Recent content by Old_853

Great success! Put a couple hours on it with no leaks.

If it runs, put the box end of the wrench on the bolt, start it, and use the drive motors to break the bolt loose. I have a four foot pipe wrench that will grab the hub for the back axles. They are supposed to have loctite on them, once they are cracked loose you can spin them out with your...

It might be time to rebuild the drive motors.

Could be the gear reduction bearings. You'll know when you get the center cover off. The primary sprocket the front and rear chains are attached to should have no slop in it. If you can grab it and wobble it, the bearings are gone. I ordered all of them from allskidsteers.com. It is not an...

Also couldn’t find a muffler, and adapted 7350311 to fit. The right hole and exhaust tip lined up perfectly. Had to clearance the door and radiator cover a bit. It’s larger pipe, so I welded up a coupler to the factory flex pipe. It’s a lot quieter than the rotten one with no tailpipe I was running.

The chaincase has an open hole to the gear reduction and is lubricated with chain case oil. I use old hydraulic fluid in my chaincase, which I have in surplus due to these shenanigans. The two holes in the coupler shaft go to the interior of the gear coupler, they are drilled at an inward...

Can blow air through the return and hydraulic pressure is normal. Motors have fresh seals and will run on air, and hold air pressure even. (I was gentle, low pressure only). I thought maybe there was an internal leak in the motors.

New seals carefully installed. The old ones looked perfect. No nicks, gouges, or bends. I used a length of 3.5" exhaust tubing and an old seal to make a driver. Used loctite 518 around the outside of the seal just in case it was getting past there. Used silicone grease on the contact...

Just put everything back together and put in 4 gallons of fluid and let it sit awhile. Without it running. The chaincase level increased. That means it has to be Oil Seal 6513588. Ordered two. I'm going to try to find a seal driver. I installed these ones with a brass hammer and thought I...

Hydraulic fluid leaking into chain case when running. Why? Greased seal lips, no nicks or burrs. Chaincase drain hose is clear, blew air through both side to be sure. Chain case drain ports in motors clear. Can blow air through the two pin holes in the drive shaft. No obvious issues. Order new...