Am I the only one who wants to see those parts being cleaned? It’s like excavating a Bronze Age artifact. I want to see those bronze parts reveal themselves as you remove the gunk and goo off of them.
There is no way I'm ever going to work on heavy equipment let alone on an antique piece of equipment yet I find myself totally immersed in your video series on bringing old equipment back to great working condition. I learn something every time I watch another video. Your approach to describing what you are doing along with your complete, calm, understandable explanations are the best, and I find, applicable to working on other pieces of equipment. Thanks for bringing us along.
Watching these kind of videos is like watching training films. I work in a foundry and I am constantly repairing and rebuilding old conveyors and shuttles and all manner of equipment. Shafts, grease, bearings, gears, seals, etc. are the same the world over. I especially love seeing the techniques people use to remove broken bolts, seized up bearings, damaged threads.
So nice to see small manageable pieces that don't want to remove nails or fingers. Did undercarriage on a D11 last night, rollers weigh 330 pounds each, this looks way more fun to me. This is clearly been taken care of in the past as the bushings and shafts are not worn or anything, someone who owned her had pride in her ownership.
Two words: Rick Bork. I’ve though I’ve seen everything, but Rick Bork achieves a new level with his hotel sock cooler solution . I truly feel for you Sequatch253…..
@@squatch253 Yes, and that was more “Bork” than I wanted to see for sure…. You know there is only so much “Bork” I can tolerate during a given setting…. I wonder if Holiday Inn Express has considered asking Rick Bork to be their spokesman in their upcoming commercials??
As others have said, I’ll never be restoring a bulldozer but I always like watching you work on yours. It’s the mix of wrenching with humor and knowledge and experience that is just enjoyable. I hope you always have a project to provide content so we can continue to look over your shoulder for a long time to come. Great video, as always. 🥸👍👀🔧
Those bushings are darn near works of Art, but they were made by Stan. Art was running the machine next to him. (I really don't know where I come up with this stuff!) Looking forward to the next episode. Cheers!
Squatch don’t care what any may say… I’m here cuz you the best I’ve seen on RUclips!! Your explaining & camera work is just as good as being there in the shop with ya! 👍 seen others point and talk 🤷♂️ dunno what they pointing at or wtf they blabbing about … in the field or in the shop … enjoyable channel 😁👍
@@dans_Learning_Curve lol 👍 mechanical vids aside, who else can make a vid on building a rock pile & digging a ditch laying a drain pipe worth watching? 😜🤣
My experience is similar to yours, but in the marine field. I share your love of great old grease covered shafts and bushings !! lol. Can't wait for the day when you turn the key. Please make it a GLOBAL participation moment !
It's very likely that I will never see or own a tractor or work on one. I just really enjoy watching you work on them. Your personality, attention to detail being so methodical. You'd be a great teacher. There's a lot of guys out there trying to do the same thing but I only watch you and a few others. I like channels like this. I also watch Joe's Classic video games. He repairs vintage pinball and arcade games. The comment's of "you're doing it wrong" are ridiculous too. Keep up the great work and thanks for the videos.
I hate anti seize! But working in a refinery changed my mind about it’s use. The great thing about anti sneeze (lol) is that it has two stages of lubricity, a liquid and a solid, once the liquid has evaporated, washed off or otherwise degraded, you still have the protection of the powdered copper or other substrate to ease in disassembly, having said that, I only use it when in a hot service or when the part will be subjected directly to ambient environments. Little known fact,,,,, 1 drop of anti sneeze covers approximately 2.137 acres!😂
16:38 those bushing are incredibly cool. At first, i wondered, why the heck 4 holes, and four pockets.. what's the point, then it dawned on me. As these operate, the heat will liquefy the grease, to some extent, meaning that regardless of what position the idler wheel is in, at least one chamber/pocket is always in a position to seep grease into the bearing part of the bushing. These mad lads... the size of their brains is unreal. You don't even have the notion of lubrifying bearings anymore these days, it's all sealed up and one path to destruction.
In the sawmill i worked at the edger saw arbors had sleeves to drive the saws. When they were put on with anitiseize they had to be cut off. When they were put on with liberal amounts of high quality grease they pretty much just slide right off.
