great video, always looking forward to the next episode!
Great video Toby, loving the longer videos!
YES!! I made it into today’s video!! Thx Squatch. 👍
That's a nice steering clutch kit laid out on the bench. Just have to get it together without any extra parts left over...........
Epic is the word! Thanks for the great episode
The sound of that RD6🤩
Very interesting, you could not buy a job re-assembling a D2, thank you for posting
Super cool stuff squatch thanks for sharing.
Hi Toby well you made pulling those to pieces look very easy, and you must have a huge cupboard full of home made tools. I must admit that I have a few tools I’ve made for pulling my Honda quads to pieces. Honda make the tools but they cost near as much as the bike costs. Anyway great video as usual, one last thing I always find it really hard to throw away any parts that I replace, i just feel that you never know when you might need it, any way Cheers mate from vegemite land.
that was a beautiful tool you made..
Facinating....
Taking the spring pressure off the pressure plate is quite safe,,, as long as you're not using a 'Pickle Fork'!
Love your vids. Very interesting
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Cant wait to get off work and watch this!
You are like a history book 🙂👍
Stay warm this weekend
@@squatch253 I’m from wisco but am trucking North Dakota potatoes down to Florida, I’m in Georgia heading south. 😏
Those set screw locks are called Dutch keys...
Thanks for the video!
"Pardon the mess". Man your messes would've passed inspection in my barracks room.
Never to much detail! Keep it coming
Like a steering clutch Ninja!
Have you considered a section of cold-rolled square or rectangular bar stock, threaded, to replace the bottom nut on your fixture? Alot more meat for the vise jaws to clamp down on, and reduces the possibilty of everything tipping sideways-
Lends new meaning to the term, “do it yourself kit”.......
Looking forward to the next video Squatch!!
Great Content! Thank you....
Yeah, compressed springs always make me nervous. Good control over those forces is essential. The other form of potential energy that scares me is trees. Even just limbing, you're releasing who even knows how much energy, usually all at once, with your sawcut. I've predicted that release of energy completely wrong too many times. Safety first.
Great info...
for the next time, could have supported both sides of the bearing IE a couple of large washers with a bolt to hold both sides of the bearing so could press it out without the damage
I think there is light at the end of this tunnel! Waiting for that unit to get mated to the engine.
I must not be living right, because I've never been able to MIG weld a race out. I've always had to stick weld em.
A 12 gauge shotgun has roughly 2,500 ft/lbs of energy at the muzzle. Most automotive struts store more energy than that and can mess you up just as bad it you're in the wrong place when they let loose. Far too many people drastically, sometimes tragically, underestimate the stored energy they're dealing with.
Now I want a D2
Yes, could get Borked - Borken. Keep clear of spring back!
👍👍 Very interesting.
Nice video thanks!
Good Video
It is not long winded when you are having fun
The eye is looking good................................
You mentioned oiling your jack screw. Don't you want to use something formulated for very high pressure such as axle grease or hypoid gear oil? I love watching your videos, much better than gear-head channels on TV.
"So I made a tool...." I always look forward to seeing the newest fabricated tool. I have made a few tools to get a job done, but they are not made to this level. Next time I make one, I will ask myself " What would Squatch do?"
Probably could dust those steels on a surface grinder and get them back in service as long as they didn't go under minimum thickness spec.
I didn't see the pickle fork out taking the pack apart, little gun shy? I done blame you
I’m surprised steering clutches are not in an oil bath like a motorcycle clutch or an automatic transmission. Seems like they would last longer as well as run cooler.