I'll never work on the equipment and parts that you normally do, but I have taken methods of yours and used it in my everyday work and it's gotten me out of some jams. I really appreciate you for putting out this content. I hope you know, you help more people than you realize.
Awesome job bro. You are fortunate to be able to work for yourself. I hope your wife appreciates what you do. Wouldn't mind seeing more of her in the videos.
Jesse you really put a lot of effort and time to explain bits and pieces of what you are doing showing your mistakes and how you fix them. You are the MAN. Greetings from Kuwait
Jesse, I really love how you explain things so that even I can understand it. We farm and I have spent a lifetime pulling wrenches and lifting heavy things so believe me when I say be careful lifting 200 pound drive motors. Back in January I had 7 vertebrae fused and you don’t want to wind up like me.
Jessie the skills you have are amazing, you never give up, have great worth ethic, a family man, who teaches his children the benefit of hard work, and a have great attitude, and explain what your doing, why your doing, and the benefits of the way your doing it, so everybody can understand, it was also great too see Mrs Jessie giving you a helping hand to put the drive motor back on, TBH I was expecting to see Noah run in too help or crawl out from under the machine with you, I bet he would have loved to help you fix this. great work your videos are amazing. Thank you for sharing with us.
Thanks. I thought about having noah try to help. I know people would go wild about it, but that final drive was too heavy to mess around. I will definitely put him on some less dangerous tasks though
@@jmuller86 @Jmuller86 hello jesse yes it would be very interesting for you to make a video when you are going to repaint it and it will be a magnificent machine when it is repainted with this green and the white cabin and personally I think you should send the JCB to your other property because for example the JCB the controls are not very responsive and therefore without saying that the JCB is a bad machine it is probably perfect for a machine that you will not use regularly skidsteer and as you said this machine is almost a classic so you should keep it here on your main property and therefore use and maintain to keep this beautiful machine well jesse it is my personal opinion but you should really keep it preciously
I was hoping you would paint it back to original color, I like it the most! Good tracks and it seems to handle pretty well! Thanks for sharing, Louisiana sending prayers and positive vibes to you and your family! I love your little goat, he’s cute! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✌🏻🙋🏼
The Farmcraft101 channel is excellent too. The videography, narration of both channels is nothing short of AMAZING... Very professionally done... Both are much appeeciated! :-)
Awesome results with this skid steer project Jesse. Back when you were in Part I, debating with yourself the 3K + shipping and one month repair option; you must feel the reward now having made the right choice. I enjoy all your waste deep or extreme multi-part equipment repair videos. Keep 'em coming. I look forward to the shop getting built so you don't have to work on the ground quite as much.
Jesse, for cleaning out metal particles, wrap a ball of strong magnet beads in a plastic bag, and then double that in plastic. Push it into the space and the beads will conform to the ridges/shapes. The bigger the blob, then it might be too strong and annoying to move around. Thanks for the lesson, been like four years since I saw a final drive taken apart. Good to loop back and cement the knowledge.
I am sure wifee helps Jesse in many things, but we don't get to see her until this vid. Congrats on your being a great wifeee. Now that circlip with the tabs added a great amount of surface area to hold tension and you just upgraded the design flaw. Really i like watching this type of information. Great work again... BTW those stubby wrenches i have a set made by Plomb in LA years ago and they are so handy to have.
Your amazing Jesse. Your videos are great and having help you on the weekend is just heartwarming. Your closeup video and your narration and down to earth exploration of everything should inspire other RUclipsrs to do the same. Thanks a lot for your hardworking go to it video.
Thanks to you for the video and to your wife for the assist. Great project, especially showing when things can go wrong. Yes, I’d like to see that machine painted…perhaps with some graphics with angles and triangles rather than a boring mono colour. 😊
Very very nice work Jesse! I would love to see it all painted up too. This machine doesn't seem to lack any power. I couldn't believe how far it pushed into that dirt pile.
Well now I know how a hydraulic motor works. What I like is that you don't ever say "I can't do that" you just get on with it and learn as you go, very impressive and I learn when I watch.
