How To Adjust Clutches On A 22 RB Dragline 

Yes it was exactly as you say. I haven't been out to the farm for a while so hope to have one or two more videos in the not too distant future. Cheers.

Dan certainly is a knowledgeable guy for his age. So glad to have made friends with him, couldn't have done it without him.

Am I able to contact you via email? Mine is adriannettlefold@hotmail.com It's always good to have people who can give advice. Cheers.

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Thanks Steve. I will have to go back through your comments and save them into a fold on my computer. You're a wealth of knowledge mate and it's appreciated. Sad to say, I am considering putting her up for sale. I would like one last go on a real job, but it doesn't look like that will happen. I could easily spend another $20k in machining and repairs, with no real hope of recuping anything. It is $1000 to move her to the nearest museum if I want to display her or if they have an event. So not really worth it.

isso é ótimo amigo. Feliz por você ter gostado do video. eu falo italiano mas o google me ajudou com o seu portugues

@@adriannettlefold9084 obrigado.pela.atenção.eu.sou.do.Brasil..e.você.e.de.qual.país.

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@@claudioc6502 , oi, sou australiano, meu pai também, minha mãe é da Inglaterra. De meus avós paternos, tenho herança dinamarquesa, alemã, inglesa e siciliana. Meu avô me ensinou italiano. Já estive na Itália e tive uma namorada brasileira, mas não aprendi muito português

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First of all, congratulations! You have now joined the brotherhood of those wishing to remain poor hahaha. No not really. Hey mate I'm not real good with imperial as I'm a bit of both and the bloke you see explaining is the mechanic Dan Taylor not me. However, if you start by adjusting your clutches when the machine is cold, so the throw of the lever has sufficient tension when cammed over that it is not impossible to push it that and it is as the book suggests then that is your starting point. You have 2 adjustments for each band. One is the tension spring on the actuating end of the clutch and the other side is the small screw with a small spring for tension which keeps the dead end of the band just off the drum. Also I will add here that unlike mine you should have a leaf spring on the clutch band guide where the stud on the band goes through, this is to keep even tension all the way round the band. So, I have found that mine is not getting proper adjustment and I have had to adjust my clutches up to compensate. The problem then is that when you work the machine, the drums expand and the clutches start to grab even when disengaged. You will find you will have to play with adjustment the more you work the machine. You should have just enough gap to allow the drums to turn with out grabbing. Make sure you keep oil away from the drums and use brake cleaner and a high pressure water jet to clean them if they do get contaminated. AWAY FROM THE MACHINE. I had a bad day when I took advice that was probably not quite followed correctly. I hope this helps, if you have issues, let me know and I will put you onto someone more experienced than I. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

Had the afternoon out at Anakie and I may end up with some parts and definitely copies of info about who to get In contact with for other bits. I realised their is a lot of things missing on mine. And I got ripped off on the transport costs.

I'm not an expert, and my machine doesn't have an attached load chart. However, the boom angle is set for the maximum reach of the bucket away from the machine. This distance, is determined by the length of the boom and weight of counterweights as opposed/matched against the capacity of the bucket. My boom is more for crane work and is approximately 45ft long. The bucket I have is 1/2 yd bucket. The lowest I can set the boom angle to is approximately 37°, but I work it closer to 40- 45°. I would have to have larger counterweights and shorten the boom to be able to use larger capacity buckets. At the lower boom angle. I hope that answers your question. ( Also having the boom at higher boom angles allows you to use the teeth on the bucket to drag and spread material, rather than digging or smoothing) Good Luck.

I am not sure to be 100% honest. It seems odd that yours has the winching action occurring when you pull the levers towards you. The Rustons were designed to have that occur when you push away from you, as a means of providing support to the operator in the seat. My manual gives instructions on changing linkages over in a particular way, so you can use a clamshell or shovel front which requires the ability to push and pull the levers, giving power to the winch drums in the opposite direction. So, I would say it would make sense to flip over bell cranks and linkages underneath if you wanted it to function in the opposite throw of the lever. Contact Dan on his RU-vid channel as seen in the credits he may be able to give a more detailed answer. Cheers.

@@adriannettlefold9084 Its currently set up when you push it winching begins. We only run drag buckets in South Louisiana and its easier for us to pull making it winch and pull making hoist! But thanks and will do.

Ok. me avise quando fizer, estarei interessado em assistir