I love your videos man, they keep me entertained on the road driving my semi. Talking about old grease; when I worked at the pit mines in Kentucky. I remember the older guys talking about grease that on a calm day would make about a 40-50 ft. Booger when they greased the shive on the Page & Erie draglines. Thanks for the videos man
Those idler bushings look so much like the roller bushings in the Cat 10 that you rebuilt years ago! Cant wait to see how they look once you get them cleaned up :)
Thanks for the videos. I maintained the 60's vintage component designs and created new UC configurations for the small series III D dozers from 91 to 93. Always amazed me how the basic designs lasted so long .... because they worked. Never knew older machines had idlers that light.
It's always nice to see over greased parts then parts with pieces missing. The idler bronze bushings are a guenine work of art keep up the great videos 👍👍👍👍
If I needed mon•o•tone, I'd be watching someone painting. Mechanical things have character, and most mechanics have too, and/or two, but not always. Good work!
That’s right I watch these to see things getting taken apart, that’s usually the easy part, but putting them back together is the fun part, I know this because I have been doing this since I was 16 years old, and now I’m 63, love the way you do the reassembly I can’t wait for this old cat comes back to life, Rick
I love your channel sir, the content, expert narrative, film quality and scope of work are always top notch and you seem like a really honest and humble chap only to willing to share your knowledge whilst restoring this old girl back to her mechanical best again. Well done, I think your videos are as good as it can get. Many thanks
A friend of mine always looked at me crazy when i'd dip bolts in what ever used motor/gear oil was handy that day whenever I assembled things we were working on. Hes never had a bolt that I attended to seize up.
If these springs are anything like the structural springs used to tension glass building facades (about the same size), then the threaded rod breaking would be a really nice rocket.
Those bushings just ooze of the love and care that was put into their construction. They have their very own Art Deco character and style. Anything made today, including modern replacement bushings for this are just plain and dull. But what do you expect from a society of cookie cutter everything. These bushings represent a piece made by Michelangelo. But today if all you gave him was poop to make his sculpture it's STILL POOP.
Seeing all that old grease on everything takes me back in time. My dad used to pump until grease appeared, then add an extra 5 or 10 shots. All his equipment looked just like those bearing caps!
I will never own or take apart a D2, but I really enjoy watching your videos. You are a great mechanic and I sometimes see you do things that will help me with some project of mine.
Thanks for your videos; I have learned a lot from you and senior. You guys are methodical. A couple of comments on this video: Zerk Shields: The Zerk shields might have been to protect the tubes in the factory. If there was a rash of tube breakage in the factory, the shields could reduce rework. Different axil designs: The different axil designs was probably from the individual axils being designed by different engineers. I was an aerospace electronics engineer. In a previous life, I did production support. Even though I was an electrical engineer - there are times that I dealt with mechanical issues and saw similar things happen in our factory.
I'm sure I have gone on at least one rant on this channel before but here I go again :P AntiSeize is good for certain applications, but ANYWHERE that it even MIGHT encounter any salt..... use grease instead ;) Antiseize ultimately is much like WD40/insert your favourite penetrating fluid here in my opinion. They work, but so does diesel, and they all cost a lot more than $1.40 a litre that you can get diesel for. Same applies with antiseize compounds, they work in their intended application, but so does regular "whatever is in the gun" grease, and often (like when salt enters the equation) the cheap grease performs better. Growing up on the farm Dad always had a bucket of Kopr-Kote and a drum of Inox, they were his preferred brands that had proven themselves to him over many decades, but I reckon at least 70ish% of the time we would use GP grease or straight old regular diesel instead because they achieve more or less the same result for a fraction of the price. Side note, the climate/conditions here in Australia are a little different and I have literally never seen snow in my life so salt is not exactly a common enemy for us unless its near the ocean, or in low lying areas without trees, but even then the name brand compounds are basically just fancy overpriced grease :D anything that disperses water/moisture will work. Fun experiment, squeeze some lemon juice into some diesel in a squirty bottle and not many people will believe it ISN'T WD40 :O
I retired from a railroad and used a home made concoction of antiseize made up from powdered graphite and grease. It worked very well on bolt threads and fasteners.
Anti-seize is best used high heat application area where grease best used it generally purpose cold areas and so on and anti-seize is made up of a high-quality grease base and lubricating solids (copper, graphite, aluminum, calcium oxide etc.)
We still have an old d2 in our shops yard. It uses a pony motor to start the main engine. Cleveland bros can still have parts for it 7am next day even though its like 60 years old.
