I've worked around 100's of mechanics in my life. Some were naturally mechanically inclined and talented. Others, not so much. Andrew demonstrates extreme mechanical aptitude and creative problem solving to accomplish the task at hand. To accomplish that repair in those conditions by himself was highly impressive. Well done!
Im a mechanic too. I might have put the nuts and bolts in the pick up. It beats chipping them out of the ice . Its easy said when i'm sitting in a nice warm house and you are doing it hard in the icy outdoors. LOL You did well Andrew. That's a nice puller too. merry Christmas to you and your family.
I have to say it again. One of the things that I admire about Andrew is his persistence! I would have given up on replacing that final drive when I couldn't get the old one off without moving heaven and earth. Especially having to work in the muddy slush and freezing temperatures! My hat is off to you, Mr. Camarata!
Holy sheet! I'm a retired MechEng, fumbling my way through driving snowcats, side by sides, snowmobiles, ATVs trying to keep stuff running out at a local Nordic ski area, and yes, everything breaks down when it is cold. But the work you do and ingenuity you demonstrate in just this one video is remarkable. Congratulations, very impressive!
I'm pretty sure I could have done that repair, given enough time, in a nice, warm shop, with a crane, some repair manuals, lots of good, hot tea and the whole machine cleaned spotlessly before I began. Doing that repair in the wild, parts frozen to the ground and no special tools is the sign of a highly developed human being with endless perseverance and patience. Hats off to another amazing video and the man who not only knows how to use a pipe wrench, but who knows how to edit videos to make them impossible to stop watching. Thanks.
@@doctoroctos i I'm not really slow, but i prefer to work clean as possible and do the job perfectly as i can do. On my channel, i have many video with cleaning notebooks, and what other do in max 30 minutes, i do in 90 minutes. Because, apart the perfect cleaning, i find always some other problems that need to fix. And, that's why take me much time than others. But, i'm pleased with work i do, and that's more important.
Wow Andrew that was awesome, when I was in the service my mos was recovery so we spent plenty of time fixing and replacing tracks on m-60 tanks and it was at least a 3 man job. And working in the cold just made the job 3 times tougher with frozen mud plugging all the bolt holes. Hat's off for your perseverance on doing this job on your own!!!!!
SAY WHAT.. I WAS an M60a1 tanker. I was stationed in Ft. Riley, KS.. Were you..? We were out "in the field".. maybe 4 miles away from the barracks doing mock war games. The dozer dug a big hole for us to hide in.. and when we backed out.. one side spun and the other dug in.. SNAPPING the studs that held the rear sprocket on.. So.. With the weight of the track too.. they winched us back a couple of feet to get access to work on it.. Off came the end connectors first.. We had to stand around you mechanics repaired it. 19E gunner\loader I loved drifting them in the motor pool in winter..
Absolutely love your video content Andrew. You are one of the few on the tube that has remained true to what originally drew me to watching you. Not over narrated not beholden to sponsors. You have remained true to great uncompromising content. DONT CHANGE☺️ I hope that you are feeling better👍
Andrew: It's easy to watch your videos and think how it looks fun scooting around with your equipment. I've spent plenty of time alone , at night , in the snow ,in the rain , at -40F , in the bush fixing equipment right where it stopped or broke to know it's not all glamour. Good that you show the struggles of owning ,maintaining and repairing the stuff . It gives your vids an honest balance. Greetings from frozen northern Canada.
Watching you work in the cold and wet conditions brings back a lot of memories for me clearing land as a young man. When working with heavy machinery you can always count on things not wanting to come off or parts not fitting just right. Thanks for a great video. Best of luck with the rest of this ambitious project,
One of the things that I really like about Andrew's videos is the lack of explaining every step. He knows how to fix things and doesn't need to make sure we hear how he's going to do it. We watch him and it's almost as if we are doing it with him. He sort of makes me feel like I'm part of his team... If there is a problem, he goes about fixing it, the problem is solved and 'that's fixed, let's move on to the next job'.
Agree, plus he essentially never talks directly into the camera, in some vain attempt to get face time in his videos. So much humility compared with so many other TH-camrs.
I always catch myself talking out loud, usually, "uhhh dude, that's (gonna catch fire, break, strip, get crushed, not safe, get smashed, fall over)." Usually followed up with a, "nevermind"
I think it's mostly a matter of how good he is at filming and editing these videos. It's all shown in such a way that it's all the explanation needed. I've never seen anyone consistently get such good camera angles in such obscure tight places as he does.
This is one of those times when I got chilled just watching Andrew doing this .... in the comfort of my home, I was born into this sort of climate but thank heavens my mother moved us to Australia where I live we don't get weather like this ever..... occasional frosts is about the worst unless we go to the high country for snow 🙂but you could not drag me there with a D8 I'll stay in the warm thank you very much !!
Andrew, I've watched your channel for years since you were building your castle, and I've always loved how you would tackle any job and often learn how to do it simply by trying.
Pro tip...next time remove the paint from the sprocket flange. Sprocket segment bolts come loose sometimes even when torqued properly. That layer of paint can break away and the bolts will loosen up. Or it will be fine 🙂
Yo, after watching all the transgender bs on the news, this is what I needed. There are still real guys in the world who can do stuff like repairing cars and bulldozers. Maybe there is still some hope in this land.
