John Deere 8370R IVT disassembly (Part 2) 

I have no idea how you can remember all the inner workings of all the different jobs you do, to say I am impressed is an understatement! You guys are amazing!

Zeth, you are the man!!! You knowledge of John Deere machines is simply incredible.

As a former JD master tech myself, I’ve rebuilt several transmissions but my favorites was always engines! I was also a road tech

The depth of knowledge that you have is boundless in the eyes of an operator. We flick a switch of motion a lever and we have only a rudimentary mental picture of a few bits meshing together without the realisation of the thousands of parts that are busy doing their bit. I am constantly in awe.

The skills required to dismantle & then eventually reassemble is AMAZING

The engineers who designed the transmissions are amazing. It is a wonder how the assembly line gets all the parts assembled correctly. It is a tribute to how everything works to get the power from the engine to the ground. We stand in awe to watch the techs working on something that is rather complicated. Thank you for showing us how it is done.

Der gute alte Flaschenzug, immer Hilfreich, wenn man ihn braucht 🇨🇭😇

Was für ein Wunderwerk der Technik ist doch das stufenlose Getriebe !!! 🇨🇭😇

I’m a case ih guy and work for case ih but man I tell you what these videos are top notch nothing better than a guy doing what he loves and and being great at it. Keep on keepin on brotha

Some real detective work in tracking down the mystery metal pieces!

I imagine John Deere is big enough to actually have them, but I have always felt that detailed step by step instruction manuals should be available and used for stuff like this. Especially when training or learning a new procedure/process. I love that you are working side by side training as you go but as someone who has had to learn existing process and procedures when coming into a place I have often had to bother someone else to ask a question that could have easily been answered by availability of an instruction manual. I am 100% a read the manual guy.

Your knowledge with these john deere repairs on your videos is truly astonishing. Very impressive!

Just “amazed” and impressed with the initial engineers who designed and led the manufacturing of this technical equipment....Enjoy your videos and your talent.

Excellent, I am from Iran and john deere mechanic, we will update our information with your videos, thank you

Immer wieder spannend, euch bei der Arbeit über die Schultern sehen zu dürfen, merci 🇨🇭😇

This narrator knows this transmission. Only thing I would suggest, is to use threaded locating alignment studs, for removal and assembling castings, even a 10lb casting could hurt not only your feet and damage casting itself hitting the concrete floor . So long story short, the thin shim should have been sandwiched in between two thicker shims for final end play. Once again, great video 👍

Man, if I had to put all that back together, that tractor will be spinning around like a zero turn mower.😂😂

ZK. Really enjoy watching you work on that Green Iron. Sometimes, those tractors look just like a blivete, which is 200 pounds of tractor equipment packed into a 100-pound tractor package. Please take care. Thank you for the videos. 👍

Wow what a lot of work to essentially just clean and reassemble. Also I am impressed by the level of knowledge in the database

You remind me of my oldest brother. He graduated in 69 at the time Plymouth had the Trouble Shooting Contest nation wide any school could enter my brother took 2nd place in the nation needless to say he was a great mechanic. He was a diesel mechanic his entire life He was a huge man like you there was nothing he couldn't fix like you and strong as an Ox like you He passed away in 16 at the age of 65. I so enjoy your videos I'm retired I put my 30 years in at a coal fired power plant. Please keep making content and make sure you take care of yourself. Being a mechanic is hard on the body .. Thank You Zeth...

Great videos. From Cape Town South Africa. 40 years I started as a JD apprentice, worked on 730's, 2010' s 3010/20's, 4010/20's to the 8850 range. Combines I worked were the 55/95/95H, 952, 1065, 7720 Titan and 8820 Titan. After 10yrs of savings and my wife working I studied as mech engineer. 5yrs later I became a Pr Eng. I only have fond memories of JD. Thus I love thes e vid's.