Excellent, as usual. I liked the other reference to the air gun! 😊 I always click on your videos asap! Keep up the good work. I marvel at your detail work!
I love those bushings. That's just great. the amount of thrust washers ad shims in those under carriages is wonderful... if people new how to put them in right.
Watch I think you should do an experiment do you have another complete idler if you do show us cleaning them like you said and show us that you won't get all the stuff out I think it would be an interesting video and then clean the bushings that you got I think it would make a really cool videos just my opinion thanks for the great work that you do and the cool videos that you put out
I am venturing away from anti-seize. It worked fine for me when I lived in the Pacific Northwest, but I have discovered since I moved to Arizona that the low humidity here causes anti-seize to dry out, crack, and fall out. So I am now using an EP rated Moly grease when re-assembling parts.
I'm sure glad that I found your channel, I'm currently rebuilding a 1981 Lincoln SA 200 welding machine. I like your approach to rebuilding old equipment.
I heard a story once about a guy that had put a D8 spring in the back of his pickup and was going down the road with it and the bolt broke and shot the bolt into the back of the cab, if a person had been sitting in the middle of the cab they would have been killed or crippled. This happened in the mid 70's in the state of Washington
As I C Weld often says, "This isn't a 'how to do it', this is a 'how I did it' ". Your mentioning that the D2 is the smallest dozer in the series got me wondering if there is any historical indication that a D1 ever existed. Maybe the first prototype dozer?
Grease works better on these bolts for the same reason why these machines use grease instead of oil. Every additive has it's place, oils and antiseize work great for when the bolt won't see much ingress of fine debris and moisture. Grease is just heavier duty and seals better from the elements. I would also imagine torque is a fairly substantial factor when it comes to antiseize, based on how the stuff actually works. The fact that old grease stays mostly greasy, when it hasn't been exposed to the elements to dry out, is a testament as to why grease is a better bolt lubricant for this application; grease just works better for nastier environments.
I like your cheapie press. Everyone doesn’t need a ten thousand dollar press and you have one that can be upgraded with a little welding and a new stronger jack. Besides that better tools don’t necessarily make better craftsman and you have plenty of skill in that area.
If you ever replace those bronze bearings...I would say clean up the old and polish them to a mirror shine (alot of work) but boy howdy would a shiny bushing be a conversation starter huh Keep em coming!!!!
Great video again, thank you, getting down and dirty... I been wanting to make ultrasonic cleaning tank, would do great for all that Grease .. I learned from my fauther to use Antisize, so plenty have learn a curtain way, so used and learn others.... :)
Pretty hard grease! I think those bushings required the loose runny grease originally. Grease today would just fill those cavities and grease little? That impact snuck in there lol
It's cos they're not particularly effective, also in terms of a more modern assembly line it's another bit to drop/misplace in comparison to a flange head fasteners. The smaller hex head is annoying if it's all rusted up tho.
I wonder what the paint looks like under all that grease... either brand new or it just got eaten away by the grease over time. Hopefully you have a way to remove it without too much labor!
I saw you teardown the sprockets and said there was no seals used, but is creating the witness wiping marks on the sprocket hub around the 10:10 time mark? Suprises you didnt take the adjustment spring apart, there could have been a suprise left by one of the Cat Assembly line people! Also, no reference back to historical D2 book on the upgrade to adjustment spring capnuts? Surprised Cat didn't mention that.
What determines a full repaint versus sympathetic restoration. Is is trying to retain patina or for you does it matter. I can’t imagine any of these beasts rusting out any time soon.
Damn, when you see hard dry grease like that, you know that your whear will be at a minimum at best. But damn, having to use a chisel or punch to get the stuff off is (ugh) but good to see. Thanks for sharing....
Anti-seize only works in certain applications or certain kinds of applications if that makes any sense your application in particular anti-seize would not work very well because of the constant mud and water that the boats will be seen Greece would work much better anti-seize can dissolve in water now if it were up much higher on the tractor then it would be better than Greece due to the fact that the high moisture content down below on the truck frames will keep the grease nice and wet but where the grease doesn't have a constant flow of you know some kind of lubricant or anything else because let's face it those undercarriages they get greasy everywhere but something up higher that doesn't the grease will eventually dry out
Am I the only one who wants to see those parts being cleaned? It’s like excavating a Bronze Age artifact. I want to see those bronze parts reveal themselves as you remove the gunk and goo off of them.