I can honestly say that you, Andrew Camarata, are one of the hardest working and one of the most incredibly determined individuals I have ever seen on youtube. You are real, yo show the whole process when things go wrong, and you persevere through it. Bravo sir. This is why I subscribed awhile ago. I first saw your castle building video, and got interested in alot of other things you had going on. You are inspiring. Best of luck in the future! You deserve success in everything you do.
I've done hundreds of final drives on cats, i used to work for Caterpillar, you certainly kept me entertained and scared me a few times. That being said i would certainly work with you in the jungle/desert. Well done and fair play.
Andrew these sprockets are on a tapered spline and when removing them its best to leave the Nut on enough threads so that when they Pop the dont fly of an cause injury, however your doing a great job, Also you should remove all the paint from any face to face parts as they may probably chatter and become loose causing damage to both the sprocket and the segments
I gotta say, I REALLY enjoyed watching that one. Andrew working by himself and never gets rattled or pissed off. And the rare smile at the end was awesome.
I wish I could get 1/4 of what you get done but in reality you just have 10x more work ethic than I do so all I can do is respect your willingness to work so hard even when it's hard, cold, you're injured or things get frustrating.
Andrew, this is why I come and watch your videos. Other channels wouldn’t show the removal of the track they just skip ahead to the thing needing attention. I love to see the struggle and tools/strategies you deploy in the video, it’s what makes you iconic. ✌️ 🛠️
Hey Andrew.... I can't begin to tell you the number of times I wish I could be there to give you a hand with projects. Damn... I know what it's like doing things by myself, wishing I just had one more set of hands or someone to grab a tool for me. Good lord brother. Keep up the good work... even if it's hard as f.
As you watch Andrew's videos a lot don't realize how much harder it is to run a D4 than say anything over a D7. It has a short track that can create a roller-coaster effect. The operator feels the front of the dozer going down so he pulls up on the blade. Front of the dozer starts goin up so he pushes the blade down, and on and on. A D8 has a long enough track that it absorbs the bumps and gullies. You don't see that kid ever roller-coaster! He's a good operator!.
Yeah, bigger dozers are much easier to operate than the smaller ones. The longer the tracks make it easier to keep a smooth grade. I used to build fire lines and the longer tracks also have the benefit of not getting stuck as easy. Smaller track dozers can sink in spring heads before you know it. I went to cross a two-foot-wide wash out that was about four feet deep and as soon as my rear sprocket went over the gap the rear of the dozer sank down and I was stuck. It took four other dozers from a D5 to a John Deere 750 to get that little Komatsu D32 out.
@@hondafrk I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't all that high. It has to make sure the oil doesn't leak out, but most of the power is transferred using the splines, and the nut is held in place by the end cap?
Holy cow - the stamina youve got Andrew. I would have thrown things around and cursed a little bit sometimes. I would probably have gotten a cold too, from sweatting and cooling down several times in a row. Good job. 😀
Super enjoyable to watch. Had the privilege of working with a heavy equipment diesel mechanic for a number of years, and your video brought me back. I forgot about all the heavy metal sounds and the talking to yourself. Good stuff kid!
I have loved watching your videos for years, would be a blast to work with you! One thing I noticed... we always clean the paint off (to bare metal) the wheel before we bolt on the sprocket sections. The paint will desolve in time and your bolts will be loose. Keep working and Merry Christmas!!!
I ordered a sock cap and it comes Friday! That's my Christmas present to myself. I own two of Andrew tshirts and they are heavy quality. I love each and every video. I don't own a bulldozer yet actually enjoyed watching this get repaired. I did feel bad he was working on it out in the cold with no help. I bet he sleeps like a log at night. As always, love watching the dogs. Thanks for the video!
@MW clover leaf - agreed. Tony Beets from show Gold Rush would have been hollering, cussing and shouting at the helper, even though NO helper with Tony. Andrew just works.
Andrew is so much better than the other channels because he actually shows the work being done. Every other construction channel is a guy talking about what he's going to do, and then a jump cut to after the job is done.
It always amazes me Andrew, just how much you can achieve alone. I have a friend who worked for a farm machinery company in the UK and he regularly went out to Gremany, France, Belgium and many other places to work in the middle of the night to repair broken down or damaged machinery in all weather conditions. My hat is off to you and all who work in those conditions (this coming from a form UK coalminer used to working in bad conditions underground) Take care, Norm in the UK.
@@troykruse5161 Nah, it's not Andrews channel, it's one of his friends that has videos that also feature Andrew. A bit like Jesse Muller, Dumpster Dave and Samantha Weber have videos that have Andrew in them. Some of them have more of footage of Andrew than others.
Well done mate .you could not of had the worst weather conditions to work in .Your skill and determination in this repair job was truly great to watch.i think if this was done in the summer you would not have to purchase that hand press ,everything was iced up solid.looking forward to seeing your next challenge.
I had forgotten about those O-ring seals that Cat likes to use. In the late 70s I helped with field repair for a Cat dealer. Changing tracks were a pain but relatively easy. Changing sprockets and final drives not so easy. Cat had a puller and installation tools that you could rent that usually came with a hydraulic hand pump and jack similar to a porta-power. As I remember the hand pumps were pretty problematic. I left that world behind in 1980 and never looked back. Cheers Terry
Classic Andrew...after tightening the the nut with 10 tons of excavator...he says "HOW TIGHT DOES THIS HAVE TO BE?" Love it!!!!!!!! Great job Andrew, those were grueling cold and rough conditions to work in...YOU DA MAN BRO! I've never seen a sproket break like that...you need track rock guards for that kind of work I guess.
