The manufacturers (all) make equipment way, way too complicated for the average farmer who has average knowledge and average tools to work and fix today's equipment. The only way I know to combat this is to stick with older equipment that we can repair without having to call out two high-priced mechanics just to load it on a damn tow trailer and haul into the shop.
Wow! Way cool guys. No way we could pull this one off. Very professional. I really didn't understand the reason for the torn up threads on the drive wheel. Some serious damage. Reinstalling that track was amazing. Well done guys!!!
The reasons for elongated holes are limited to 3 reasons: poor metal quality of either component (Hub or bolt), incorrect bolt tensile or more likely loose bolts through lack of service checks and lack of thread lock. The latter has been a big factor with wheel loss on many vehicles. Is there a regular servcing advisary on these components?
@@deeremeyer1749 mechanic: -a person who repairs and maintains machinery. technician: -a person employed to look after technical equipment or do practical work in a laboratory. -an expert in the practical application of a science. -a person skilled in the technique of an art or craft. Yes, I know mechanics are now titled as "techs".
Thanks for another dynamic video ZK and Ben. It was extremely interesting and informative to see this track progress fixed far enough to load on a trailer to take to the dealership. My compliments to you ZK and helper Ben for the work you did in the field condition no less. Wow and wow. Looked like a difficult job in the service bay much less out in the field. That track is huge and must weight as much as a car I am assuming. Glad you have that crane system on your truck ZK. Almost impossible without it. Wow. You and Ben did a great job of retreading those bolt holes good enough to get the track back on and good enough to load on a trailer. You both just amazed me on how you tackled the job and got it put back together again. Neat story they put the big tires on it to replace the tracks as a new track system was not immediately available. Good solution to that issue for now anyway. Keeps the farmer in the combine for harvest season so all is good. Appreciate the hard work you both put into this project and got the combine moving again. Amazing work ZK and Ben!!!!!!! Great job done!!!!!!!’ The Iowa farm boy. Steve 😊👋👍👍✅🇺🇸
Zeth and Ben, they will have to call you the dynamic duo from now on! That was a masterclass in teamwork. you both knew what you were doing and let the other one do what they needed to do, with barely a question between you. As you were getting going, I had a semi flashback to when a friend and I were sent to recover a tractor from a yard where it had broken down. Only problem was, that said yard, was 9" deep in slurry and neither of us had been told about the slurry. I was the first to get there and didn't know how deep it was and just started to walk across the yard. I got literally 2 paces across, and was in 4" of it, right over my boots not even wellies. That was literally a shit job, that I left that night! At least you got the job done to get it back to the shop. Hope to see the Pt 3.
We got a farmer up our way that's got a 9x combined in the first thing he did with it was take the bolts out drill the holes out bolts and nuts for his lug bolts
@@joescheller6680 Part of the daily routine is checking for loose bolts Very lucky are few days ago with the nose weights on are R370 tracked machine Two bolts had popped the heads off. In the end the bolts where fractionally to long and where bottoming out Same thing with wheel bolts tighten torque and retorque them till they don’t come loose anymore
Think this is the first video (other than when you initially got it) that we have got to see the 1” Milwaukee impact in action. Also the ending comments about sewing the leg back on got me laughing more than probably most as I’m a right leg amputee wishing it was as easy as actually sewing the leg on lol.
How does thirteen bolts come loose at the same time? I know a few may have been pulled out but, give me a break JD who ever tighten them to start with or, was it like of routine maintenance
I used to think that until we had a brand new 7230r transmission go out at 100 hrs. Dealer was out of loaners and Deere corporate said tough shit. Had to hire the neighbor to finish planting for us.
In the old days, Deere prohibited dealers from admitting any kind of failure and only permitting transporting machines after working hours. Look it up:)
That is not a field adjustment that is a manufacturer defect coffee break forgot to go back at the task at hand oh yeah everything's quality built today
More common than you might imagine with big displacement diesels .. The lower skirt of a piston snags the sleave on the downstroke.. Then drags that or a portion of the sleave down to the crank.. and well.. it does not stop there.. the other cylinders that are still firing tend to send things into orbit..... Far more common with fresh engines and Good ol' Master Tech would set those to run hot and at a higher and less efficient engine speed to wear in the cylinder walls.. Dougo runs a lot of BIG iron and probably knows that not only gives less torque but also costs more in fuel..... Doubt very much that Brody did anything he hadn't been told to do.. Probably was on the cold side and throwing out max torque when things went into orbit... Doesn't really matter what color they are.. it happens... Hate to see it happen to such hard working people.