Thanks for another great video ZK and Josh. I am totally amazed at both of your skills and ZK you as the teacher. ZK you really know your transmissions. And I can tell josh is absorbing what you are telling and showing him. You two are super work partners. The insides of the transmission have me blown away. Wow. So many pieces and parts and knowing exactly how they fit together is a lot to soak it to what and how to do it. Far more complicated than I expected. A lot to know and then remember how it all goes back together. I have watched a lot of your videos but this one is at the top of the list to see the inside of the transmission. My sincere compliments to you both. ZK you are a great teacher. Josh is really picking up on things I can tell. You both are excellent technicians and John Deere is fortunate to have you both. Thanks for everything. Really enjoyed this one. The Iowa Farm Boy. Steve.

You have admire the people who designed some of these transmissions. I agree with you that transmissions are interesting to work. I bet the owner of the tractor is delighted to watch you spending his profits. Thanks guys, very interesting video.

I'm a mobile Tractor mechanic in hay country Texas, I don't think I've ever seen a transmission this complex, I'd love to have the chance one day to rebuild one of these. Most of the transmissions I work on are either straight cut gears with power shuttle or hydrostatic utility tractor

I was intrigued and captivated,

Amazing engineering. But also amazing tech that can dive that deep into a complex transmission and knows from memory. You really are a MasterTech. Well done!

Been a heavy diesel mechanic for 36 years. Only ever worked on manual truck transmissions. Decided to build a 48re trans for my Cummins truck. Was much easier then I was expecting.

Been waiting for this video, so looking forward to it, Thanks for posting 👍🏻

My bucket list is to meet you and Josh, you men are a great team.

Good work!! Keep it up!! When I'm cussing just doing basic shadetree mechanic work I'm going to think of how cool calm and collected you are when you have an IVT transmission in hundreds of pieces.

i really love this guy, zk master Tech I can watch it every day..

That was a very enjoyable piece of vid I used to overhaul auto trans. This baby is next level thank you for time and effort.

It is wonderful to consider the people who originally designed the transmission and the tooling required to manufacture it. That is really exhibiting American expertise in engineering and design and manufacturing. Wonderful.

Thats wild.. "if the grenaded pieces are little, just ignore them" 🤣

Hi Zeth/Josh, just luv watching you at work. Wish I could start out again in a career with you guys. Retired now. Will keep on watching Luv ya bits Julian U.K

Love the content man! Please keep it coming!

Well, all this video did was make me want to order my next tractor with an e23. My rule is no IVTs on the farm out of warranty. Great video.

You have a good channel, you really do. I too worked for U.C.C. (utility contracting company) for several years. Thank you for posting, be good, be safe !

Its a good job you like doing transmission ZK . There is a lot of parts to remove. Hope you have got a good memory. Lucky you did not find anything to damaged . Now the fun part putting it all back together. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

The Disassembly is complicated, but it is amazing you can put it back together and have no "extra [pieces" when you have it all together again!!

Love it! Great work ZK and Josh!

Love your videos, man. Waaaaaayyyyy more interesting than anything else on TV, or the internet, for that matter! Thanks for all of your content!

It took a talented team to design that transmission. Putting those screens in there to stop those steel pieces from tearing up the inside, sure saved a lot of money. I wonder how those steel friction discs got overheated and warped. It was lucky you caught that before too much metal and friction material had chance to circulate with the oil, unless they have a fine filter in the system to trap very small particles, like an engine has. If you run a new small air cooled engine without an oil filter, like they use to drive a small generator or lawnmower, after the first use, if you look at the oil in bright sunlight, the oil almost looks like aluminum paint. It has millions of tiny metal particles in the oil. I have to change my small generator oil every day when a hurricane knocks out the power. Thankfully, that doesn't happen too often, even near New Orleans, where we hold the world record for the only power failure during a Super Bowl game. The next Super Bowl here is on February 9, 2025. They are now doing a complete renovation of the existing Caesars Superdome, which is supposed to be finished next summer, in time for the Saints 2024 NFL season.

Great show love watching you and josh work👍

Great video! I like seeing the insides of those complex pieces.

Esti foarte atent la detalii, felicitari. Lucrezi curat si ingrijit

Absolute marster class, love love love watching your videos, keep them coming 👍🏻

Amazing technology, craftmanship Good job Zk Master tech.