This man taught me how to work on small motors. I'm amazed at his patience and so proud of this guy that I first watched fixing lawnmowers build such an impressive business
2:03 Big Iron Parts 3:30 track removal 4:40 sprocket removal 5:32 who needs a breaker bar? 8:57 hydraulic puller 11:38 plop 12:00 new sprocket 13:00 is it tight? 13:55 no impact wrench, no problem 17:05 round 2! 18:22 fill er up 19:32 torqued to spec. 23:23 1 ugga dugga, 2 ugga dugga 25:40 farm jack 26:40 don't skip leg day 27:32 favorite wrench 29:00 track on 29:45 pump it up 30:49 like a toyger 31:06 it's alive 31:31 excavator and hauler 32:05 pushover 35:00 splish splash 36:04 is the D4 fixed? 36:34 drone footage and weird reversed music 37:04 wanna buy a sprocket? 37:42 The rare 😁 Anything I missed? Feel free to edit the timestamps.
Used to know this old guy who had a shop where he solely replaced tracks and drivetrains on heavy equipment. Heat used to say heat was his best friend… R.I.P. Louie. Probably would’ve just put a relief cut with a torch… as the saying goes… it was broke already. Great job as always Andrew!
Hats off Adam for a fine sprocket hub change out in the field. However in the future Utah track and welding can supply you with everything you will ever need for any and all of your equipment needs. Parts and service.
I've never sat and worked in an excavator or similar for a long time myself... but I'm completely enthusiastic about your repair videos. Thanks very much !
Andrew, i’ve been watching the videos for a few years now and you never dissapoint when a new video comes out. You always keep your cool. i don’t seem to keep mine there’s wrenches flying around the room and words that i didnt even know existed coming out of my mouth. I really am impressed with the work you put in and the videos that are produced from you just doing what you do🤙👍
Most impressive to have done this in the freezing cold. And, to do such a tough feat alone - WOW! Thanks for sharing what a real man can do - when necessary. Have enjoyed and learned from your videos for several years. Again, many thanks.
Watching him fix this cat in that weather made me think , what the Tankers went through in WWII in all that harsh weather they had to deal with as well as being under fire just to fix a track or sprocket . Hats off to you Andrew doing a job like this alone well you had the Lab patrol lol.
Great job, sir. Watching you fix machinery is mesmerizing. You never give up. I love watching you pave your roads with rock you are surface mining. Repurposing it to a better place.
Andrew, your videos have kept me going through high school, college and now the military. I appreciate your videos so much and I hope you never stop. The first video of your I ever watched was the gray and white dodges, and I haven’t been able to stop since
As a mechanical engineer, I love watching your videos. Just seeing how this heavy equipment goes together and how hard it is to work on, is just a real eye-opener and educational experience for me. Thank you also for showing how hard it is to overcome the cold here in NY. People who don't work in the cold don't know how hard it is.
Andrew, I would like to see a video of you building a 32 x 40 pole barn with steel siding on top of your new mountain. You deserve to be out of the weather.
Great video, and really good too see you've got a haul truck that actually hauls without breaking down half way down the mountain!😁 Looks like you'll have alot of rock to crush and build up the road, means more video adventures, that's a win win for us! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!!😎😎😎
Andrew is the only one-man Road Paver (until the DB Collab) that’s also his one-man heavy vehicle Maintenance Crew and one-man Video Producer for the most part. Problems and hard work fazes him none❗️ No wonder he entertains us so naturally besides his wicked dry humor❣️We love you AC… praying you will never allow fame and fortune to misshape you.
It's definitely ruff to work in those cold climates, more props to you Andrew tackling that by yourself 😎👍 had me cracking up at the end of the vid! 😆 🤣 ⚙️
When I see that, it reminds me of my childhood. Those mistakes you made when you were 9 or 10. Dad first asked what the problem could be before he helped you. Now that I'm 30, I have to smile when I see the skills
Andrew, once again you never seem to disappoint in your videos weather it is a short 37 minute one or an over hour long, in having the knowledge and mind set to address a problem, and fix it, alone and in all kinds of weather, and go back to running and doing what you were doing, like nothing ever happened! Thank you for all your time in getting this dropped and appreciate the sharing. Hugs to Cody and Blue..
Nicely done. Love the way you use your excavator like a strong friend helping you..... I used to fix stuff like that in western Alaska, so I know very well how cold makes things more difficult.
Andrew, I had to laugh when you installed that seal. That is a toric type seal sometimes referred to a metal to metal seal invented by Caterpillar way back. Instructions on installing that seal was to not touch the finely honed metal sealing surfaces with your fingers. The metal part seals the rotating components and the o-ring keeps the preload on the seal face and seals oil in. Will be interesting to see if it leaks. At Cat we had specs for torquing bolts. The specification was preceeded by the number 1 and the letter E . 1E279 was the torque spec. It covered all grades and sizes of bolts. I guess your spec. was 1Eexcavator. That is a Cat part number on the sprocket....an old number from way back. I own a Cat D3C hystat machine from around 2000. Much easier to service the final drive (planetary) and sprocket. That pressed on sprocket is a beast to work on as you showed in your very nice video. Keep up to awesome content. You are one hard working dude. Haven't see how you broke your foot. Stay safe man.
I chuckled also, mechanical seal should have been replaced. Also all bolts and nuts should have been locktited and torqued. But great repair out in the field with limited resources. If it was me I would revisit my repair in the coming weeks to ensure all was good.