Just watched the latest video from Pacific Northwest Hillbilly in which he is finishing the engine rebuild on his excavator. He was complaining about missing and incorrect bit and pieces in a seal/gasket kit as well. You always give a shout out to suppliers, viewers, tools, or techniques that have helped you. I think it would be a service to name chronically bad suppliers or parts as well.
It's one thing to get Nick involved it's hard to keep him away, but get to your wife to help! WOW, When I grow up (I am 71 now) I want to be just like you. Then again it seems to run in the family saw your mom helping your dad on Andrew castle, good stuff.
Tricky job well executed. I swear the ladies know far more about machines than they let on. Seeing how the old singer sewing machines get tweaked oiled and maintained got me wise to it years ago. Well done all round. Manufactures price for total replace not repair these days. Those figures were outrageous. Thank you for posting. Best wishes to you and your family from the UK. Little Noah is always the star of the show! even with voice overs.
You have exceptional mechanical skills and knowledge of the subject. I wish you a few million subscribers so they can better understand how America works. Bravo!
Wow, what a video. It is most definitely a full family effort. Someone had been inside that motor before and not replaced the correct circlip. Increased abutment circlips like the one you installed handle and distribute the forces better. The pins and bushes appear to be pretty decent on that machine. Those bolt on cutting edges are a nightmare when trying to dig slab or rocks as you always have to reposition the bucket to avoid the material pushing into the nuts. I'd definitely like to see a muller makeover and repaint after you've run it for a while. The offgrid project will be an amazing video series in due course
Great couple of videos on the skidsteer. Really glad to see ya stick with it and save $3000 bucks or so not sending it off to a shop to change a bearing. Not only did it save you money, but provided great content for the channel.
A little tip for those cylinder seals, Try putting them in hot water for a few minutes to soften them up. Makes a world of difference. Also, put a little vaseline on the outer scraper seal and the o-rings. You wouldn't think it would make that much of a difference, but when I worked at a rebuild shop the owner swore by it and he did these for over 50 years so I trust his judgement. He always said vaseline conditions them so they expand more, soften up, and last twice as long :) Oh and don't paint it! Them's battle scars dude. 😛
The perfectionist in you is depriving you of sleep, I know the feeling sometimes it makes me a little nuts. Keep em coning I really enjoy your videos and hope your new shop is done quickly and to your needs. It seems like you bust your ass and do good quality work, good luck man.
This is the repair mindset all mechanics should have. Some do but definitely not all- most want (or need) it out the door ASAP even if that means a compromised repair. This was 10/10!
Definitely want to see a painting video. I want to paint my old Gehl, so I'm looking forward to learning from you. I learned a lot from this video. As always, Great Work!
Those white rings are backup rings. I learned the hard way what they do. They prevent the soft O-ring from being extruded through the gap by the pressure. I accidentally put them in the wrong way, with the backup ring toward the pressure and then the O-ring. It worked for a little while, but before long they started leaking and when I opened them up the O rings were destroyed. So O-ring toward the pressure, then backup ring, which as you say doesn't seal anything, but it give support to the O-ring so it can take the pressure. Nice work on this one, Jesse. If I ever have to get into a travel motor I'm sure this will come in handy.
Theres nothing like taking something old and bring it back to live , you will really enjoy this machine . Thanks for showing us step by step details.. See Ya
zip ties work really good at compressing springs, put the tabs on the inside, slowly tightenting each one, cut when finished and pull out, they hold a surpsing amount of force when you use a few of them
I learned from a friend to put a clamp on the white rings and tighten it down nice and easily and let them sit for a half hour or so and they will compress back down . It is worth a try .
You could've used a high grit sand paper layed down on a flat surface and polished out any scratches. But from what I could tell those surfaces looked fine. Especially for a farm type machine. That was Definitely why your motor wasn't running there was no spring pressure on the pistons and oil was bypassing a larger gap than intended. Just so you know those piston seals weren't seals they were wear bands and sold separately but should be replaced if over 2k hrs, and there should be one bigger o ring for the cap seal and the two smaller ones with back up rings for the lower cap seals. The cap back up rings are actually cupped on one side to better accept the o-ring and they dont go bad so reusing perfectly fine. Awesome work I really enjoyed these 2 videos
I had faith in you buddy! You’ve done a wonderful job on that machine! When you was working with that shaft, you were concerned about marring it. That reminded me of the times I’m working on firearms and in to same situation. I’ll use a piece of heavy leather to protect the work, and put it in the vice from there. It doesn’t matter much that it may be oily. The oil in the leather protects it. It’s a great time saver and peace of mind that comes with accomplishment when you put the effort and time into something like that, and it’s a success! Take care and stay safe! God bless!✝️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I've just started watching your channel. Man you have some awesome skills. Making your own tools work in ways they aren't meant to but in some ways it's just flat genius! Subbed!
