LCA078
Senior Member
I've gained a LOT of insight from this forum on ensuring I don't buy a yellow money pit. I passed on a couple dozers that looked good in pics but didn't look good up close. I've gotten good at measuring rails and rollers but haven't quite figured out a few things.
-When measuring sprocket life, is there an easy way to do it with calipers or good rulers? I can't figure out (or find) how to do it without using the special tool. Or this just a 'trained eye' thing?
-I can pull the final drive filler plugs (between the sprocket and body) to check the fluid but I don't know how to get a magnet in there to fish for shavings (I think that was mentioned something to a few times in other posts). Enlighten me on this.
-Pulling the magnetic screen for the transmission: The first dozer I looked I already made up my mind not to buy it after seeing the leaky finals and worn out u/c so I didn't bother looking for that screen. The last dozer i looked at had a really thick rubber floor mat and I couldn't pull any floor panels get to the screen. That owner wasn't keen on me doing it anyway as he was worried about folks wrenching on it before they bought it. Anyway, does any one have pics of what this screen looks like before it's removed from transmission and/or what it looks like after I pull it?
Thanks
-When measuring sprocket life, is there an easy way to do it with calipers or good rulers? I can't figure out (or find) how to do it without using the special tool. Or this just a 'trained eye' thing?
-I can pull the final drive filler plugs (between the sprocket and body) to check the fluid but I don't know how to get a magnet in there to fish for shavings (I think that was mentioned something to a few times in other posts). Enlighten me on this.
-Pulling the magnetic screen for the transmission: The first dozer I looked I already made up my mind not to buy it after seeing the leaky finals and worn out u/c so I didn't bother looking for that screen. The last dozer i looked at had a really thick rubber floor mat and I couldn't pull any floor panels get to the screen. That owner wasn't keen on me doing it anyway as he was worried about folks wrenching on it before they bought it. Anyway, does any one have pics of what this screen looks like before it's removed from transmission and/or what it looks like after I pull it?
Thanks