Same! As machinist, that stuff is like a wet dream😂
I would wear a t-shirt that said " Squatch253's Tractor Porn RUclips Channel " With two D2's "Making Bacon"
😊😊🤣😂🤣
Those look like a real "Release the Shmoo!" moment
@@squatch253 oh, you're tempting me!
Leaving the different styles of idler nuts on the this tractor is interesting because it is part of its history.
There is no way I'm ever going to work on heavy equipment let alone on an antique piece of equipment yet I find myself totally immersed in your video series on bringing old equipment back to great working condition. I learn something every time I watch another video. Your approach to describing what you are doing along with your complete, calm, understandable explanations are the best, and I find, applicable to working on other pieces of equipment. Thanks for bringing us along.
One of the most underrated channels in youtube, keep up the good work
Watching these kind of videos is like watching training films. I work in a foundry and I am constantly repairing and rebuilding old conveyors and shuttles and all manner of equipment. Shafts, grease, bearings, gears, seals, etc. are the same the world over. I especially love seeing the techniques people use to remove broken bolts, seized up bearings, damaged threads.
So nice to see small manageable pieces that don't want to remove nails or fingers. Did undercarriage on a D11 last night, rollers weigh 330 pounds each, this looks way more fun to me. This is clearly been taken care of in the past as the bushings and shafts are not worn or anything, someone who owned her had pride in her ownership.
I do admire the neat, clean and orderly methods; clean threads, chased bolt holes, appropriate lube.. great to watch
Two words: Rick Bork. I’ve though I’ve seen everything, but Rick Bork achieves a new level with his hotel sock cooler solution . I truly feel for you Sequatch253…..
@@squatch253 Yes, and that was more “Bork” than I wanted to see for sure…. You know there is only so much “Bork” I can tolerate during a given setting…. I wonder if Holiday Inn Express has considered asking Rick Bork to be their spokesman in their upcoming commercials??
As others have said, I’ll never be restoring a bulldozer but I always like watching you work on yours. It’s the mix of wrenching with humor and knowledge and experience that is just enjoyable. I hope you always have a project to provide content so we can continue to look over your shoulder for a long time to come. Great video, as always. 🥸👍👀🔧
*YEP!*
Those bushings are darn near works of Art, but they were made by Stan. Art was running the machine next to him.
(I really don't know where I come up with this stuff!)
Looking forward to the next episode.
Cheers!
You had the elusive pneumatic impact out huh? That’s a rare sight on this channel! Take care squatch. Good work!
What's the occasion for the ugga dugga?
As a former combat engineer, I can say with confidence that the recoil springs should be given the same respect as an old landmine.
Squatch don’t care what any may say… I’m here cuz you the best I’ve seen on RUclips!! Your explaining & camera work is just as good as being there in the shop with ya! 👍 seen others point and talk 🤷♂️ dunno what they pointing at or wtf they blabbing about … in the field or in the shop … enjoyable channel 😁👍
Enjoyable channel!
@@dans_Learning_Curve lol 👍 mechanical vids aside, who else can make a vid on building a rock pile & digging a ditch laying a drain pipe worth watching? 😜🤣
Wont be long The old girl will be moving..Coming along Nicely. Great Video...
I love how they built old equipment, “my opinion is “ they were more and better craftsman & craftsmanship then!!
My experience is similar to yours, but in the marine field. I share your love of great old grease covered shafts and bushings !! lol.
Can't wait for the day when you turn the key. Please make it a GLOBAL participation moment !
Always look forward to another video from Squatch 253.
It's very likely that I will never see or own a tractor or work on one. I just really enjoy watching you work on them. Your personality, attention to detail being so methodical. You'd be a great teacher. There's a lot of guys out there trying to do the same thing but I only watch you and a few others. I like channels like this. I also watch Joe's Classic video games. He repairs vintage pinball and arcade games. The comment's of "you're doing it wrong" are ridiculous too. Keep up the great work and thanks for the videos.
To use a dead shaft it keeps the caps from spreading… the frame may spread, but the caps stays together saving the bearings!
