Given the owners of the equipment probably never greased or checked the machine your repair is perfect. Doing an "as new" line bore and press fit would be a waste of time if it's going to be abused in the long run. If your viewers want to see some real crazy repairs, try Pakistani Trucks on TH-cam. All of your critics will be silenced. Thanks for sharing.
Waist of time? My friend my opinion is to make it better then new or at least try it! If you have a attitude like that nobody wants to do business with you!
Those grease zerks aren’t required, just write your number on there, you’ll be back 😂. Great work as always, just what I needed before night shift. Keep safe out there, that big stuff bites harder as well.
Aloha, thanks for the video. Cool action shots. We just did a similar repair on a D7. Lots of build up and grinding. Our piece was worn a lot worse, so we bent 3/32" rods to build up the center of the hole first and kept the heat down. Afterwards they went strait in with some 1/8" rod. Then they ground a stone the same size as the new 4140 pin and did a poor man's line bore with the stone. It all worked out, but it took about three days! Keep spinning plates. Pick from a place of abundance. Keep them in your frame. You're a high value male with these skills.
I understand I didn't like the fit either, but I'm pretty sure from the factory these bushings had no press fit. The other side had little wear on it and it slid right out. Not a great design but it works.
@@EEJester1586 don't sweat it, you or someone else will be fixing it again in a couple years.... maybe sooner. those bushings are absolutely press fit!! without that press fit, that hard bushing is gonna wear that steel and wear it away causing movement and eventually break the bushings again. that's a line bore job all the way, or make a new ear with the bushings already press fit or at least machined.
I know you are all total pros at this you folks that would walk away have at it. Just don't expect them to go to you when they want to fix it right. That fix although not a proper 100%fix will get it moving dirt and keep a job on time and that can be worth more than fixing it " proper". Keep digging people.
I have done lots of repairs just like that. It's not the way I would like to do it but the machine was up and running and making money. The repair was more than likely just as good as the rest of the machine. Good job
I also do heavy equipment welding. With over 50 years experience.. This is just a patch job. There's nothing wrong with keeping your customer happy ! But give them the Choice of a professional job and a patch job ! And I also do line boring and facing.. I'll patch something up at 1st to keep them going to keep my customer from having down time.. Not having downtime is very important to your customer.. Working a scheduled shut down for repairs is good business ! Keeping America working with portable welding ! Nights, Weekends, Holidays, Anything to keep my customers from having down time And have them running their next scheduled workday on time ! No one wants to stick around while I'm welding the cracks on their full fuel tanks ! 🔥🤣🔥🇺🇸😎🇺🇸 American Pride ! ----‐----------------------- Good job with your welding young man ! Stay safe and always protect your eyes and fingers ! *"AMEN"* !!!
Nice, I tend to slit the weld on a pin like that with a 9" slitting disc that way the faces are clean. Field repairs are tough so cap tipped to you. My friend gave me a home made extension for a grinder it is like a stub axle so you can get inside a bore with a small wheel.
That has got to be a $5,000 to $10,000 repair. Hope that didn't insult you; I have no idea how to put a price on your work. But considering the cost of machine down-time, and the value of a proper repair extending machine life .... you are a real problem-solver!!
Hahaha you didn’t insult me. I wish I made that kind of money nah that’s really a easyish job compared to some I’ve faced. That kind of job is what I would call a camp job my favorite. Where are you can sit in one place weld one time move all your leads one time and finish the same day. Wish all my jobs were that easy.
then you will need to throw out the hydraulic cylinder that is located below the work site . it was necessary to protect the hydraulic cylinder from welding .
The thing about this joint is it never takes grease very long even new. Its the way it is made. Dirt gets imbedded in the bushing and it will stop taking grease its a high wear part just the way it is.
@@EEJester1586 you work on them, so you would know. If this is the issue, would it not make sense to modify things so that it will take grease and Last, Excavator pins and other pivots in heavy machinery that are continually loaded and operating in worse conditions than this still generally give reasonable service life
@@davidp8157 I don’t think any machine catches it worse than a dirt pan. When you run over a dirt clod the size of a minivan with 150,000 pounds behind you at 6 mile a hour for 10 hours a day it’s a tough life. Like cotton pickers, and Combines I don’t understand how they work as good as they do. You can modify things however you see fit but it works the way it is.
@@EEJester1586 first all great job!! Just a noob question do you think with the welding will it hold up just like it did up until now with the work they do on it? In other words will the fix that you did hold up in the long term just it did when they first time used it up till now or will you have to comeback to fix it again after a short run?