I bet someone else was in that assembly and just forgot to install snap ring in the proper groove. Difficult to say if the snap ring pop out of groove. Glad you got itback together. I bet that snap ring is a standard part.
What I really liked about this serie is I also learned a lot, I'm into motorcycle an cars engines and this is all new for me but very interesting, as always you done an amazing job. After you run the machine some more and think is worth it, I would see it painted too.
So they replaced the other drive motor because it probably had the same issue with this clip breaking. And when the left motor went out the prevoius owners didnt want to deal with it anymore or couldnt diagnose it properly as it suddenly wasnt moving at all. Big repair, thanks for the video. Thats quite a skidsteer army you got there :)
: SUGGESTION : 👍 Jessie if you get it back together and it leaks I suggest you try ( grandville strut seal ) . I tried it on the struts of an airplane I owned many years ago and to my surprise it worked . I never did have to put seals in either one of the two struts that had been leaking . If I remember correctly I got it from chief aircraft mail order.
Dude... First time watching... Awesome job Sir. If I was there, I'd give you a big high five. As is, I hope your shoulder will recover. As I know you gave yourself a well deserved pat on the back... Awesome Awesome job sir. Very impressive...
Whenever I am trying to find parts by reverses engineering I find that McMaster-Carr is very helpful. They have an easy to use website with excellent dimensional cad drawings for each part. Shipping has always been really fast for me usually get the stuff the next day. I laughed about your laying awake at night story. I too have suffered lost of sleep thinking about mechanical problems lol.
What a great video about fixing this skidsteer. You have made an amazing job again. Although these information will be never useful for me as n IT guy / big citizen, I still love watching your videos, and I appreciate all the efforts. These kind of videos will help many people and encourage them to fix it themselves with similar problems. I think after these many hours spent on it already, it deserves a painting to restore its original shine in terms of its appearance as well. Let's use it a little more and I hope we will see a 3rd video about painting it in the future.
I agree, if I spent all that time and effort to take the drive apart I would have cleaned the shit out of it before reassembly, actually all the parts of the whole damn thing. JMO
39 scents snap ring caused all of that work and sleepless nights. That snap ring with the ears on it will definitely give peace of mind and sleep better tonight. Jesse you are giving Takeuchi value lessen, Takeuchi need to watch this 2 videos and learn from it!...
That's a teflon back up ring and it supplies the strength behind the o'ring which seals. If you didn't have the backup ring, the o-rings would shred. Used to own a car wash with a lot of hydraulic stuff.
Jesse: I really believe that snap ring was installed incorrectly and why it would run for a while making the operator think they had correctly rebuilt the drive. I have never seen a snap ring leave it's groove like that. While I am sure that destroyed this final drive I would certainly try to find every piece even checking the hydraulic filters and the tank for any bits. I do not necessarily ascribe to the notion "ground to bits". Your wife is a trooper.
Jesse I'm sure you'll have heard before, but it's typically easier putting tracks on by yourself if you insert the rear main sprocket in the track, hook the front of the track on the idler and then slide the rear of the track on with the sprocket before bolting up the sprocket to the drive.
Props to your wife. She did a great job of aligning the threaded hole of the drive motor!
no need to be that polite, she barely tried pushing with her fingertips panicking for I don't know what
Props to Jesse who stayed calm!
Jesse, a big "Well Done" to your lady for helping align the bolt holes, although it sounded like Noah was standing by to give you a hand.
I'll never work on the equipment and parts that you normally do, but I have taken methods of yours and used it in my everyday work and it's gotten me out of some jams. I really appreciate you for putting out this content. I hope you know, you help more people than you realize.