To respectfully ad to or correct your answer. Those are mechanical end face seals. Or as we say in Germany gleitringdichtung. It most certainly was not invented by caterpillar but by George j Cooke for use in compressors, but probably became widespread by Ingersoll Rand in pump operations. Touching with your hand won't cause any problems as long as your hands are clean. The facing surfaces are patterned to allow a tiny amount of oil to travel between to cool and lubricate the facing surface so if dirt gets in it destroys the face. There are many different alloys used for different operations but they are due o the complicated alloys all expensive. The main concern is the pressure load on those kind of seals asto much load means they heat up and burn out to quick and can even act as a break so that a hydro motorbike be exposed to extrem load. I have even seen some big old pumps that drive themselves stuck in a matter of minutes dueto excess pressure load during service. Hopefully that didn't come out too know it allI just thought I should share experience. Keep up the good work guys.
@@Teredifa Interesting. You are correct. It appears Cooke was given credit for inventing the face seal concept for high speed rotating machinery, pumps mainly. The evolution of the face seal and improvements seemed to focus on the high speed application of the face seal for which there were many contributors. Caterpillar's contribution was refining the geometry and metallurgy strictly for slow speed power transmission like track type tractor final drives. Assembly instructions at the factory was to not touch the finely hones metal surfaces and to wipe them with a type of paper at assembly. Early versions of the slow speed face seal had good life but only if you could keep debris out of the interface.
I've worked around 100's of mechanics in my life. Some were naturally mechanically inclined and talented. Others, not so much. Andrew demonstrates extreme mechanical aptitude and creative problem solving to accomplish the task at hand. To accomplish that repair in those conditions by himself was highly impressive. Well done!
@@zippythechicken His father works for the post office.
Well said
Im a mechanic too. I might have put the nuts and bolts in the pick up. It beats chipping them out of the ice . Its easy said when i'm sitting in a nice warm house and you are doing it hard in the icy outdoors. LOL You did well Andrew. That's a nice puller too. merry Christmas to you and your family.
No pipe used on the pipe wrench when you have an excavator
Having the tools to accomplish the task is where the average joe fails.
I have to say it again. One of the things that I admire about Andrew is his persistence! I would have given up on replacing that final drive when I couldn't get the old one off without moving heaven and earth. Especially having to work in the muddy slush and freezing temperatures! My hat is off to you, Mr. Camarata!
That’s why he’s successful
McGuyver calls Andrew When he needs advice.
well. thanks for saying it again! tell him again on his next video!
Where does the grease go when you release the tension bolt?
Amen to that!!
Its always fun to watch Andrew tackle, what looks like an impossible tasks, all by himself, and actually complete it! Kudos!
Holy sheet! I'm a retired MechEng, fumbling my way through driving snowcats, side by sides, snowmobiles, ATVs trying to keep stuff running out at a local Nordic ski area, and yes, everything breaks down when it is cold. But the work you do and ingenuity you demonstrate in just this one video is remarkable. Congratulations, very impressive!
Thanks
I would have given up 5 seconds after the claw extractor couldn't free up that yellow broken sprocket. Got my things and left to go live in the woods
I'm pretty sure I could have done that repair, given enough time, in a nice, warm shop, with a crane, some repair manuals, lots of good, hot tea and the whole machine cleaned spotlessly before I began. Doing that repair in the wild, parts frozen to the ground and no special tools is the sign of a highly developed human being with endless perseverance and patience. Hats off to another amazing video and the man who not only knows how to use a pipe wrench, but who knows how to edit videos to make them impossible to stop watching. Thanks.
Well it helps to have an excavator handy too. haha
"cleaned spottesly" i also have this problem 🤦
Same, we should start a slow repair club.
@@doctoroctos i I'm not really slow, but i prefer to work clean as possible and do the job perfectly as i can do. On my channel, i have many video with cleaning notebooks, and what other do in max 30 minutes, i do in 90 minutes. Because, apart the perfect cleaning, i find always some other problems that need to fix. And, that's why take me much time than others.
But, i'm pleased with work i do, and that's more important.
This gives me flashbacks to doing fixes like this on our tanks... The night after a crazy freeze..
Wow Andrew that was awesome, when I was in the service my mos was recovery so we spent plenty of time fixing and replacing tracks on m-60 tanks and it was at least a 3 man job. And working in the cold just made the job 3 times tougher with frozen mud plugging all the bolt holes. Hat's off for your perseverance on doing this job on your own!!!!!
I was tank commander on the M48 and M60 s and also our V.T.R.
Thank you.
SAY WHAT.. I WAS an M60a1 tanker. I was stationed in Ft. Riley, KS.. Were you..? We were out "in the field".. maybe 4 miles away from the barracks doing mock war games. The dozer dug a big hole for us to hide in.. and when we backed out.. one side spun and the other dug in.. SNAPPING the studs that held the rear sprocket on.. So.. With the weight of the track too.. they winched us back a couple of feet to get access to work on it.. Off came the end connectors first.. We had to stand around you mechanics repaired it. 19E gunner\loader I loved drifting them in the motor pool in winter..