I hate anti seize! But working in a refinery changed my mind about it’s use. The great thing about anti sneeze (lol) is that it has two stages of lubricity, a liquid and a solid, once the liquid has evaporated, washed off or otherwise degraded, you still have the protection of the powdered copper or other substrate to ease in disassembly, having said that, I only use it when in a hot service or when the part will be subjected directly to ambient environments. Little known fact,,,,, 1 drop of anti sneeze covers approximately 2.137 acres!😂
16:38 those bushing are incredibly cool. At first, i wondered, why the heck 4 holes, and four pockets.. what's the point, then it dawned on me. As these operate, the heat will liquefy the grease, to some extent, meaning that regardless of what position the idler wheel is in, at least one chamber/pocket is always in a position to seep grease into the bearing part of the bushing. These mad lads... the size of their brains is unreal. You don't even have the notion of lubrifying bearings anymore these days, it's all sealed up and one path to destruction.
Those idler bushings are a thing of beauty
In the sawmill i worked at the edger saw arbors had sleeves to drive the saws. When they were put on with anitiseize they had to be cut off. When they were put on with liberal amounts of high quality grease they pretty much just slide right off.
I love your videos man, they keep me entertained on the road driving my semi.
Talking about old grease; when I worked at the pit mines in Kentucky. I remember the older guys talking about grease that on a calm day would make about a 40-50 ft. Booger when they greased the shive on the Page & Erie draglines. Thanks for the videos man
Those idler bushings look so much like the roller bushings in the Cat 10 that you rebuilt years ago! Cant wait to see how they look once you get them cleaned up :)
Thanks for the videos. I maintained the 60's vintage component designs and created new UC configurations for the small series III D dozers from 91 to 93. Always amazed me how the basic designs lasted so long .... because they worked. Never knew older machines had idlers that light.
It's always nice to see over greased parts then parts with pieces missing. The idler bronze bushings are a guenine work of art keep up the great videos 👍👍👍👍
Totally enjoy the time spent with you in the shop. And don't sweat the "tangents", that's just just Squatch doing your thing.
If I needed mon•o•tone, I'd be watching someone painting. Mechanical things have character, and most mechanics have too, and/or two, but not always. Good work!
Tangent stories are a *PLUS!*
Thank You Sir👉🏼great to watch your video with my morning cup of tea🇨🇦🤜🏼
That’s right I watch these to see things getting taken apart, that’s usually the easy part, but putting them back together is the fun part, I know this because I have been doing this since I was 16 years old, and now I’m 63, love the way you do the reassembly I can’t wait for this old cat comes back to life, Rick
I love your channel sir, the content, expert narrative, film quality and scope of work are always top notch and you seem like a really honest and humble chap only to willing to share your knowledge whilst restoring this old girl back to her mechanical best again. Well done, I think your videos are as good as it can get. Many thanks
Man does this bring back memories of when I rebuilt the front idlers on my old 4R series D6 Cat. Thanks so very much for all you share with us.
A friend of mine always looked at me crazy when i'd dip bolts in what ever used motor/gear oil was handy that day whenever I assembled things we were working on.
Hes never had a bolt that I attended to seize up.
Antiseize drys over a short-term. We used to antiseize boom pins on digger Derrick. We ended up using a fibrous grease
If these springs are anything like the structural springs used to tension glass building facades (about the same size), then the threaded rod breaking would be a really nice rocket.
I have a ship from 1933 and they put grease with old oil on bolts on bulk head and came appart without a hustle. and it did sail in salty water.
Almost as much fun as cleaning an M1 coated in Cosmoline.
So u are passionate about what u do, I like to watch it
LOL I knew about two sentences you were going to say those bushing were a thing of beauty. BTW I agree with you.
Those bushings just ooze of the love and care that was put into their construction. They have their very own Art Deco character and style. Anything made today, including modern replacement bushings for this are just plain and dull. But what do you expect from a society of cookie cutter everything. These bushings represent a piece made by Michelangelo. But today if all you gave him was poop to make his sculpture it's STILL POOP.
@@stephenstrohacker7863 Well said
Seeing all that old grease on everything takes me back in time. My dad used to pump until grease appeared, then add an extra 5 or 10 shots. All his equipment looked just like those bearing caps!
I see what you mean on the idler bushings,they are made to hold grease...very cool.
I will never own or take apart a D2, but I really enjoy watching your videos. You are a great mechanic and I sometimes see you do things that will help me with some project of mine.
Thanks for your videos; I have learned a lot from you and senior. You guys are methodical.
A couple of comments on this video:
Zerk Shields: The Zerk shields might have been to protect the tubes in the factory. If there was a rash of tube breakage in the factory, the shields could reduce rework.