Bolts are essentially mechanical springs. Many bolt tightening specifications call out a bolt torque. The bolt torque causes the bolts to be lengthened or stretched. For an excellent bolted joint, the bolt axial stiffness needs to be much lower than the abutment (the two pieces of metal, the combine's final drive hub and rubber belt drive wheel, that are bolted together). By doing this causes the external loads on the bolted joint to be seen more so by the bolted joint abutment than the bolts. If this ratio is not correct then the bolts will loosen up and the carnage seen in this repair video. Why the Deere engineers said to get the paint out of the bolted joint was to try to minimize the amount of M24 bolt preload or bolt stretch loss due to the softness of paint. Paint in highly loaded bolted joints should be avoided. What would make this bolted joint be more robust would be to use longer M24 bolts and long but hardened, thick-walled spacers. Look at the back wheels on these combines for there are long thick-walled spacers with longer bolts being used.
Remind me of getting tracks off big dozers rubber tracks easy to move around with the nice crane good job both of you do 30 years of heavy equipment lots of road calls I went on if I needed extra help my service manager came with great videos guy
That track assembly weighs as much as an old Chevy Suburban. At least it wasn't raining. How could those huge bolts come loose? Maybe they need a little thread locker on them? If I had to guess, I would say that someone didn't tighten them to the specified torque at the factory. Maybe temperature change had something to do with the loosening.
Tell me again about all the advantages of tracks over duals. Did you check torque on the drive wheel bolts on the other side? What is the correct torque and maintenance time interval for the drive wheel bolts?
Good work men 💪👍👍 John Deere should offer as an option built in jacks for servicing these big machines. An option because not everyone may want the added expense. Joid job guys ✌️💚
Larsons Deere is getting a new heart and it sounds like, from the video at least, heart surgery will be performed IN the field. Can't wait to see that one.
@@JohnSmith-uy2jg it would be warranty repair if it was as new as your saying so no cost to them plus it only took 3 days to repair so I highly doubt that they had catastrophic crop losses
For fixing threads or rethreading I would use "Taper Tap". Tap aligns in the hole faster which helps in preventing tapping crooked. Not very useful in shallow blind holes.
When you are trying to pick up a damaged interior thread, a bottom tap is your last choice. A Taper tap /starter tap is your best choice with a Plug tap as second best. Makes catching the true thread much easier.
@@panders55But John Deere would lead you to believe that their machinery have no issue. Just get out your checkbook and write us a big check is there thinking
Basically the same setup with the drive sprocket in all machines. JD has issues but this particular failure was due to poor maintenance. Somebody failed to notice the sprocket bolts being loose probably for multiple years. They are supposed to be checked every so many hours.
We’re a Case farming family. We switched to Red after headaches and down time over 15 years because of a number of issues, both mechanical and electrical with our Deere Combine and two tractors. Deere just not reliable, from new as you can see from these videos. Case works much better for us. Not sponsored, just a 🇨🇦 farmer in Alberta.
Did the bolts just loosened up over time? Is there a periodic torque requirement? There is one on my IH round baler. On my IH tractors I installed grade 8 lock nuts on the other side of the hub to insure I do not loose a wheel due to loosening lug bolts. If there is room for the lock nuts there is no reason not to do this.
I would for the future cut down the shank of an m24x3 tap and chop off about 2/3 of the threaded end so you could slip in into the drive flange from the back side and fix the threads from the wrong side. Alternatively a shop that does EDM could cut a square drive or hex drive hole to do the same tap from the rear side. Question. Do you paint mark the drive sprocket lug bolts allowing operators to see if they are backing off?
Looks like no one has done a walkaround of the machine to check for loose bolts, worn belts etc. Every operator should have a daily check list in the cab and it should be done daily when operating any machine.
Nice work, one question, without head, what is the gross weight of that combine? You you two gentlemen put in a good days work on this one for sure. Thanks for the video, enjoyed watching.
Don't have time to go thru all posts, but did watch all the video. Why are you taking it back to the shop for removal of complete unit? Other than the bolts holes messed up some, which you corrected, the units looks OK. A nut welded on the back of the spindle would work. I guess if a brand machine I purchased had this happen, I would want it totally repaired. Just asking.
