Fings wot broke

[aspenarb]

The tracked timberwolf`was screaming its nuts off the other day so i thought it was bearing time again so pulled it apart only to find a lump of steel bar had managed to wind its way tight into the gap where the bearing run against the casing. Anyway it was in bits so while at it I converted it to greaseable

 

All the normal malarkey , drop the belts of , mark up the caps ,drive hub and pull it out of the machine.

 

 

The seal carrier with the offending lump of steel that jammed it up

 

 

Ferking great socket on the 1" nut gun to get the big nut off the shaft.

 

 

Press the old bearings off.

 

 

One was bone dry and the other burnt looking

 

 

Drilled and tapped the rotor 1/8bsp to take a grease nipple.

 

 

Pressed the new bearings on the shaft after removing the inner seals. Next to no grease in them anyway

 

 

Stuck it back together and pumped the rotor hub full of grease until it just started to ooze past the outer seals of the bearing. Took the nipple out and fitted a blanking plug, it can have a few pumps of fresh grease when the blades get changed

 

 

 

All back together with new belts, put a smear of silicone sealer on the hub face just to stop any grease escaping into the engine bay .

 

[Mick Dempsey]

So where did the bit of steel bar come from?

[aspenarb]

So where did the bit of steel bar come from?

 

Dont know Mick, can only assume it was in among a load of ivy clad trees they were stuffing through it the other day.

 

Bob

[Richard 1234]

The tracked timberwolf`was screaming its nuts off the other day so i thought it was bearing time again so pulled it apart only to find a lump of steel bar had managed to wind its way tight into the gap where the bearing run against the casing. Anyway it was in bits so while at it I converted it to greaseable

 

All the normal malarkey , drop the belts of , mark up the caps ,drive hub and pull it out of the machine.

 

 

The seal carrier with the offending lump of steel that jammed it up

 

 

Ferking great socket on the 1" nut gun to get the big nut off the shaft.

 

 

Press the old bearings off.

 

 

One was bone dry and the other burnt looking

 

 

Drilled and tapped the rotor 1/8bsp to take a grease nipple.

 

 

Pressed the new bearings on the shaft after removing the inner seals. Next to no grease in them anyway

 

 

Stuck it back together and pumped the rotor hub full of grease until it just started to ooze past the outer seals of the bearing. Took the nipple out and fitted a blanking plug, it can have a few pumps of fresh grease when the blades get changed

 

 

 

All back together with new belts, put a smear of silicone sealer on the hub face just to stop any grease escaping into the engine bay .

 

 

 

How many hours did that take to mess about with?

Looks to be a right pain!

[iana]

Fair play good job

You would think that the grease point would be a standard fitting from factory on a set up like that.

[AHPP]

Your blokes are incredible but so is your patience. I'd have had a nervous breakdown years ago.

[simont]

Your blokes are incredible but so is your patience. I'd have had a nervous breakdown years ago.

 

From what i have read, Bob has the patience of a saint.

 

Best picture was of the 360 that returned after a job, lads beat the hell out of it. Would have beat the hell out of the lads if it where my machine.

[aspenarb]

From what i have read, Bob has the patience of a saint.

 

Best picture was of the 360 that returned after a job, lads beat the hell out of it. Would have beat the hell out of the lads if it where my machine.

 

Its not that bad really, things like the timberwolf are flogged to death. Its just come back from a job where it was screaming its nuts off for eight weeks running all day every day, two hired in chippers expired ( Jenson) on the same job and had to be swapped over so the timberwolf did well. The digger is partly my fault for allowing someone that can drive a digger in there rather than using a digger driver. Big difference.

 

Bob

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Oh my poor head

[Johny Walker]

Oh my poor head

 

gaffer tape ,2, rolls should sort it