Different axil designs: The different axil designs was probably from the individual axils being designed by different engineers.
I was an aerospace electronics engineer. In a previous life, I did production support. Even though I was an electrical engineer - there are times that I dealt with mechanical issues and saw similar things happen in our factory.
Do you have RUclips content?
@@dans_Learning_Curve No -- just a RUclips civilian.
I'm sure I have gone on at least one rant on this channel before but here I go again :P AntiSeize is good for certain applications, but ANYWHERE that it even MIGHT encounter any salt..... use grease instead ;) Antiseize ultimately is much like WD40/insert your favourite penetrating fluid here in my opinion. They work, but so does diesel, and they all cost a lot more than $1.40 a litre that you can get diesel for. Same applies with antiseize compounds, they work in their intended application, but so does regular "whatever is in the gun" grease, and often (like when salt enters the equation) the cheap grease performs better. Growing up on the farm Dad always had a bucket of Kopr-Kote and a drum of Inox, they were his preferred brands that had proven themselves to him over many decades, but I reckon at least 70ish% of the time we would use GP grease or straight old regular diesel instead because they achieve more or less the same result for a fraction of the price. Side note, the climate/conditions here in Australia are a little different and I have literally never seen snow in my life so salt is not exactly a common enemy for us unless its near the ocean, or in low lying areas without trees, but even then the name brand compounds are basically just fancy overpriced grease :D anything that disperses water/moisture will work. Fun experiment, squeeze some lemon juice into some diesel in a squirty bottle and not many people will believe it ISN'T WD40 :O
WD-40 Water Displacement 40th try, or so rummer has it.
JB-80 Twice as good as ^. LoL 😂😆
I retired from a railroad and used a home made concoction of antiseize made up from powdered graphite and grease. It worked very well on bolt threads and fasteners.
Anti-seize is best used high heat application area where grease best used it generally purpose cold areas and so on and anti-seize is made up of a high-quality grease base and lubricating solids (copper, graphite, aluminum, calcium oxide etc.)
Thanks!! Looking forward to the next
OMG I just saw the Bucyrus Erie sign ... Cool . 😳 I'm embraced to say I type too much when I should be paying attention.
@@squatch253 I understand that, Thanks for taking the time to respond 👍😁 Take all the time you need I'm retired 😁
We still have an old d2 in our shops yard. It uses a pony motor to start the main engine. Cleveland bros can still have parts for it 7am next day even though its like 60 years old.
Excellent, as usual. I liked the other reference to the air gun! 😊 I always click on your videos asap! Keep up the good work. I marvel at your detail work!
Love your enthusiasm!
I love those bushings. That's just great. the amount of thrust washers ad shims in those under carriages is wonderful... if people new how to put them in right.
Watch I think you should do an experiment do you have another complete idler if you do show us cleaning them like you said and show us that you won't get all the stuff out I think it would be an interesting video and then clean the bushings that you got I think it would make a really cool videos just my opinion thanks for the great work that you do and the cool videos that you put out
I am venturing away from anti-seize. It worked fine for me when I lived in the Pacific Northwest, but I have discovered since I moved to Arizona that the low humidity here causes anti-seize to dry out, crack, and fall out. So I am now using an EP rated Moly grease when re-assembling parts.
I sure enjoy the info, remove, inspect and progress of this little D2….
I'm sure glad that I found your channel, I'm currently rebuilding a 1981 Lincoln SA 200 welding machine. I like your approach to rebuilding old equipment.
I use nickel antiseize on spark plugs on alloy heads to stop them seizing
Hi again , yes with antiseize - I use lanolin … the best ! Have a go …
I’m learning from you so keep doing what your doing and forget the negativity of peoples comments. Keep your positive outlook which is infectious.
Really good update an explanation on track assembly 👍
Another great video and great tutorial! Loved and enjoyed every single minute of it! I think we all learn a lot from the master!👌😎👍
Another great video! Thanks!
I'm surprised you didn't bosh a load of grease across the end plates of the track springs before installing them, just to keep out any corrosion.
I heard a story once about a guy that had put a D8 spring in the back of his pickup and was going down the road with it and the bolt broke and shot the bolt into the back of the cab, if a person had been sitting in the middle of the cab they would have been killed or crippled. This happened in the mid 70's in the state of Washington
Outstanding!
As I C Weld often says, "This isn't a 'how to do it', this is a 'how I did it' ".