Your wife is a trooper! Oily hands and logical approach!!
Awesome job bro. You are fortunate to be able to work for yourself. I hope your wife appreciates what you do. Wouldn't mind seeing more of her in the videos.
I was one of those who wrote that you could fix the final drive...Enjoy your videos. Your wife is a trooper!
Jesse you really put a lot of effort and time to explain bits and pieces of what you are doing showing your mistakes and how you fix them. You are the MAN. Greetings from Kuwait
And the UK.
Jesse, I really love how you explain things so that even I can understand it. We farm and I have spent a lifetime pulling wrenches and lifting heavy things so believe me when I say be careful lifting 200 pound drive motors. Back in January I had 7 vertebrae fused and you don’t want to wind up like me.
You're a genius, Jesse Muller, and a master of mechanical logic.
Amen to that! That feller has a wide range of skills for sure..
Jessie the skills you have are amazing, you never give up, have great worth ethic, a family man, who teaches his children the benefit of hard work, and a have great attitude, and explain what your doing, why your doing, and the benefits of the way your doing it, so everybody can understand, it was also great too see Mrs Jessie giving you a helping hand to put the drive motor back on, TBH I was expecting to see Noah run in too help or crawl out from under the machine with you, I bet he would have loved to help you fix this. great work your videos are amazing.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Thanks. I thought about having noah try to help. I know people would go wild about it, but that final drive was too heavy to mess around. I will definitely put him on some less dangerous tasks though
@@jmuller86 @Jmuller86 hello jesse yes it would be very interesting for you to make a video when you are going to repaint it and it will be a magnificent machine when it is repainted with this green and the white cabin and personally I think you should send the JCB to your other property because for example the JCB the controls are not very responsive and therefore without saying that the JCB is a bad machine it is probably perfect for a machine that you will not use regularly skidsteer and as you said this machine is almost a classic so you should keep it here on your main property and therefore use and maintain to keep this beautiful machine well jesse it is my personal opinion but you should really keep it preciously
I was hoping you would paint it back to original color, I like it the most! Good tracks and it seems to handle pretty well! Thanks for sharing, Louisiana sending prayers and positive vibes to you and your family! I love your little goat, he’s cute! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✌🏻🙋🏼
I like the way you and Watch Wes Work explain your work as you disassemble and assemble things. Very enjoyable.
The Farmcraft101 channel is excellent too.
The videography, narration of both channels is nothing short of AMAZING... Very professionally done... Both are much appeeciated! :-)
Awesome results with this skid steer project Jesse. Back when you were in Part I, debating with yourself the 3K + shipping and one month repair option; you must feel the reward now having made the right choice. I enjoy all your waste deep or extreme multi-part equipment repair videos. Keep 'em coming. I look forward to the shop getting built so you don't have to work on the ground quite as much.
Paint it! I think it would nice with modern Takeuchi paint scheme.
I thought exactly the same, would look good in red and greys
Track frame looked already quite pitted.
Jesse, for cleaning out metal particles, wrap a ball of strong magnet beads in a plastic bag, and then double that in plastic. Push it into the space and the beads will conform to the ridges/shapes. The bigger the blob, then it might be too strong and annoying to move around. Thanks for the lesson, been like four years since I saw a final drive taken apart. Good to loop back and cement the knowledge.
I am sure wifee helps Jesse in many things, but we don't get to see her until this vid. Congrats on your being a great wifeee. Now that circlip with the tabs added a great amount of surface area to hold tension and you just upgraded the design flaw. Really i like watching this type of information. Great work again... BTW those stubby wrenches i have a set made by Plomb in LA years ago and they are so handy to have.
Another splendid repair. I had no doubts you'd get that fixed, Jesse.
Your amazing Jesse. Your videos are great and having help you on the weekend is just heartwarming. Your closeup video and your narration and down to earth exploration of everything should inspire other RUclipsrs to do the same. Thanks a lot for your hardworking go to it video.
Thanks to you for the video and to your wife for the assist. Great project, especially showing when things can go wrong. Yes, I’d like to see that machine painted…perhaps with some graphics with angles and triangles rather than a boring mono colour. 😊
Very very nice work Jesse! I would love to see it all painted up too. This machine doesn't seem to lack any power. I couldn't believe how far it pushed into that dirt pile.