All y’all talking about line boring is funny to me. This is a Crabtree bucket and if you ever met Jimmy Crabtree you’d understand. He probably had a more precision fit after eyeballing it and welding it up than it had when it left Yazoo City brand new 😂😂😂.
Ethan, your a dead set legend mate. And G'day from Australia. I've got to do a very similar repair myself soon on a Hitachi ZX55U-2. Main Banana boom pin hole looks virtually identical to this dozer before your amazing work. You should be proud mate, that job was bloody brilliant and anyone who says otherwise is a waste of space keyvoard warrior. What people don't seem to realise is that when your out in the middle of bum fuck nowhere and the client doesn't have time to do a full cleanup and linebore because that takes to long and time is money... We reckon you did outstanding work, keep it up. Cheers, Kai, Kristy & Alegra
I'm restoring a ford cl40 skid steer . I looked at one video about rebuilding a cylinder for tips on how to get the jamb nut off . You tube........ 50 videos about various machines I didn't even know existed . Witch I also watched instead of building a cylinder. Gotta love youtube
Thank you. Yes sir I can weld with the other types of welding as well. MIG, TIG, and Flux core. I don't use them very offend because most of my work is big heavy and dirty. Stick is king with the work I do I don't have to worry about the weld having problems because of wind or paint or rust or some other stupid reason.
No sadly I don't. All the line boring equipment you have seen me use is a friend of mine's. I want my own line boring stuff but I can't swing that much money right now.
@@zhenherald don't waste your money on them Chinese line boreing equipment. You can get a better bore with a drill peace of 1.5 cold rolled steel and a few pillow blocks and some lathe tooling if you gotta go cheep go home made
I think you repair it based on how it will be used. If it's used 40 hrs a week for years or 20 hrs in one year. A friend told me shitty equipment gets fixed shitty. Great job making it work.
That’s a 18R cone grinding rock you can buy them at some welding stores. Most of the time you have to get them off the Internet Norton makes a good one.
People who do line boring are cringing, but I get it, your out in the field and needs to get repaired, who can wait until a machine shop can do it if they will do it. Good repair job, getting it done.
Don't want to grease it, they sure as hell wouldn't pay for a line bore. It's amazing the equipment I see at Richie Bros that looks identical. Paint and everything looks great, but a guy starts looking at friction points. No grease, and plenty of repairs.
That is a jet brand scaler. Had it about 4 or 5 months so far I like it. Hits hard hasn’t lost any power yet. Needles are holding up well. I’d buy another one.
I know I'm way late on this video but have I've had good luck using a brass bushing the same size as what's required and using it to weld against to minimize grinding
Make sure the hole is really clean sometimes shiny metal isn’t clean. Can be dirt or oil underneath it sometimes caused them to stick. Use a smaller rod at first like a 3/32” once you lay down a good pad you can jump to the next size rod. Sometimes magnetism can cause arc blow. You can wrap your ground lead around the weldment a few times and make it stop. If it gets worse then warp it the opposite way (clockwise to counter clockwise) hope that helps.
@@EEJester1586 thank you for advice.It is magnetic field problem i think becouse rod was digging into metal.I tried everything only helped attaching multiple grounds with car battery jump cables.Thats with first hole with second there was no way of fixing it i gave up and made bushing on lathe
So far it’s still going. I’m sure I’ll get the call if it goes out. Talked to one of the guys that repair that type of problem and he said that’s the exact way he does it. He has some repairs last 4 to 5 years. Or 6000 to 7000 hours. I’m sure my repair won’t go that far but I’m curious too.
I always cover the cylinder ram so it doesn’t get splatter on it
Given the owners of the equipment probably never greased or checked the machine your repair is perfect. Doing an "as new" line bore and press fit would be a waste of time if it's going to be abused in the long run. If your viewers want to see some real crazy repairs, try Pakistani Trucks on TH-cam. All of your critics will be silenced. Thanks for sharing.
Pakistani Trucks on TH-cam--now that's a wild channel!!
Waist of time? My friend my opinion is to make it better then new or at least try it! If you have a attitude like that nobody wants to do business with you!
I really enjoy watching your video but i had to say that maybe you should have covered that cylinder before cutting and welding above it.
Maybe it was the customer's call, but a half assed repair all the way around
Those grease zerks aren’t required, just write your number on there, you’ll be back 😂. Great work as always, just what I needed before night shift. Keep safe out there, that big stuff bites harder as well.
I Always enjoy seeing a new video ..You fixed that at the right time before that pin broke in half
Imo the right time was before it wore halfway through the pin boss.
