IH 175B The Beast!

[spitzair]

Somebody over at redpowermagazine.com should be able to help you out.

[Goldtrigger]

spitzair, Thanks for the tip. I have an old post over there, I will update it.

[Goldtrigger]

Bought a final, it is on the way. Once I finish my real job work week in DC, will try to get back to it next week!

[boone]

That's good news! You'll be back in the dirt in no time. Did you have much trouble finding one?

[Goldtrigger]

Used Macinery Trader and posted a request.Got 4 hits, bought from folks in Alabama.

[Goldtrigger]

Used final drive shipped on Tuesday, should be here Friday. Parts to repair the left track expander also shipped. Next week we may be back in business if we get time and weather!

[Goldtrigger]

Final Drive Arrived Today! Looks good. Sprocket looks better than our old one. Once the seal arrives, we will put it back together.

Malcom, any suggestions on the process of pulling and reinserting the new pinion shaft. I know you said lock the brakes. Any other tips?

[boone]

Goldtrigger, how's the Beast? Was very curious as to how the final drive project was going. Weather and other obligations haven't allowed us to do anything around here.

[Goldtrigger]

Finally got to it yesterday. Have a guide pin stuck in the loader I can't get out so I wound up pulling the belly plates and changing the oil and filters. Got to load up the generator so I can use my big 1/2 in drill to bore out the guide pin. Still no rain so can't use a torch to cut it out; too risky, high fire danger and the beast is sitting next to a large pile of pushed dry cedar that would go up in second if any spark got away from me.

All the parts are in and sitting next to it out in the field. Starting to get hot. 93 today, 40 mile an hour south wind. Glad I am not a fire fighter!

[malcolm]

Hi Goldtrigger
Sorry havent been here for a while ,Pinion should pull straight out with the brakes hard on (dont let the kids play on the machine while it is out)
If you have oxy acetylene you could try heating the dowel pin red hot and then quench it with water to shrink it .
looks like fun wish i was there . regards Malcolm

[Goldtrigger]

Out on business travel this week to South Carolina. We will give your idea a try if it ever rains; too dry right now to use a torch out there right now. Shot it with liquid wrench every time we go by and give it a wack but so we can't get it to budge.

[Komatsu 150]

I've had good luck with a freeze spray made by Locktite can't remember the name "Freeze off" maybe? I used it in the guts of a machine that had oil everywhere and I was afraid of fire. Two of us with three foot extension on the wrench could not get a fitting loose. A long shot of that stuff and I was able to do it by myself.

[malcolm]

Hi Goldtrigger
Another thought those dowels usually stay in the main housing side , memory is a bit rusty but looking at your photos the dowels in the new housing might
drive out downwards and you could use the ones in the main housing might save a lot of drilling . if you have to drill try a 3/8 hole right through and then
your freeze spray through the hole will give it some where to shrink to. Also put a bar around the bullgear to check the brg that failed on your one is ok
regards malcolm

[Goldtrigger]

Komatzu and Malcom, thanks for the tips. I am back in Texas after an absolutely miserable flying trip to Charleston. Took me 2 days to get there. Flying around all that thunderstorm/tornado mess to get to South Carolina was not fun.

I will be back out on the loader on Monday. I will look at the new-used final and see if either of the guides can come out. If so, I may just put the other one back in the loader and work it from that angle. And if that is a no go, I will try the freeze spray. Still no rain down our way, some in North Texas, but nothing around Ft Hood/Copperas Cove, so fire danger is extreme.

I will keep you posted.

[Goldtrigger]

After four hours of drudge work, and thanks to your tips, the guide pin is out. We had to bore it out, then tap it and pull it out. Now we have to work to get the new/used final on. Pictures enclosed.