• Thank you for visiting HeavyEquipmentForums.com! Our objective is to provide industry professionals a place to gather to exchange questions, answers and ideas. We welcome you to register using the "Register" icon at the top of the page. We'd appreciate any help you can offer in spreading the word of our new site. The more members that join, the bigger resource for all to enjoy. Thank you!

Search results

  1. T

    Cat e70b swing bearing

    Thanks for all the comments. Spanner man came along. Really liked how everything worked on it. Of course couldn't produce the sound when he tried, how else. Good news is that she's all fine and ready for work.
  2. T

    Cat e70b swing bearing

    Well, there is an another thing which is a sort of a single clanking noise when turning first one way and then returning the other way from that turn, accompanied by a slight lag in turning. I'm not sure if its a radial movement of the bearing or the swing gear/unit. Suppose i should pull that...
  3. T

    Cat e70b swing bearing

    Thanks for replies. Suppose i'll be wiser once taken her apart. Hoses off the swivel joint, bolts off the bottom and jack the top off I suppose?
  4. T

    Cat e70b swing bearing

    Thanks for replies! I'll have a spannerman take a look at it. Chinese are really eager to send a bearing for one fifth of what the spares desk sold their last one years ago. Stinks or not, i dont know, but i think it's worth the risk, for the machine itself for real cheap. They even sent details...
  5. T

    Cat e70b swing bearing

    Hey!! I got an early 90's e70b. The swing bearings got a little play, i.e. sideways movement between upperstructure and undercarriage. It is a Japanese model, gray market machine or whatever, hence importer doesn't know jack about it :) Therefore i'm looking at Chinese part suppliers and they...
Top