Aloha, thanks for the video. Cool action shots. We just did a similar repair on a D7. Lots of build up and grinding. Our piece was worn a lot worse, so we bent 3/32" rods to build up the center of the hole first and kept the heat down. Afterwards they went strait in with some 1/8" rod. Then they ground a stone the same size as the new 4140 pin and did a poor man's line bore with the stone. It all worked out, but it took about three days! Keep spinning plates. Pick from a place of abundance. Keep them in your frame. You're a high value male with these skills.
I do lineboring for a living and if the customer said let's slide the bushing in and weld it I'm walking away should be a press fit.
I understand I didn't like the fit either, but I'm pretty sure from the factory these bushings had no press fit. The other side had little wear on it and it slid right out. Not a great design but it works.
Sometimes, doing what the customer wants means the difference between working and not working.
@@EEJester1586 Doesn't work for long without repairs!!
@@EEJester1586 don't sweat it, you or someone else will be fixing it again in a couple years.... maybe sooner. those bushings are absolutely press fit!! without that press fit, that hard bushing is gonna wear that steel and wear it away causing movement and eventually break the bushings again. that's a line bore job all the way, or make a new ear with the bushings already press fit or at least machined.
@@joelwelder4364 some say, that there's no money to be made on finished jobs... Better to come back later an fix it again....
Great Video! I need to do a similar repair on a skid steer bucket pin, and watching this helped me form my action plan!
Thanks!
I know you are all total pros at this you folks that would walk away have at it. Just don't expect them to go to you when they want to fix it right. That fix although not a proper 100%fix will get it moving dirt and keep a job on time and that can be worth more than fixing it " proper". Keep digging people.
Often, in the area I live in, field fixes only have to last until winter when there is time for proper repairs
I have done lots of repairs just like that. It's not the way I would like to do it but the machine was up and running and making money. The repair was more than likely just as good as the rest of the machine. Good job
I also do heavy equipment welding.
With over 50 years experience..
This is just a patch job.
There's nothing wrong with keeping your customer happy !
But give them the Choice of a professional job and a patch job !
And I also do line boring and facing..
I'll patch something up at 1st to keep them going to keep my customer from having down time..
Not having downtime is very important to your customer..
Working a scheduled shut down for repairs is good business !
Keeping America working with portable welding !
Nights, Weekends, Holidays,
Anything to keep my customers from having down time And have them running their next scheduled workday on time !
No one wants to stick around while I'm welding the cracks on their full fuel tanks ! 🔥🤣🔥🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
American Pride !
----‐-----------------------
Good job with your welding young man !
Stay safe and always protect your eyes and fingers !
*"AMEN"* !!!
You got him moving again. I would imagine LB would have taken much longer and cost him a lot more. Thanks for putting the vids out.
Really well done! You fellas keep American equipment moving!
Nice job Ethan, always enjoy your content. Keep up the great work.
Nice, I tend to slit the weld on a pin like that with a 9" slitting disc that way the faces are clean. Field repairs are tough so cap tipped to you. My friend gave me a home made extension for a grinder it is like a stub axle so you can get inside a bore with a small wheel.
so excited to see another video, Cheers, Paul
As always, another great video!!
That has got to be a $5,000 to $10,000 repair. Hope that didn't insult you; I have no idea how to put a price on your work. But considering the cost of machine down-time, and the value of a proper repair extending machine life .... you are a real problem-solver!!
Hahaha you didn’t insult me. I wish I made that kind of money nah that’s really a easyish job compared to some I’ve faced. That kind of job is what I would call a camp job my favorite. Where are you can sit in one place weld one time move all your leads one time and finish the same day. Wish all my jobs were that easy.
Always enjoy your content buddy! Keep em coming!
Looks like a job for a line boring machine.
Always like to watch your videos, great field work. Glad to know someone else is out there suffering thru this crap like I am.
always love to see your work . thanks
Great video. That pin slid in was sweet
That poor cylinder catching all that slag
Nice overhead welding, you make it look easy.
then you will need to throw out the hydraulic cylinder that is located below the work site . it was necessary to protect the hydraulic cylinder from welding .
Always great stuff,. Thanks for sharing...
4:21 "Right" hahahahahahahahhaha I heard the pain. Awesome repair bud. Thats one to be proud of
I know nothing but I’m thinking line bore. Not pissing on your leg. Just not the way one would expect to fix this. With that said, you did a good job!
Amazing how much wear the pin had. I would have never thought that simple joint would have that much wear on it. Thumbs Up!