I see in some of the comments people ask how does something like that come apart anyway? My theory is they work the machine so hard that there's bound to be something coming loose, the other thing I'd like to say is, why isn't there studs and safety wire on something like that? It doesn't take John Deere to put it on.
@@ZKMasterTech I am a LEGAL immigrant since 1988 and LOVE the US, i am just a chemist and cannot fix much. May our Lord look after you and keep you safe is my prayer. take care. im impressed.
Maybe pack a bottle or two of some cheap liquid dish soap for jobs like this, squirt some at the contact areas between the tracks and the rubber rollers. Helps ease the stickiness.
It can happen to red machines too. We lost the front duals off of our 9250 last year in a corn field. Kind of a similar situation to that, bolts wallered out the threads on the final drive.
Was just wondering, are these track drive combines worth the extra maintenance it obvious takes compared to the regular tires? I guess it depends where you live and the kind of weather you have to contend with.
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The manufacturers (all) make equipment way, way too complicated for the average farmer who has average knowledge and average tools to work and fix today's equipment. The only way I know to combat this is to stick with older equipment that we can repair without having to call out two high-priced mechanics just to load it on a damn tow trailer and haul into the shop.
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Well done,nice to see the thinking going on to overcome the situation.
Wow! Way cool guys. No way we could pull this one off. Very professional. I really didn't understand the reason for the torn up threads on the drive wheel. Some serious damage. Reinstalling that track was amazing. Well done guys!!!
Thanks for watching!
The reasons for elongated holes are limited to 3 reasons: poor metal quality of either component (Hub or bolt), incorrect bolt tensile or more likely loose bolts through lack of service checks and lack of thread lock. The latter has been a big factor with wheel loss on many vehicles. Is there a regular servcing advisary on these components?
Awesome video. I’m farming neighbors with the owner of that combine. Sloans better never let you go! You are a great mechanic.
Deere dealers have technicians.
@@deeremeyer1749
mechanic:
-a person who repairs and maintains machinery.
technician:
-a person employed to look after technical equipment or do practical work in a laboratory.
-an expert in the practical application of a science.
-a person skilled in the technique of an art or craft.
Yes, I know mechanics are now titled as "techs".
Thanks for another dynamic video ZK and Ben.
It was extremely interesting and informative to see this track progress fixed far enough to load on a trailer to take to the dealership.
My compliments to you ZK and helper Ben for the work you did in the field condition no less. Wow and wow.
Looked like a difficult job in the service bay much less out in the field.
That track is huge and must weight as much as a car I am assuming. Glad you have that crane system on your truck ZK. Almost impossible without it. Wow. You and Ben did a great job of retreading those bolt holes good enough to get the track back on and good enough to load on a trailer. You both just amazed me on how you tackled the job and got it put back together again.
Neat story they put the big tires on it to replace the tracks as a new track system was not immediately available. Good solution to that issue for now anyway. Keeps the farmer in the combine for harvest season so all is good.
Appreciate the hard work you both put into this project and got the combine moving again.
Amazing work ZK and Ben!!!!!!! Great job done!!!!!!!’
The Iowa farm boy. Steve
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Now that was a job and a half even with both of you .
And no fork lift at hand ..👍👍👍
No easy task
Zeth and Ben, they will have to call you the dynamic duo from now on! That was a masterclass in teamwork. you both knew what you were doing and let the other one do what they needed to do, with barely a question between you. As you were getting going, I had a semi flashback to when a friend and I were sent to recover a tractor from a yard where it had broken down. Only problem was, that said yard, was 9" deep in slurry and neither of us had been told about the slurry. I was the first to get there and didn't know how deep it was and just started to walk across the yard. I got literally 2 paces across, and was in 4" of it, right over my boots not even wellies. That was literally a shit job, that I left that night! At least you got the job done to get it back to the shop. Hope to see the Pt 3.
We got a farmer up our way that's got a 9x combined in the first thing he did with it was take the bolts out drill the holes out bolts and nuts for his lug bolts
Great video. Nice to see some of the more unusual jobs you guys have to do.
You two do a incredible job of keeping that Green Iron moving thank you for another great video
Always fun to get the equipment serviceable just to get back to the shop/hangar to make permanent repairs 🖖
Wonder how long those bolts where loose for before it failed
That didnt happen right now them bolts werent checked should be part of daily inspection.