@@dotell3359 I worked for the DOD for 24 years building M48 and M60
@@dotell3359 I worked for the DOD for 24 years building the M48 and M60's
Absolutely love your video content Andrew. You are one of the few on the tube that has remained true to what originally drew me to watching you. Not over narrated not beholden to sponsors. You have remained true to great uncompromising content. DONT CHANGE☺️ I hope that you are feeling better👍
Thanks
@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist empty words and unimportant words
I have never operated heavy machinery but I've spent countless hours watching this man repair and use them 😅
Andrew: It's easy to watch your videos and think how it looks fun scooting around with your equipment. I've spent plenty of time alone , at night , in the snow ,in the rain , at -40F , in the bush fixing equipment right where it stopped or broke to know it's not all glamour. Good that you show the struggles of owning ,maintaining and repairing the stuff . It gives your vids an honest balance. Greetings from frozen northern Canada.
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@@doberfagI have to believe video editing is his friend 😊
well said. Agree 100%
Nice. Those quick grips are magic. From hooking up the hoses on the skid steer to pulling together treads.
Watching you work in the cold and wet conditions brings back a lot of memories for me clearing land as a young man. When working with heavy machinery you can always count on things not wanting to come off or parts not fitting just right. Thanks for a great video. Best of luck with the rest of this ambitious project,
Andrew, I am always deeply impressed by your mechanical aptitude. America needs more men like you.
andrew is such a hard worker. his dad must be very proud of him
Ça fait 5 ans que je suis Andrew. Intelligent et très attentionné pour ces chien. Ne crie jamais. Vraiment cool
@@dpaquin58 Je suis d'accord.
@@dpaquin58 Je suis d'accord avec toi. Ca parait qu'il passe beaucoup de temps avec ses chiens.
One of the things that I really like about Andrew's videos is the lack of explaining every step. He knows how to fix things and doesn't need to make sure we hear how he's going to do it. We watch him and it's almost as if we are doing it with him. He sort of makes me feel like I'm part of his team... If there is a problem, he goes about fixing it, the problem is solved and 'that's fixed, let's move on to the next job'.
I know I was grunting right along with him as he flipped that front section of track into place!
Agree, plus he essentially never talks directly into the camera, in some vain attempt to get face time in his videos. So much humility compared with so many other TH-camrs.
I always catch myself talking out loud, usually, "uhhh dude, that's (gonna catch fire, break, strip, get crushed, not safe, get smashed, fall over)." Usually followed up with a, "nevermind"
i like the levels of problems solving escalation, usually torch or heavy equipment lol
I think it's mostly a matter of how good he is at filming and editing these videos. It's all shown in such a way that it's all the explanation needed. I've never seen anyone consistently get such good camera angles in such obscure tight places as he does.
This is one of those times when I got chilled just watching Andrew doing this .... in the comfort of my home, I was born into this sort of climate but thank heavens my mother moved us to Australia where I live we don't get weather like this ever..... occasional frosts is about the worst unless we go to the high country for snow 🙂but you could not drag me there with a D8 I'll stay in the warm thank you very much !!
Andrew, I've watched your channel for years since you were building your castle, and I've always loved how you would tackle any job and often learn how to do it simply by trying.
And that folks is why Andrew is so successful. He does all the maintenance on all his equipment saving him thousands of dollars
I wooda power washed it first
Pro tip...next time remove the paint from the sprocket flange. Sprocket segment bolts come loose sometimes even when torqued properly. That layer of paint can break away and the bolts will loosen up. Or it will be fine 🙂
Also split the track with the bolts halfway down the sprocket.
as a hd mech with 32 years exp. i totally agree. paint must come off first, than torque
And best to replace seal, but andrew always has all luck that is available, so i'm sure he wil get away with this, not have them seals leaking 🤣
Yet Andrew manages just the same.
Yo, after watching all the transgender bs on the news, this is what I needed. There are still real guys in the world who can do stuff like repairing cars and bulldozers. Maybe there is still some hope in this land.
Watching Andrew work is oddly satisfying and therapeutic, I'm hooked.
I can honestly say that you, Andrew Camarata, are one of the hardest working and one of the most incredibly determined individuals I have ever seen on youtube. You are real, yo show the whole process when things go wrong, and you persevere through it. Bravo sir. This is why I subscribed awhile ago. I first saw your castle building video, and got interested in alot of other things you had going on. You are inspiring. Best of luck in the future! You deserve success in everything you do.
I thought my job was hard. Then I watch Andrew fix heavy FROZEN machines with just pure trial and error. Fucking legend
I've done hundreds of final drives on cats, i used to work for Caterpillar, you certainly kept me entertained and scared me a few times. That being said i would certainly work with you in the jungle/desert. Well done and fair play.
When that drive sprocket popped off like that It was pretty tense. Something that big and heavy flying off like that can easily break a shin or knee.
As a retired heavy Equipment mechanic, I was laughing and crying.
Andrew these sprockets are on a tapered spline and when removing them its best to leave the Nut on enough threads so that when they Pop the dont fly of an cause injury, however your doing a great job, Also you should remove all the paint from any face to face parts as they may probably chatter and become loose causing damage to both the sprocket and the segments
Wow Andrew, you have more drive, persistence, problem solving ability than any one I've ever known. Kudos
I gotta say, I REALLY enjoyed watching that one. Andrew working by himself and never gets rattled or pissed off. And the rare smile at the end was awesome.
I know , I would have had to "beep" out half my video. ESP in freezing air like dat!
An episode release as I get off work and get home….. perfect😎
Merry Christmas all!
