Tracked barrow hard to steer

[richarderskine]

Hi , yeah its slightly better in the crawler gear. I also noticed that going up a steep incline causes the levers to be solid and only stopping and releasing the clutch and taking the load off the transmission lets me pull the steering levers. 

[Haironyourchest]

44 minutes ago, richarderskine said:

Hi , yeah its slightly better in the crawler gear. I also noticed that going up a steep incline causes the levers to be solid and only stopping and releasing the clutch and taking the load off the transmission lets me pull the steering levers. 

 

So the clutch packs aren't releasing (easily) when under load. The clutches are oil cooled, they share the transmission oil in the gearbox (80 weight gear oil). Have you ever changed the oil since new? My machine manual specified 0.8 Lt in the gearbox, after running in I drained the oil and noticed it had been underfilled at the factory, only 0.5 came out. Thought maybe there was more sitting in a low spot and filled and ran and drained again, and I do believe it was underfilled.

 

Don't know if an oil change will help with the clutches but it won't hurt.

[richarderskine]

Hi , yeah its slightly better in the crawler gear. I also noticed that going up a steep incline causes the levers to be solid and only stopping and releasing the clutch and taking the load off the transmission lets me pull the steering levers. 

21 minutes ago, Haironyourchest said:

 

So the clutch packs aren't releasing (easily) when under load. The clutches are oil cooled, they share the transmission oil in the gearbox (80 weight gear oil). Have you ever changed the oil since new? My machine manual specified 0.8 Lt in the gearbox, after running in I drained the oil and noticed it had been underfilled at the factory, only 0.5 came out. Thought maybe there was more sitting in a low spot and filled and ran and drained again, and I do believe it was underfilled.

 

Don't know if an oil change will help with the clutches but it won't hurt.

At this stage ill try anything. I did change the oil as it leaked from the gearbox from new but i will double check the level again. Cheers