Obvious longterm lack of greasing, you could see even before it was cut apart
The thing about this joint is it never takes grease very long even new. Its the way it is made. Dirt gets imbedded in the bushing and it will stop taking grease its a high wear part just the way it is.
@@EEJester1586 you work on them, so you would know. If this is the issue, would it not make sense to modify things so that it will take grease and Last,
Excavator pins and other pivots in heavy machinery that are continually loaded and operating in worse conditions than this still generally give reasonable service life
@@davidp8157 I don’t think any machine catches it worse than a dirt pan. When you run over a dirt clod the size of a minivan with 150,000 pounds behind you at 6 mile a hour for 10 hours a day it’s a tough life. Like cotton pickers, and Combines I don’t understand how they work as good as they do. You can modify things however you see fit but it works the way it is.
@@EEJester1586 first all great job!! Just a noob question do you think with the welding will it hold up just like it did up until now with the work they do on it? In other words will the fix that you did hold up in the long term just it did when they first time used it up till now or will you have to comeback to fix it again after a short run?
All y’all talking about line boring is funny to me. This is a Crabtree bucket and if you ever met Jimmy Crabtree you’d understand. He probably had a more precision fit after eyeballing it and welding it up than it had when it left Yazoo City brand new 😂😂😂.
As one of my customer says "Looks like the grease worms got in there and ate the pin!"
Ethan, your a dead set legend mate. And G'day from Australia. I've got to do a very similar repair myself soon on a Hitachi ZX55U-2. Main Banana boom pin hole looks virtually identical to this dozer before your amazing work. You should be proud mate, that job was bloody brilliant and anyone who says otherwise is a waste of space keyvoard warrior.
What people don't seem to realise is that when your out in the middle of bum fuck nowhere and the client doesn't have time to do a full cleanup and linebore because that takes to long and time is money...
We reckon you did outstanding work, keep it up.
Cheers,
Kai, Kristy & Alegra
I'm restoring a ford cl40 skid steer .
I looked at one video about rebuilding a cylinder for tips on how to get the jamb nut off .
You tube........
50 videos about various machines I didn't even know existed .
Witch I also watched instead of building a cylinder.
Gotta love youtube
Wasn't 3/32 a bit light on size for all that bead work? I kinda would of gone for 1/8".
I like the grinder attachment never seen one
Cool project! 💪👍🏼
Ethan you are a great stick Welder. Probably good at all, but I haven't seen your do the other 2. Great video.
Thank you. Yes sir I can weld with the other types of welding as well. MIG, TIG, and Flux core. I don't use them very offend because most of my work is big heavy and dirty. Stick is king with the work I do I don't have to worry about the weld having problems because of wind or paint or rust or some other stupid reason.
Definitely would've done this fix the same way myself.
Every man needs to know how to make a big hole small again
I stumbled on to yr channel, glad I did I enjoy watching your videos !!
I hope you get some more videos made !!
Yes, field work is not the same as in shop work. Great job and thanks for your knowledge that was shared.
Great video and great job on that
A cheap tight hole beats a loose one any day
Zerk fittings!? Or is it equipped with the special NBG fittings?
Never Been Greased
You got the gear dude, why not linebore it an do it right 🤔
No sadly I don't. All the line boring equipment you have seen me use is a friend of mine's. I want my own line boring stuff but I can't swing that much money right now.
@@EEJester1586 like 2.5k on alibaba. Itl get there eventually.
@@zhenherald don't waste your money on them Chinese line boreing equipment. You can get a better bore with a drill peace of 1.5 cold rolled steel and a few pillow blocks and some lathe tooling if you gotta go cheep go home made
Well that cylinder seal is up next lol
I liked to grease that stuff after a day's use. I learned the hard way. An 18 lb maw gets pretty heavy after a coupla hrs hammering.
Great video.
So, it doesn't damage the Cylinder Rod that is on the Lower Pan when you blow that molten metal from the cut onto the Cylinder Rod?
It’s not good for it. I would suggest focusing your fire on it but it won’t hurt if you don’t let too much hit it.
I think you repair it based on how it will be used. If it's used 40 hrs a week for years or 20 hrs in one year. A friend told me shitty equipment gets fixed shitty. Great job making it work.
I have done a lot of work on those cans. They had the name Reynolds on them. Must have been a factory " you pay us we put your name on it" action.
Crabtree stole a lot of designs from Reynolds.
Might not be 100% ideal but will probably last as long as the rest of the machine before being overhauled or scrapped
What is the name of that grinder attachment ? I've never seen that one
Where do you find those grinding rocks you were using to reach back in that hole?