Blown away with all you do Jesse! Top notch work and an OBSESSION with doing it the best you can with what is at hand.
Well now I know how a hydraulic motor works. What I like is that you don't ever say "I can't do that" you just get on with it and learn as you go, very impressive and I learn when I watch.
Just watched the latest video from Pacific Northwest Hillbilly in which he is finishing the engine rebuild on his excavator. He was complaining about missing and incorrect bit and pieces in a seal/gasket kit as well. You always give a shout out to suppliers, viewers, tools, or techniques that have helped you. I think it would be a service to name chronically bad suppliers or parts as well.
Same here....just finished his video and frustration with wrong parts. Jesse saved himself a lot of money and only lost some sleep and time to do it.
It's one thing to get Nick involved it's hard to keep him away, but get to your wife to help! WOW, When I grow up (I am 71 now) I want to be just like you. Then again it seems to run in the family saw your mom helping your dad on Andrew castle, good stuff.
Nothing like a stressed wife to add suspense. Good on her for helping
Man, when he said he was gonna put that final drive in by himself I about fell out of my seat. I blurted out “Go get your dad!”
Tricky job well executed. I swear the ladies know far more about machines than they let on. Seeing how the old singer sewing machines get tweaked oiled and maintained got me wise to it years ago. Well done all round. Manufactures price for total replace not repair these days. Those figures were outrageous. Thank you for posting. Best wishes to you and your family from the UK. Little Noah is always the star of the show! even with voice overs.
You have exceptional mechanical skills and knowledge of the subject. I wish you a few million subscribers so they can better understand how America works. Bravo!
I meant having your wife help you on the weekend was awesome. You’re a worker that’s for sure. So glad you got it operating.
Wow, what a video. It is most definitely a full family effort.
Someone had been inside that motor before and not replaced the correct circlip. Increased abutment circlips like the one you installed handle and distribute the forces better. The pins and bushes appear to be pretty decent on that machine. Those bolt on cutting edges are a nightmare when trying to dig slab or rocks as you always have to reposition the bucket to avoid the material pushing into the nuts. I'd definitely like to see a muller makeover and repaint after you've run it for a while. The offgrid project will be an amazing video series in due course
Large machines are just small machines put together. And --- Parts is Parts. Great job Jess.
Great couple of videos on the skidsteer.
Really glad to see ya stick with it and save $3000 bucks or so not sending it off to a shop to change a bearing.
Not only did it save you money, but provided great content for the channel.
A little tip for those cylinder seals, Try putting them in hot water for a few minutes to soften them up. Makes a world of difference. Also, put a little vaseline on the outer scraper seal and the o-rings. You wouldn't think it would make that much of a difference, but when I worked at a rebuild shop the owner swore by it and he did these for over 50 years so I trust his judgement. He always said vaseline conditions them so they expand more, soften up, and last twice as long :) Oh and don't paint it! Them's battle scars dude. 😛
The amount of time and energy you put into these machines is crazy. But you did it again.
Your explanation is very educational! Your deductive reasoning is top notch. Thank you for your work
The perfectionist in you is depriving you of sleep, I know the feeling sometimes it makes me a little nuts. Keep em coning I really enjoy your videos and hope your new shop is done quickly and to your needs. It seems like you bust your ass and do good quality work, good luck man.
love to keep you videos on while im working the night shift love to learn at age 65 did learn for this that I would never attempt this job
This is the repair mindset all mechanics should have. Some do but definitely not all- most want (or need) it out the door ASAP even if that means a compromised repair. This was 10/10!
Just great job ! You did it by yourself with minimal cost ! Greetings from Finland.
Jesse droppin' gems, can't wait to watch this one
Definitely want to see a painting video. I want to paint my old Gehl, so I'm looking forward to learning from you. I learned a lot from this video. As always, Great Work!
Jesse I can definitely relate to that there's been so many nights where I just couldn't sleep thinking about something on a project I was doing
Skid steer…Good! Can’t wait to see what’s ahead with the new shop! Nice Job!
Marvelous outcome, it pays to be persistent. I am so glad that 3K stayed with you.