That was a struggle but I do admire your persistence. I could tell you never did that job before and we’re learning as you went along. Great job!❤
Mechanical logic is applicable to many machines
Thank you for sharing Andrew. It is nice to see a bulldozer with all of the mudguards in place.😊
I wish I could get 1/4 of what you get done but in reality you just have 10x more work ethic than I do so all I can do is respect your willingness to work so hard even when it's hard, cold, you're injured or things get frustrating.
Andrew, this is why I come and watch your videos. Other channels wouldn’t show the removal of the track they just skip ahead to the thing needing attention. I love to see the struggle and tools/strategies you deploy in the video, it’s what makes you iconic. ✌️ 🛠️
Can’t wait for the rock crusher videos
Same any time soon ?
Oh yes
Me to
Hey Andrew.... I can't begin to tell you the number of times I wish I could be there to give you a hand with projects. Damn... I know what it's like doing things by myself, wishing I just had one more set of hands or someone to grab a tool for me. Good lord brother. Keep up the good work... even if it's hard as f.
As you watch Andrew's videos a lot don't realize how much harder it is to run a D4 than say anything over a D7. It has a short track that can create a roller-coaster effect. The operator feels the front of the dozer going down so he pulls up on the blade. Front of the dozer starts goin up so he pushes the blade down, and on and on. A D8 has a long enough track that it absorbs the bumps and gullies. You don't see that kid ever roller-coaster! He's a good operator!.
Yeah, bigger dozers are much easier to operate than the smaller ones. The longer the tracks make it easier to keep a smooth grade. I used to build fire lines and the longer tracks also have the benefit of not getting stuck as easy. Smaller track dozers can sink in spring heads before you know it. I went to cross a two-foot-wide wash out that was about four feet deep and as soon as my rear sprocket went over the gap the rear of the dozer sank down and I was stuck. It took four other dozers from a D5 to a John Deere 750 to get that little Komatsu D32 out.
Super impressive how Andrew can keep his cool throughout a project like that. Also pretty ingenious using the excavator as a cheater bar lol.
I wonder what the torque spec is supposed to be on that bolt lol
@@hondafrk I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't all that high. It has to make sure the oil doesn't leak out, but most of the power is transferred using the splines, and the nut is held in place by the end cap?
Guessing that the NSFW parts are on the cutting room floor...
@@hondafrk I would guess it to be a 4 foot bucket. 😁
Imagine it was reverse threaded
I don’t know why but I really enjoy watching this guy work and spread rock and gravel.
Perfect field repair. Excellent dozer work! The best part of the video is pushing rocks. Everything came together just fine!
11:38 - Ouch! That looked like that would've hurt! And then immediately jumping on the oil. Impressive buddy!
Holy cow - the stamina youve got Andrew. I would have thrown things around and cursed a little bit sometimes.
I would probably have gotten a cold too, from sweatting and cooling down several times in a row.
Good job. 😀
Agree. I would have had a few choice words to say the least.
I imagine he's edited out those parts.
It's a myth ,colds and viruses don't work like that.your welcome.
EPIC. Hard to work in a freezing cold weather but you always do Andrew.
Super enjoyable to watch. Had the privilege of working with a heavy equipment diesel mechanic for a number of years, and your video brought me back. I forgot about all the heavy metal sounds and the talking to yourself. Good stuff kid!
I have loved watching your videos for years, would be a blast to work with you! One thing I noticed... we always clean the paint off (to bare metal) the wheel before we bolt on the sprocket sections. The paint will desolve in time and your bolts will be loose. Keep working and Merry Christmas!!!
I ordered a sock cap and it comes Friday! That's my Christmas present to myself. I own two of Andrew tshirts and they are heavy quality. I love each and every video. I don't own a bulldozer yet actually enjoyed watching this get repaired. I did feel bad he was working on it out in the cold with no help. I bet he sleeps like a log at night. As always, love watching the dogs. Thanks for the video!
Hell of a job man, be proud of yourself especially in those conditions, definitely pays to have the right tools around you…well done 👏👏👏
@MW clover leaf - agreed. Tony Beets from show Gold Rush would have been hollering, cussing and shouting at the helper, even though NO helper with Tony. Andrew just works.
Andrew is so much better than the other channels because he actually shows the work being done. Every other construction channel is a guy talking about what he's going to do, and then a jump cut to after the job is done.
His technique is a little rough around the edges, but his perseverance is undeniable. Nice work!
I mean that's the polite way of saying it
It always amazes me Andrew, just how much you can achieve alone. I have a friend who worked for a farm machinery company in the UK and he regularly went out to Gremany, France, Belgium and many other places to work in the middle of the night to repair broken down or damaged machinery in all weather conditions. My hat is off to you and all who work in those conditions (this coming from a form UK coalminer used to working in bad conditions underground) Take care, Norm in the UK.
Hey Andrew....really like the experiences you share on Cerebral Ailments channel.....thanks for sharing with us....🇺🇸🏴
He had another channel?
Check out CerebralAilment on TH-cam for more....👍
@@troykruse5161 Nah, it's not Andrews channel, it's one of his friends that has videos that also feature Andrew. A bit like Jesse Muller, Dumpster Dave and Samantha Weber have videos that have Andrew in them. Some of them have more of footage of Andrew than others.
Incredible vid. Man against the elements: cold steel, water, ice, mud, snow, freezing temperatures and brute strength. Amazing!
Well done mate .you could not of had the worst weather conditions to work in .Your skill and determination in this repair job was truly great to watch.i think if this was done in the summer you would not have to purchase that hand press ,everything was iced up solid.looking forward to seeing your next challenge.