That’s a 18R cone grinding rock you can buy them at some welding stores. Most of the time you have to get them off the Internet Norton makes a good one.
Always enjoy watching good craftsmanship. Job well done! Tim
You welded the grease hole shut
There isn't a drop of grease on either scraper. Construction labor. Beat the shit out of the equipment. Maintenance is somebody else's problem.
Great job.
Nice work...thanks for showing..
What welding rod were you using
I’ve done this same fix dozens of times myself, at least the owner had new bushings for you and you didn’t have to make new ones
Damn good job
People who do line boring are cringing, but I get it, your out in the field and needs to get repaired, who can wait until a machine shop can do it if they will do it. Good repair job, getting it done.
# 1:18 STOP!! COVER THAT CYLINDER !
I'm gonna say great job from being oblong and sides wore I say great good welding!
Should cover that Crome Rod underneath
Good video, nice job
Great Job , Thank You
Thanks for posting.
what's the die-grinder head for the 9" welder called?
Where can you get the drum attachment for the angle grinder!?!?
Where did you get the grinding wheel from
It’s called “daddy Stitches” that how you make a loose hole tight again.
now that is funny, have had many friends who requested that from the doctors......cheers, Paul
Now if they'd only throw a few in that mouth of my wife's perhaps she'd nag less, :)
@@peehandshihtzu oh dam that’s funny
@@thilofrisch9894 ;)
What kind of rod are you using.
Hi what did you use to grind welds down inside hole? Drum sander on a grinder?
Great field repair 👍
That’s known as a cone bit or rock. You can find them at welding supply stores. I think that was a Norton R21.
Very nice work
Very nice job
What kind of disc do you have on that Makita do you have part number
Is a R 18 cone grinding rock. You can find them on amazon.
Don't want to grease it, they sure as hell wouldn't pay for a line bore. It's amazing the equipment I see at Richie Bros that looks identical. Paint and everything looks great, but a guy starts looking at friction points. No grease, and plenty of repairs.
hay classicwork were can you get that grunder head like you are youing thir
Take a bone-in ham. Shove it in there. Than you pull the bone out. Holes tite again.👍
Nice!!!!!!!!
Cover up ur chrome brother. Great work.
Great job, interesting contrast with CEE 😁
Hey Man, What brand needle scaler do you use? would you recommend?
That is a jet brand scaler. Had it about 4 or 5 months so far I like it. Hits hard hasn’t lost any power yet. Needles are holding up well. I’d buy another one.
@@EEJester1586 Thanks Man!
nice rig
Heard different terms for the dump
Bucket
Scoop
Bowl
Pan
Same for the front
Lid
Gate
Just all were you are and who you talk to.
Bowl where I'm from, the front is called an apron
Yes one speck of weld on that cylinder and first working of the cylinder seals are GONE
I know I'm way late on this video but have I've had good luck using a brass bushing the same size as what's required and using it to weld against to minimize grinding
Looks like them pins haven't seen any grease in years
Let all the fire fall directly on the cylinder rod... yea ok
I have problem welding in hole.It looks like arc blow doesnt let me weld it.My rod shuts down on same location.Any advice from you?
Make sure the hole is really clean sometimes shiny metal isn’t clean. Can be dirt or oil underneath it sometimes caused them to stick. Use a smaller rod at first like a 3/32” once you lay down a good pad you can jump to the next size rod. Sometimes magnetism can cause arc blow. You can wrap your ground lead around the weldment a few times and make it stop. If it gets worse then warp it the opposite way (clockwise to counter clockwise) hope that helps.
@@EEJester1586 thank you for advice.It is magnetic field problem i think becouse rod was digging into metal.I tried everything only helped attaching multiple grounds with car battery jump cables.Thats with first hole with second there was no way of fixing it i gave up and made bushing on lathe
Perfectly done ✅
How can I contact with you? I can’t find any contacts on your channel descriptions
👍🍻
How long did that repair last?
So far it’s still going. I’m sure I’ll get the call if it goes out. Talked to one of the guys that repair that type of problem and he said that’s the exact way he does it. He has some repairs last 4 to 5 years. Or 6000 to 7000 hours. I’m sure my repair won’t go that far but I’m curious too.
A grease nipple is a key point, and if you greasing on regular basis, you don`t have to do a job like this!
This was most definitely a line boring job 🤣 the old bushings came out easily because they were not welded in
Need to repair it correctly!!!
I C weld - brought me here
Perhaps they didn't show us them cleaning out the grease hole
I have a suitcase welder that would make your next job like that much faster, $500