Absolute genius Jesse! I love watching what you do and your interaction with your family. Greetings once again from Stone Ridge!
Stone ridge? My grandma lived there the entire time I was growing up. Atwood rd
Those white rings are backup rings. I learned the hard way what they do. They prevent the soft O-ring from being extruded through the gap by the pressure. I accidentally put them in the wrong way, with the backup ring toward the pressure and then the O-ring. It worked for a little while, but before long they started leaking and when I opened them up the O rings were destroyed. So O-ring toward the pressure, then backup ring, which as you say doesn't seal anything, but it give support to the O-ring so it can take the pressure. Nice work on this one, Jesse. If I ever have to get into a travel motor I'm sure this will come in handy.
You don't wear enough sunglasses to play with this hack.
Theres nothing like taking something old and bring it back to live , you will really enjoy this machine . Thanks for showing us step by step details.. See Ya
A paint job would be a good idea. Good video and job fixing it up.
Nice repair. Your test drive gave the vibes of you really enjoying the track loader.
One of the most educational channels on RUclips!
zip ties work really good at compressing springs, put the tabs on the inside, slowly tightenting each one, cut when finished and pull out, they hold a surpsing amount of force when you use a few of them
Undeniably TOP NOTCH videos, Jesse! Thank you so much!
I learned from a friend to put a clamp on the white rings and tighten it down nice and easily and let them sit for a half hour or so and they will compress back down . It is worth a try .
The explanation of the drive motor was worth the price of admission alone. Thanks, I'm a little wiser now.
Hats off to you Jesse. Most would have quit on this project.
It's always good to make errors if you learn from them. Great video. Interesting.Thanks.
Good job, you got a real bargain. Definitely paint, she deserves it after the rough life she’s had.
Great job as always. Also great job to your apprentice wife. My wife is always a good hand when I need the help.
Great video! Your master skills at trouble shooting are amazing!
Nice little machine. 4000.00$ can not go wrong. Great job thanks for sharing
You could've used a high grit sand paper layed down on a flat surface and polished out any scratches. But from what I could tell those surfaces looked fine. Especially for a farm type machine. That was Definitely why your motor wasn't running there was no spring pressure on the pistons and oil was bypassing a larger gap than intended. Just so you know those piston seals weren't seals they were wear bands and sold separately but should be replaced if over 2k hrs, and there should be one bigger o ring for the cap seal and the two smaller ones with back up rings for the lower cap seals. The cap back up rings are actually cupped on one side to better accept the o-ring and they dont go bad so reusing perfectly fine. Awesome work I really enjoyed these 2 videos
That is not a task that just anyone could do, be proud off yourself! Great job 👍
I had faith in you buddy! You’ve done a wonderful job on that machine!
When you was working with that shaft, you were concerned about marring it. That reminded me of the times I’m working on firearms and in to same situation. I’ll use a piece of heavy leather to protect the work, and put it in the vice from there. It doesn’t matter much that it may be oily. The oil in the leather protects it.
It’s a great time saver and peace of mind that comes with accomplishment when you put the effort and time into something like that, and it’s a success!
Take care and stay safe! God bless!✝️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
YES! Paint it! Sand a few areas don't have to do an immaculate paint job....just general normal touch up.
I've just started watching your channel. Man you have some awesome skills. Making your own tools work in ways they aren't meant to but in some ways it's just flat genius! Subbed!
Yes i would really like to see it get painted!!
This series has really helped me understand the Eaton vickers hydrostatic system in my mustang. Cheers.
I bet someone else was in that assembly and just forgot to install snap ring in the proper groove. Difficult to say if the snap ring pop out of groove. Glad you got itback together. I bet that snap ring is a standard part.
CANNOT wait for the garage build series!! 😲
Jesse , you are amazing. Best wishes.
What I really liked about this serie is I also learned a lot, I'm into motorcycle an cars engines and this is all new for me but very interesting, as always you done an amazing job. After you run the machine some more and think is worth it, I would see it painted too.
Snap rings have a preferred side...And wife to the rescue..!
Hooray
i was told that also by a old timer with hands of gold they use to be stamped out i dont know if the still make them the same way
You’re awesome…. Great video. Your ability to figure things out is impressive!