I had forgotten about those O-ring seals that Cat likes to use. In the late 70s I helped with field repair for a Cat dealer. Changing tracks were a pain but relatively easy. Changing sprockets and final drives not so easy. Cat had a puller and installation tools that you could rent that usually came with a hydraulic hand pump and jack similar to a porta-power. As I remember the hand pumps were pretty problematic.
I left that world behind in 1980 and never looked back.
Cheers
Terry
Classic Andrew...after tightening the the nut with 10 tons of excavator...he says "HOW TIGHT DOES THIS HAVE TO BE?" Love it!!!!!!!! Great job Andrew, those were grueling cold and rough conditions to work in...YOU DA MAN BRO! I've never seen a sproket break like that...you need track rock guards for that kind of work I guess.
Andrew your ambition to tackle the problems at hand brings out your creative ingenuity.
This man taught me how to work on small motors. I'm amazed at his patience and so proud of this guy that I first watched fixing lawnmowers build such an impressive business
I love watching you fix things. You are on the cutting edge of Shadetree Mechanik.
That looked so much hard work in the freezing conditions….respect to you Andrew for getting the job done 👍🏻👍🏻
the struggle is real!! i love how you never quit. good job andrew
2:03 Big Iron Parts
3:30 track removal
4:40 sprocket removal
5:32 who needs a breaker bar?
8:57 hydraulic puller
11:38 plop
12:00 new sprocket
13:00 is it tight?
13:55 no impact wrench, no problem
17:05 round 2!
18:22 fill er up
19:32 torqued to spec.
23:23 1 ugga dugga, 2 ugga dugga
25:40 farm jack
26:40 don't skip leg day
27:32 favorite wrench
29:00 track on
29:45 pump it up
30:49 like a toyger
31:06 it's alive
31:31 excavator and hauler
32:05 pushover
35:00 splish splash
36:04 is the D4 fixed?
36:34 drone footage and weird reversed music
37:04 wanna buy a sprocket?
37:42 The rare 😁
Anything I missed? Feel free to edit the timestamps.
Lol, should I add this to the description?
@@AndrewCamarata dedication, truck loads full. Thanks for the good clean viewing.
If you want, feel free.
"Plop" ? I think "Pow!" That thing flew off like Superman ... :)
Yeah, you missed 37:42 The rare smile.
Props to you working outside in the winter.
Now that I'm older, when it gets below 50°F, all outside activities cease for me!
😂😂😂🌬🌨❄⛄
Used to know this old guy who had a shop where he solely replaced tracks and drivetrains on heavy equipment. Heat used to say heat was his best friend… R.I.P. Louie. Probably would’ve just put a relief cut with a torch… as the saying goes… it was broke already. Great job as always Andrew!
Davy Sprocket! Well done. Great determination.
Hats off Adam for a fine sprocket hub change out in the field. However in the future Utah track and welding can supply you with everything you will ever need for any and all of your equipment needs. Parts and service.
I've never sat and worked in an excavator or similar for a long time myself... but I'm completely enthusiastic about your repair videos. Thanks very much !
That wind sounds brutal, good job under unusual conditions.
Man, got give it to him...he doesn’t give up. Big job in tough conditions. What if he had a shop!
Fantastic job! And the fact that you did it all in 35 minutes is amazing!
Andrew, i’ve been watching the videos for a few years now and you never dissapoint when a new video comes out. You always keep your cool. i don’t seem to keep mine there’s wrenches flying around the room and words that i didnt even know existed coming out of my mouth. I really am impressed with the work you put in and the videos that are produced from you just doing what you do🤙👍
Most impressive to have done this in the freezing cold. And, to do such a tough feat alone - WOW! Thanks for sharing what a real man can do - when necessary. Have enjoyed and learned from your videos for several years. Again, many thanks.
What I love about your channel Andrew is no matter how bad the weather is you just crack on with it great content buddy
The tray of frozen bolts made me smile. Tough country!
Watching him fix this cat in that weather made me think , what the Tankers went through in WWII in all that harsh weather they had to deal with as well as being under fire just to fix a track or sprocket . Hats off to you Andrew doing a job like this alone well you had the Lab patrol lol.
Great display of tenacity working in difficult conditions, what it takes to get the job done...love these videos...
Videos like this gave me the confidence to take apart my old boat motor, which is unfortunately still in pieces. Haha
I love these repair videos on heavy equipment that he does. What initially got me hooked on the channel years ago
Great job, sir. Watching you fix machinery is mesmerizing. You never give up.
I love watching you pave your roads with rock you are surface mining. Repurposing it to a better place.
Great video. Any man that can use a clamp like that and make it work deserves a beer in my books. Awsome!
Happy Birthday Andrew Camarata 🎉 Hope you have many more to come 😊
Thanks
Love the callab with Mike AKA dirt boss ,he's a great guy.
yeah, he was up there today helping me again.
Andrew, your videos have kept me going through high school, college and now the military. I appreciate your videos so much and I hope you never stop. The first video of your I ever watched was the gray and white dodges, and I haven’t been able to stop since
Thanks for serving our country. You humble me to try to deserve your protection.
When you brought out that hydraulic puller I thought to myself. He’s going to need one 3 times bigger than that. I was wrong. Lol
As a mechanical engineer, I love watching your videos. Just seeing how this heavy equipment goes together and how hard it is to work on, is just a real eye-opener and educational experience for me. Thank you also for showing how hard it is to overcome the cold here in NY. People who don't work in the cold don't know how hard it is.