@@joescheller6680
Part of the daily routine is checking for loose bolts
Very lucky are few days ago with the nose weights on are R370 tracked machine
Two bolts had popped the heads off. In the end the bolts where fractionally to long and where bottoming out
Same thing with wheel bolts tighten torque and retorque them till they don’t come loose anymore
Sometimes even big wheels look good. The track itself is a beast. Nice work!
Thanks 👍
Great team work
Think this is the first video (other than when you initially got it) that we have got to see the 1” Milwaukee impact in action.
Also the ending comments about sewing the leg back on got me laughing more than probably most as I’m a right leg amputee wishing it was as easy as actually sewing the leg on lol.
Great video, Thanks Zeth and Ben!
How does thirteen bolts come loose at the same time? I know a few may have been pulled out but, give me a break JD who ever tighten them to start with or, was it like of routine maintenance
They're weren't torque to spec by the "mechanic(s)" that did the new machine "setup" and predelivery inspection.
That's what x amount of $ in dealer setup fee gets you.
Your service is wonderful for your customers 😊
This is what a Million dollars of scrap iron looks like
No, it’s what a failed PDI looks like.
Always enjoy your efforts. I know it is a lot of work. But satisfying. Well done!
That's a good thing about warranty work the dealer has to supply you with another one
I used to think that until we had a brand new 7230r transmission go out at 100 hrs. Dealer was out of loaners and Deere corporate said tough shit. Had to hire the neighbor to finish planting for us.
In the old days, Deere prohibited dealers from admitting any kind of failure and only permitting transporting machines after working hours. Look it up:)
Wow!
That's so you can't watch the hrs, or see the very poor build of the machine
Look it up where?
Today, they’re such complete shit that they can no longer hide it. If they didn’t work 24/7, they would never keep the shit running.
Great videos Zeth. I love your channel
I work in software development, and we follow the principle of 'not reinventing the wheel.' ... now I remember why 😂
I thought you guys continuously reinvent the wheel to keep your jobs.
Well done guys, i hope that Jackson Bros Farming here in Australia watched this clip because their dream is to own one of those track driven headers.
That is not a field adjustment that is a manufacturer defect coffee break forgot to go back at the task at hand oh yeah everything's quality built today
Tracks would have been installed at dealer. They ship with tracks removed
Wait till the parts come out of mexico
@@joescheller6680 or Spain. Look at the builder plate at 8:40
A lot of trucks here in New Zealand have plastic clip on pointers on their lug nuts to visually show a loosened nut at a glance.
Good teamwork guy's. Like how ya look after each other.
You should check out Larson Farms. John Deere with 300 some hours and the block blew apart
More common than you might imagine with big displacement diesels .. The lower skirt of a piston snags the sleave on the downstroke.. Then drags that or a portion of the sleave down to the crank.. and well.. it does not stop there.. the other cylinders that are still firing tend to send things into orbit..... Far more common with fresh engines and Good ol' Master Tech would set those to run hot and at a higher and less efficient engine speed to wear in the cylinder walls.. Dougo runs a lot of BIG iron and probably knows that not only gives less torque but also costs more in fuel..... Doubt very much that Brody did anything he hadn't been told to do.. Probably was on the cold side and throwing out max torque when things went into orbit... Doesn't really matter what color they are.. it happens... Hate to see it happen to such hard working people.
I watch it all the time, great show
Imagine doing that without your crane. I have been away from them for 20 years now and I see wheel studs still come loose!
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Bolts are essentially mechanical springs. Many bolt tightening specifications call out a bolt torque. The bolt torque causes the bolts to be lengthened or stretched. For an excellent bolted joint, the bolt axial stiffness needs to be much lower than the abutment (the two pieces of metal, the combine's final drive hub and rubber belt drive wheel, that are bolted together). By doing this causes the external loads on the bolted joint to be seen more so by the bolted joint abutment than the bolts. If this ratio is not correct then the bolts will loosen up and the carnage seen in this repair video. Why the Deere engineers said to get the paint out of the bolted joint was to try to minimize the amount of M24 bolt preload or bolt stretch loss due to the softness of paint. Paint in highly loaded bolted joints should be avoided. What would make this bolted joint be more robust would be to use longer M24 bolts and long but hardened, thick-walled spacers. Look at the back wheels on these combines for there are long thick-walled spacers with longer bolts being used.
