I remember as a little kid growing up on the ranch running across a rather substantive stash of issues of "Selected Articles from Service Magazines" relating specifically to tractors that our grandpa had hidden on a top shelf of his private "office". Me and my brothers grabbed what we could carry up to our tree-fort where we would spend hours pouring through them...especially the pictures......while catching a buzz on grape Nehi! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Seriously though, your dedication and respect for these machines is infectious (in a good way). Best wishes.
Welcome to Squatch University. Pay attention or a pickling fork might fly your way. An absolute unbelievable education you are teaching. Great information
I agree and I have even made this same comment....growing up around tractors (both track and wheel) I assumed the cats were just simple, big cog drive mechanisms. Learn something new every day!
I would guess that the left steering had more wear than the right on our D2 back in the fifties. The right track ran down in the furrow and guided the tractor when moldboard plowing so the steering wasn't used but occasionally from one end of the field to the other. When making the left hand turn, however, the left clutch got a workout as the right track had a hard time pulling the 3-16" plow around the corner. The turn consisted of constantly working the left clutch and brake and was even more difficult in wet conditions. Another great video! Keep up the good work, Toby!
Looking great, Squatch!!! There are so many moving pieces - I think about the clutch on the H or M when I watch this, and I am just amazed at the difference in complexity.
What amazes me is the fact that all of those parts were designed on paper with a pencil, then machined essentially by hand. The tolerances are incredible. You really need to hand it to the people who thought that technology up and then made it work. Thoroughly enjoy your videos and always look forward to the next. Thank you!
It keeps moving around the shop. I asked about it a few videos back, but not sure he ever saw the question. Looks like it'd make a great base to a shop stool.
It’s wild how much force those springs have just looking at them you wouldn’t think they are so compressed lol that’s how people who don’t know what there doing gets hurt great video as always my friend one more step closer
Squatch253 I am a flat bed truck driver and when I was strapping down my first load of the day. I told my self is it “ RIGHT AND PROPER?” LOL think I’ve been watching your channel for a bit :)
Very useful video on the steering clutches. The Soviet tractors KD-35 , DT-54, T-74 and T-100M have the same setup so it is good way to learn a few quirks here and there. Probably the best video out there on how to service the steering clutches.
You do a Great Job documenting EVERYTHING! I do not mind watching a commercial or four to help you pay for the parts to save one of these Forgotten Beauties'. Looking forward to a road grader in future!
Did Squatch watch shake hands with danger recently 😂 seriously tho safety is no joke when you are dealing with stored energy like that - good on you bud for explaining why that compressor is built the way it is 👌
As Paul Simon once said: "There must be 50 ways to love your lever". 17.40 that tool looks a lot like the clutch hub holding tool I made for my motorcycle - even down to the square hole in the center. I'm another one who spends 3 days making a tool to do a 1 hour job.
Always impressed with your mechanical knowledge Squatch, but even more impressed with how you build your own tools. Pretty amazing stuff. As always, great content and thanks for sharing.
I love that bearing race removal trick Squatch!! You taught me something I never thought about doing, when you showed it a few videos back. I am ALWAYS a bit nervous when it comes to inserting new races into hubs. I don't have a race driver and am reduced to a 4 lb. sledge and drift. I know it's kinda "cavemanish" but it is not something I do all the time.
I'm definitely starting figure out how crawlers work i thought i knew but watching you has made it clear keep up the good work . the eye is looking better
Have you considered a section of cold-rolled square or rectangular bar stock, threaded, to replace the bottom nut on your fixture? Alot more meat for the vise jaws to clamp down on, and reduces the possibilty of everything tipping sideways-
Hi Toby well you made pulling those to pieces look very easy, and you must have a huge cupboard full of home made tools. I must admit that I have a few tools I’ve made for pulling my Honda quads to pieces. Honda make the tools but they cost near as much as the bike costs. Anyway great video as usual, one last thing I always find it really hard to throw away any parts that I replace, i just feel that you never know when you might need it, any way Cheers mate from vegemite land.
for the next time, could have supported both sides of the bearing IE a couple of large washers with a bolt to hold both sides of the bearing so could press it out without the damage
Yeah, compressed springs always make me nervous. Good control over those forces is essential. The other form of potential energy that scares me is trees. Even just limbing, you're releasing who even knows how much energy, usually all at once, with your sawcut. I've predicted that release of energy completely wrong too many times. Safety first.
Fascinating level of detail on the clutch packs! How does one keep condensation from accumulating in the transmission in the future and causing more damage? I imagine it would take at least a full day or 2 of running at temperature to evaporate a winter's worth of condensation.
I’m surprised steering clutches are not in an oil bath like a motorcycle clutch or an automatic transmission. Seems like they would last longer as well as run cooler.
You mentioned oiling your jack screw. Don't you want to use something formulated for very high pressure such as axle grease or hypoid gear oil? I love watching your videos, much better than gear-head channels on TV.
"So I made a tool...." I always look forward to seeing the newest fabricated tool. I have made a few tools to get a job done, but they are not made to this level. Next time I make one, I will ask myself " What would Squatch do?"