Your mentioning that the D2 is the smallest dozer in the series got me wondering if there is any historical indication that a D1 ever existed. Maybe the first prototype dozer?
Grease works better on these bolts for the same reason why these machines use grease instead of oil. Every additive has it's place, oils and antiseize work great for when the bolt won't see much ingress of fine debris and moisture. Grease is just heavier duty and seals better from the elements. I would also imagine torque is a fairly substantial factor when it comes to antiseize, based on how the stuff actually works. The fact that old grease stays mostly greasy, when it hasn't been exposed to the elements to dry out, is a testament as to why grease is a better bolt lubricant for this application; grease just works better for nastier environments.
I like your cheapie press. Everyone doesn’t need a ten thousand dollar press and you have one that can be upgraded with a little welding and a new stronger jack. Besides that better tools don’t necessarily make better craftsman and you have plenty of skill in that area.
If you ever replace those bronze bearings...I would say clean up the old and polish them to a mirror shine (alot of work) but boy howdy would a shiny bushing be a conversation starter huh
Keep em coming!!!!
black moly grease i used for years cat sells a pure moly used on new er torque turn like for rods and main caps but very pricey stuff
great job wonderful video congratulations one day i also hope to become as good as you
Nice job!
Very good video
Good work 👍🏻
Great video again, thank you, getting down and dirty... I been wanting to make ultrasonic cleaning tank, would do great for all that Grease .. I learned from my fauther to use Antisize, so plenty have learn a curtain way, so used and learn others.... :)
Great session Squatch253.
I would switch sides with those idler shafts
I find Cats fondness for using both coarse and fine thread hardware interesting.
Pretty hard grease! I think those bushings required the loose runny grease originally. Grease today would just fill those cavities and grease little?
That impact snuck in there lol
Excellent
Good Video
I never has to use a punch to break off old grease, amazing. Petrified grease, who knew?
I think I've better get my eyes checked, I could have sworn there was an impact wrench in this video!😲
It’s interesting on these older machines the use of split lock washers. On modern cat equipment they’re almost non existent.
It's cos they're not particularly effective, also in terms of a more modern assembly line it's another bit to drop/misplace in comparison to a flange head fasteners. The smaller hex head is annoying if it's all rusted up tho.
Great knowledge!
Exellent work, Sir! For some reason I'm itching toget to scrape the old grease.
Like a Recoil Spring Ninja!
I have used the silver stuff on tread's but not lately because it makes a mess i also greased the threads with good results.
Love your videos. Detailed and informative
Nice
I wonder what the paint looks like under all that grease... either brand new or it just got eaten away by the grease over time. Hopefully you have a way to remove it without too much labor!
Right people are different theirs no right way or wrong way
I saw you teardown the sprockets and said there was no seals used, but is creating the witness wiping marks on the sprocket hub around the 10:10 time mark?
Suprises you didnt take the adjustment spring apart, there could have been a suprise left by one of the Cat Assembly line people!
Also, no reference back to historical D2 book on the upgrade to adjustment spring capnuts? Surprised Cat didn't mention that.
What determines a full repaint versus sympathetic restoration. Is is trying to retain patina or for you does it matter. I can’t imagine any of these beasts rusting out any time soon.
50 ton press to compress a spring to install a new tension bolt on a D6 D
Archival protective grease! Kinda like field applied Cosmoline.
Damn, when you see hard dry grease like that, you know that your whear will be at a minimum at best. But damn, having to use a chisel or punch to get the stuff off is (ugh) but good to see. Thanks for sharing....
Ever use unscented petroleum jelly like vaseline an old guy said it will keep your nuts from rusting....
Wow, I wonder how old the idler grease is, that amount was crazy good, they practically look new.
Yeah I almost don’t want to pull those bearings,😂, be honest you look forward to that stuff. Any chance to dig at old grease!
Anti-seize only works in certain applications or certain kinds of applications if that makes any sense your application in particular anti-seize would not work very well because of the constant mud and water that the boats will be seen Greece would work much better anti-seize can dissolve in water now if it were up much higher on the tractor then it would be better than Greece due to the fact that the high moisture content down below on the truck frames will keep the grease nice and wet but where the grease doesn't have a constant flow of you know some kind of lubricant or anything else because let's face it those undercarriages they get greasy everywhere but something up higher that doesn't the grease will eventually dry out