Remind me of getting tracks off big dozers rubber tracks easy to move around with the nice crane good job both of you do 30 years of heavy equipment lots of road calls I went on if I needed extra help my service manager came with great videos guy
Working in the field is always a treat
That track assembly weighs as much as an old Chevy Suburban. At least it wasn't raining.
How could those huge bolts come loose? Maybe they need a little thread locker on them? If I had to guess, I would say that someone didn't tighten them to the specified torque at the factory. Maybe temperature change had something to do with the loosening.
Good job zk time for some beer
Tell me again about all the advantages of tracks over duals. Did you check torque on the drive wheel bolts on the other side? What is the correct torque and maintenance time interval for the drive wheel bolts?
Tracks can pull more weight and not get stuck. Maintenance is a must.
I swear that drive sprocket looks like a medieval torture device.
Good work men 💪👍👍
John Deere should offer as an option built in jacks for servicing these big machines. An option because not everyone may want the added expense.
Joid job guys ✌️💚
Always check your lug nuts. They shear off one by one until this happens.
Great video. Excellent channel and content
Welp.. if it's made of iron it's gonna break no matter what color it is.. nice job of getting her sorted in a safe manner.
Larsons Deere is getting a new heart and it sounds like, from the video at least, heart surgery will be performed IN the field. Can't wait to see that one.
yea deere got it replaced in 3 days
Just swapping engines.
Ez
@@JohnSmith-uy2jg it would be warranty repair if it was as new as your saying so no cost to them plus it only took 3 days to repair so I highly doubt that they had catastrophic crop losses
Also they probably let them have a loaner or had another they used
Great video. Perfect weather for.a.field.job.
For fixing threads or rethreading I would use "Taper Tap". Tap aligns in the hole faster which helps in preventing tapping crooked. Not very useful in shallow blind holes.
When you are trying to pick up a damaged interior thread, a bottom tap is your last choice. A Taper tap /starter tap is your best choice with a Plug tap as second best. Makes catching the true thread much easier.
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What do you think happened? Did the bolts come loose? Can you not just run a thread chaser through there and keep going?
Now I know again why I ain,t a fan off the green/yellow machines! Thanks for the video’s! I appriciate it!
The red machines can fight just as much
All machines have issues, not just Deere!
@@panders55But John Deere would lead you to believe that their machinery have no issue. Just get out your checkbook and write us a big check is there thinking
Basically the same setup with the drive sprocket in all machines. JD has issues but this particular failure was due to poor maintenance. Somebody failed to notice the sprocket bolts being loose probably for multiple years. They are supposed to be checked every so many hours.
@@ronnagel5374 That's not correct, I'll not argue with you either.
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I am very passionate about this type of harvest
Dam I love the tracks on them to but I didn’t know they weighed as much as a dam car
We’re a Case farming family. We switched to Red after headaches and down time over 15 years because of a number of issues, both mechanical and electrical with our Deere Combine and two tractors. Deere just not reliable, from new as you can see from these videos. Case works much better for us. Not sponsored, just a 🇨🇦 farmer in Alberta.
Iver's farm's get 3 new 9250's each year and all 3 have had issues, same last year. Doesn't make a difference red or green or gray, they break.
@@rolandlewellen8799 yep they break for sure. We’ve just found that our Case breaks less.
@@rolandlewellen8799Ivers issues are minor compared to this. What about Larson's new 100 hour jd combine where the motor blew up?
@@rolandlewellen8799Larson's new ( 100 hour ) combine had a rod go through the block causing many pieces?
@@ronnagel5374300 and it’s still used
Another awesome vid! What a job! Keep the deere's running!
Ben is a good dude !
Did the bolts just loosened up over time? Is there a periodic torque requirement? There is one on my IH round baler. On my IH tractors I installed grade 8 lock nuts on the other side of the hub to insure I do not loose a wheel due to loosening lug bolts. If there is room for the lock nuts there is no reason not to do this.
Looks like a spreader bar would sure help to save that track, from tearing. Just stressing the track from the edges will cause tearing in the future.
M24-3.0 Tap! Tool warehouse on wheels! Perhaps the original 10.9 bolts were not properly torqued at the factory?
They ship without tracks so it would be the dealer who possibly didn’t tighten them
Thanks for sharing Zeth.