👍 Good call on the snap retainer, screw OEM, always look for something beefier, they just want to save money.
So they replaced the other drive motor because it probably had the same issue with this clip breaking. And when the left motor went out the prevoius owners didnt want to deal with it anymore or couldnt diagnose it properly as it suddenly wasnt moving at all.
Big repair, thanks for the video. Thats quite a skidsteer army you got there :)
You do nice work on this machine and the jcb.I have a kubota excavator kx 121-3. I wondered how the final drives worked.Thanks!
: SUGGESTION : 👍
Jessie if you get it back together and it leaks I suggest you try ( grandville strut seal ) . I tried it on the struts of an airplane I owned many years ago and to my surprise it worked . I never did have to put seals in either one of the two struts that had been leaking . If I remember correctly I got it from chief aircraft mail order.
Dude... First time watching... Awesome job Sir. If I was there, I'd give you a big high five.
As is, I hope your shoulder will recover. As I know you gave yourself a well deserved pat on the back... Awesome Awesome job sir. Very impressive...
Imagine if you did let the shop do it... they would have used the old snap ring.. and It might have worked until it didn't again! Good catch man!
Whenever I am trying to find parts by reverses engineering I find that McMaster-Carr is very helpful. They have an easy to use website with excellent dimensional cad drawings for each part. Shipping has always been really fast for me usually get the stuff the next day. I laughed about your laying awake at night story. I too have suffered lost of sleep thinking about mechanical problems lol.
1:15:10 I have that same Bluetooth impact wrench, it's nice that it automatically hits the proper torque for every bolt.
I use a hose clamp to compress the white back up seals back into size. I use hot oil to soften them also
Would definitely watch a painting video and hope you keep the same color.
What a great video about fixing this skidsteer. You have made an amazing job again. Although these information will be never useful for me as n IT guy / big citizen, I still love watching your videos, and I appreciate all the efforts. These kind of videos will help many people and encourage them to fix it themselves with similar problems. I think after these many hours spent on it already, it deserves a painting to restore its original shine in terms of its appearance as well. Let's use it a little more and I hope we will see a 3rd video about painting it in the future.
Well done on your diagnosis and repair, I concur on your conclusion.
Nice job Jesse! You are getting to be quite a problem solver!!
Would love to see this classic painted, original color!
Jesse you are the best!
Amazing video, thank you!
Great work and another great video! Greetings from Black Hawk Colorado
Well done, i’ would have preferred you wash all the final drive internals in a clean parts washer first prior to assembly. But hey, that’s me.
I agree, if I spent all that time and effort to take the drive apart I would have cleaned the shit out of it before reassembly, actually all the parts of the whole damn thing. JMO
Yes I think paint it Jesse, it’s a good purchase and it will improve the overall value 😊
You’re definitely not afraid to tackle any job 👍
39 scents snap ring caused all of that work and sleepless nights.
That snap ring with the ears on it will definitely give peace of mind and sleep better tonight.
Jesse you are giving Takeuchi value lessen, Takeuchi need to watch this 2 videos and learn from it!...
Good job! Great silk purse out of a sows ear!!
That's a teflon back up ring and it supplies the strength behind the o'ring which seals. If you didn't have the backup ring, the o-rings would shred. Used to own a car wash with a lot of hydraulic stuff.
😂 Okay that sounded like an Office skit...That's what she said..Was this the dialogue while making your family..Respect...
Nice job! I would like to see you paint it
Live love and learn have a great night young man!
great vidieo Jesse thanks for taking the time to produce it.
Jesse: I really believe that snap ring was installed incorrectly and why it would run for a while making the operator think they had correctly rebuilt the drive. I have never seen a snap ring leave it's groove like that. While I am sure that destroyed this final drive I would certainly try to find every piece even checking the hydraulic filters and the tank for any bits. I do not necessarily ascribe to the notion "ground to bits". Your wife is a trooper.
Jesse I'm sure you'll have heard before, but it's typically easier putting tracks on by yourself if you insert the rear main sprocket in the track, hook the front of the track on the idler and then slide the rear of the track on with the sprocket before bolting up the sprocket to the drive.