A real nice vid! Very interesting and informative! Keep the deere's running

Upon re-assembly, as long as you have less than 3 pounds of parts left over, you're within spec. There's a spec. for everything.

Thank you for putting subtitles in Portuguese..

Another great show today, Thanks

So how is John Deere for warranty? Do they still pay for the transmission repair even when it wasn’t needed? On the AGCO brand the CVT is all one and parts are not available for to. It’s real easy, remove the cab, open up a lid and theses the CVT. No splitting of the tractor at all. The CVT comes in a medal box, remove the new one and but the core back into it and back to Germany it goes. Not a lot of time at all to R&R a CVT. Enjoyed your video, great job Guys!!

Great video. Very professional.

Chunk of steel in that screen about big enough to have a part number on it

I do like watching your videos keep on doing a good job

Super-Super interesting!

Since you got it all tore apart I believe you should change all the bearings and races too

Interesting thanks

Totally awesome

Zk Master top demais. Ganhou mais um inscrito do Brasil.

Keep Up The Great Work 😃

Thanks for the videos!

Always wanted to see inside of one of those.

Good job

Ohhhh you magnificent bastard......I salute you!!!!

Love videos

I missed my calling in life being an auto mechanic for 20+ years. I wish I had the opportunity to be a JD tech. But here in Florida there isn’t much of a market for that

Video fantastic thanks

Hey there ZK, I hope this finds you well? 🙏 This is an interesting series, how many hours is on this tractor? Is this your 1st IVT disection, and what about the new EVT? Any farmer that tries to do something like this himself, or hires a 'Shade Tree Mechanic' to open up a major component on pretty much anything produced in this Century, is kinda like the man that defends himself in court, they're both fools. I hope you have a good one! "Nothing Runs Like A Deere" 🦌 👍 🇺🇲

Wow what a job that’s a Chinese jigsaw puzzle l never seen 😮

Chrome plating debris to me suggests a hydraulic cylinder somewhere with a chrome plated rod..Not a lot other than that is chrome plated.

hi zak. these are the parts you found in the transmission, the ILS axle differential shims

would like to c the factory put this together

Buenas, muy buenos tus vídeos, espero la 3 parte

Nice Vid!

How many hours are on this tractor? Has the transmission been apart before this disassembly?

quel savoir faire!!!! Your skills is amazing, but what a frustration to not discover anything really wrong, except a clutch which is not in 100% conditions and a poor seal out of order

Доброго дня колеги ))) це регулювальна прокладка з лівого підшипника ILS. Розбирайте ліву сторону ILS і дивіться, проблема знаходиться там )))

I have serviced and worked on aircraft jet engines and they ain't got nothing on a Deere IVT transmission. Just maybe a lot of lock wire on the fasteners...

Great content, keep them coming!!

@ 30.32 to 30.50, the wear on the housing from the brake bands. would you consider that excessive?

Hi sir i am from india ,i like your video but i have some questions .my question is if any part damage you reples why not repair it.i like your tools setup Spencer ok.

how much does the whole transmission weigh?

I cant change my truck oil without making a mess...ahahahaha

Is that a GOAT Guns AK at your work station? My son has one just like it.

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Hi ZK.. I start watching your videos.. Reason for that is that I have problem on my JD 8345 IVT transmision. Is it posible to get some advice from you?

Motto of every transmission shop: "It's not fixed if you don't have parts left over!" 😅

Does some of this work fall under warranty due to the metal filings that were found ?

I wish to be a part of you're team sir.

Instead of taking the time to tare it down why not just put a reman trans back in I`m guessing it will have all the updates done to it if there is any. And I would think it would be cheaper in the long run.

Can I get a video of John Deere 8960 transmission assembly

Are JD all metric nowadays?

Are all these highly technical parts, bearings, castings etc manufactured in a JD plant ????

how do you invoice this work? all to the customer, or split between JD and customer. or does JD take it all? In my mind this should be a warranty work or godwill.

How did u know they were in there? Was the transmission acting up?

Step 1 - install Hydro Step 2 - build highly complicated tractor around it

it's an adult game, I don't know if you need to replace all those rounds

When you tear a transmission apart do you replace all the bearings when puttin back tighter