Bless Excellent video on "Just keep persisting & you'll fix it." Thanks 😊
get you some Fluid Film for installing any rubber track, spray down the idlers and track. They will go on so easy you'll think something is wrong!
This sprocket was loose for some time it must of been making a lot of noise
You're not gonna hear anything lol
The bigger jack is only a 12 ton jack. Designed for sprayers. That's why it wouldn't lift the combine.
Please consider using the crane boom to apply push pressure to the belt.
I would for the future cut down the shank of an m24x3 tap and chop off about 2/3 of the threaded end so you could slip in into the drive flange from the back side and fix the threads from the wrong side. Alternatively a shop that does EDM could cut a square drive or hex drive hole to do the same tap from the rear side.
Question. Do you paint mark the drive sprocket lug bolts allowing operators to see if they are backing off?
Awesome job, ben 💪🇺🇸
Good Job Guys👍
Looks like no one has done a walkaround of the machine to check for loose bolts, worn belts etc. Every operator should have a daily check list in the cab and it should be done daily when operating any machine.
Yes your right on thats purely operater failure.
Obviously have no idea of operating a combine
All mechanics, their first statement..”that’s not good”..yep, been there too many times.
Tap + Milwaukee impact = success
Keep that green iron moving. . . . that certainly requires a little know how!
Nice work, one question, without head, what is the gross weight of that combine? You you two gentlemen put in a good days work on this one for sure. Thanks for the video, enjoyed watching.
Maybe doing a pre trip inspection on your machine might help with this type of stuff!!
Straight up carnage great repair video ZK MASTER TECH 💪 What are the advantages of Trax instead of a big rubber tire awesome job Thanks for sharing 👍
Good morning!
not sure about that other guy nice work!
Don't have time to go thru all posts, but did watch all the video. Why are you taking it back to the shop for removal of complete unit? Other than the bolts holes messed up some, which you corrected, the units looks OK. A nut welded on the back of the spindle would work. I guess if a brand machine I purchased had this happen, I would want it totally repaired. Just asking.
Can you tell us the root cause of the failure please. Great video, love watching skilled pros working it out as they go. Best from UK
It was probably mentioned, but how much does the track weigh?
I see in some of the comments people ask how does something like that come apart anyway? My theory is they work the machine so hard that there's bound to be something coming loose, the other thing I'd like to say is, why isn't there studs and safety wire on something like that? It doesn't take John Deere to put it on.
Good work Guys Maybe a sheet of flat steel. tin . With detergent under the track Will help
Job well done. Excellent. For want of a nail ...... On wards and up wards.
Been waiting for this one !!!!
I was hoping you would re tap and maybe go one size bigger. Very interesting.
Looking good from the uk and Jennifer Anniston on the video ( who says you can’t have it all).
First words oh my thats not good... I love u man good luck. Appreciate the food u give me.
Thanks for watching!
@@ZKMasterTech I am a LEGAL immigrant since 1988 and LOVE the US, i am just a chemist and cannot fix much. May our Lord look after you and keep you safe is my prayer. take care. im impressed.
Greetings from Dundalk, Ireland
Excellent job sir.
Maybe pack a bottle or two of some cheap liquid dish soap for jobs like this, squirt some at the contact areas between the tracks and the rubber rollers. Helps ease the stickiness.
What caused the bolts to come loose
Not being tight.
Did you se the hole in the larsons deere
Jd 13.5l engines have been blowing holes in blocks for yrs. They know it's a problem.
Yes we know that its a problem @shoresharp8349
I heard that the Welker farmers shot off there cannon and guess what it hit the Larson John Deere combine
Bearing cap failure on the piston connecting rod
i do believe a reman 6135 in 4x4 hourigan farms did same last year . big holes .
It can happen to red machines too. We lost the front duals off of our 9250 last year in a corn field. Kind of a similar situation to that, bolts wallered out the threads on the final drive.
At least the motor didn't blow lup like Larson's did
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Daily Walk around inspection?? Were those loose bolts hard to see??
You need a big chamfer bit to clean up the roll over before tapping. Get yourself some Ancher Lube.
Question, do you ever put locking inserts in the bad hole ?
Was just wondering, are these track drive combines worth the extra maintenance it obvious takes compared to the regular tires? I guess it depends where you live
and the kind of weather you have to contend with.
My question is, did you check the other side of the machine by chance?
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Nice work boys.
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