Plus you know, the "cold" he depicts is absolutely nothing.
Poor, shallow response sir!
Andrew, I would like to see a video of you building a 32 x 40 pole barn with steel siding on top of your new mountain. You deserve to be out of the weather.
Yes, something with a work area to keep the machines in too, they will rust into the mud up there
Even so it is very cold you've done what it is needed to fix this machine...thanks so much for that...
Respect to you Andrew, that looked a battle in the cold freezing weather to do but you won. Well done.
As usual…quality craftsmanship and quality entertainment! Thank you, Andrew👌
Great video, and really good too see you've got a haul truck that actually hauls without breaking down half way down the mountain!😁 Looks like you'll have alot of rock to crush and build up the road, means more video adventures, that's a win win for us! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!!😎😎😎
The Cat and Volvo hauled rock for a while, give it some time, it might take him a week or two and he'll probably break the Bell also.
Videos with constant diesel sound are best lulaby for my son. Thanks!
Andrew is the only one-man Road Paver (until the DB Collab) that’s also his one-man heavy vehicle Maintenance Crew and one-man Video Producer for the most part. Problems and hard work fazes him none❗️ No wonder he entertains us so naturally besides his wicked dry humor❣️We love you AC… praying you will never allow fame and fortune to misshape you.
It's definitely ruff to work in those cold climates, more props to you Andrew tackling that by yourself 😎👍 had me cracking up at the end of the vid! 😆 🤣 ⚙️
Heck of a commercial for those clamps. They didn't think of that use. Great job brother
When I see that, it reminds me of my childhood. Those mistakes you made when you were 9 or 10. Dad first asked what the problem could be before he helped you. Now that I'm 30, I have to smile when I see the skills
Andrew never ceases to amaze and entertain!! With brilliance... Love you man....
Andrew, once again you never seem to disappoint in your videos weather it is a short 37 minute one or an over hour long, in having the knowledge and mind set to address a problem, and fix it, alone and in all kinds of weather, and go back to running and doing what you were doing, like nothing ever happened! Thank you for all your time in getting this dropped and appreciate the sharing. Hugs to Cody and Blue..
Always impressed with the way you get things done. Working alone requires you to figure out how to make it work. Be as careful as possible.
Keep up the repair video Andrew as an old mechanic I enjoy them !
You-Da-Man Andrew. Your sticktoitivness is amazing.
Hey everyone, happy holidays from eastern Washington state. Andrew is my man love his videos.
Andrew your videos are so amazing that's a cool bulldozer keep it up
Good job with this problem glad that you weren't hurt when it went over bord
Nicely done. Love the way you use your excavator like a strong friend helping you..... I used to fix stuff like that in western Alaska, so I know very well how cold makes things more difficult.
Great video! If you ever find your self breaking tracks again. It’s a lot easier to get the master links back together when you do it over the idler .
Andrew, I had to laugh when you installed that seal. That is a toric type seal sometimes referred to a metal to metal seal invented by Caterpillar way back. Instructions on installing that seal was to not touch the finely honed metal sealing surfaces with your fingers. The metal part seals the rotating components and the o-ring keeps the preload on the seal face and seals oil in. Will be interesting to see if it leaks. At Cat we had specs for torquing bolts. The specification was preceeded by the number 1 and the letter E . 1E279 was the torque spec. It covered all grades and sizes of bolts. I guess your spec. was 1Eexcavator. That is a Cat part number on the sprocket....an old number from way back. I own a Cat D3C hystat machine from around 2000. Much easier to service the final drive (planetary) and sprocket. That pressed on sprocket is a beast to work on as you showed in your very nice video. Keep up to awesome content. You are one hard working dude. Haven't see how you broke your foot. Stay safe man.
Thank you.
I chuckled also, mechanical seal should have been replaced. Also all bolts and nuts should have been locktited and torqued. But great repair out in the field with limited resources. If it was me I would revisit my repair in the coming weeks to ensure all was good.
To respectfully ad to or correct your answer. Those are mechanical end face seals. Or as we say in Germany gleitringdichtung. It most certainly was not invented by caterpillar but by George j Cooke for use in compressors, but probably became widespread by Ingersoll Rand in pump operations. Touching with your hand won't cause any problems as long as your hands are clean. The facing surfaces are patterned to allow a tiny amount of oil to travel between to cool and lubricate the facing surface so if dirt gets in it destroys the face. There are many different alloys used for different operations but they are due o the complicated alloys all expensive. The main concern is the pressure load on those kind of seals asto much load means they heat up and burn out to quick and can even act as a break so that a hydro motorbike be exposed to extrem load. I have even seen some big old pumps that drive themselves stuck in a matter of minutes dueto excess pressure load during service.
Hopefully that didn't come out too know it allI just thought I should share experience. Keep up the good work guys.
@@Teredifa interesting info. Good news here, that one I installed is not leaking
@@Teredifa Interesting. You are correct. It appears Cooke was given credit for inventing the face seal concept for high speed rotating machinery, pumps mainly. The evolution of the face seal and improvements seemed to focus on the high speed application of the face seal for which there were many contributors. Caterpillar's contribution was refining the geometry and metallurgy strictly for slow speed power transmission like track type tractor final drives. Assembly instructions at the factory was to not touch the finely hones metal surfaces and to wipe them with a type of paper at assembly. Early versions of the slow speed face seal had good life but only if you could keep debris out of the interface.