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    Dimensions of Deere 190E and/or 490E bucket cylinders please

    I am looking at possibly using a 190E or 490E bucket cylinder on my mechanical thumb. They look to be about what I need, but I would like to know the dimensions of them. I am looking to use one of them on my 130 excavator and I just don't want it to be too small. I'll be making brackets and...
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    track question

    early this spring when it was still pretty cold out i tensioned my tracks, now i think that the warmer weather has expanded the grease i added and they seem too tight. does this make sense? i had them pretty snug when i did it, but now they seem tight and squeek and squak and sound terrible when...
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    one track turning faster than other

    thanks for the replies. i now have some things to check. while under load it tracks pretty straight (probably goes slightly right, i am not pushing dirt long enough to notice/care) so i do not think that the clutch is slipping. if the frame is bent how the heck would that have happened? i am...
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    one track turning faster than other

    Jerry, where do i look or measure to see where this bend or worn bushing is? it makes sense to me that they should turn the same speed...
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    one track turning faster than other

    hey guys, i have an '81 D5B LGP. i have one track spinning faster than the other... if i have to drive a ways it curves off to the right. i is pretty annoying. i assume that running with the one clutch disengaged isn't real good to do, but it tracks a little straighter when i do. i have heard...
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    looking for front windshield for cab

    does anyone know of any boneyards that might have a kobelco sk130lc mark 4 cab laying around? maybe all the mark 4 cabs are the same??? i am looking for the front windsheild and the plastic visor for the top front of the cab. they are pretty expensive from the dealer. thanks in advance, Ben
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    looking for UC parts/advise

    Quicktrax, thanks for the reply! i will try that number and see what they say.
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    looking for UC parts/advise

    i called the local parts guy up looking for some bottom rollers for my kobelco sk130lc mark 4. he said that they are pretty unique to kobelco for the 120's and 130's, and he cant get aftermarket ones. anyone know about this? i have a couple rollers where the bearings are shot and one more...
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    brake adjustment question

    thanks for the informative reply lonestar, i will try to adjust them when it is back at the shop. i dont have a winch so it sounds like it should be pretty easy. thanks again!
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    brake adjustment question

    when ya pull them out half way they are the clutches, then all the way out are the brakes. right now i have to pull the levers out all the way and the one barely seems to work, the other is fine... just all or nothing. wondering if they should be more like in your thruck where the further you...
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    brake adjustment question

    i am still new to the world of dozing. we have an '81 D5B. i know i need to adjust the linkages for the hand brakes (never used the foot pedals), but i really dont know what they are supposed to feel like when they are correct. i ran a buddys 7 this weekend and i sure liked the power of...
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    Should i buy a second hand excavator or new? help

    kobe130, i would sure like to get my guages working as well, i went out and bought an aftermarket guage set. i don't know if i can make it work or not. what kind of guages did you get and where? the one i have only has 6' long hoses and stuff... but i think i will need them longer, so i am...
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    Should i buy a second hand excavator or new? help

    kobe130, have you already redone the electrical on that 130 machine? i have the same one, same year, and was thinking of doing the same thing. hardly anything electrical works on my machine, but it is sound mechanically. what do the new harnesses cost? is it pretty much plug and play, or is it a...
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    2 spd on a sk 120 Kobelco Mark 4 ser #YPU1162

    i have a 130, prolly the same valve. it is about $360ish if i remember right for the coil for the solinoid and only about $20 more for the whole valve with both solinoids already on it. i just bought the whole thing and figured i have a spare now. if you take the solinoid loose, it is just the...
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    how would one go about setting culverts

    well i guess i should say that the culvert i am installing is a 36" diameter steel corrigated pipe. it seems that if i pack it too much on the bottom half it floats the pipe up and off of grade. soooo... i have been filling in just a few inches at a time and packing it w/ the bucket till i can...
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    how would one go about setting culverts

    i am in the middle of setting a few culverts for a guy to make some creek crossings, and was wondering how you guys set them and start packing them. i do not have a plate compactor, so i have been packing with my bucket (tryin not to hammer it much). after i get above the pipe a foot or two...
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    Oh no... my track came off!

    i recently had a similar problem. what i did was the same exact thing... i pulled the track sideways with a tractor. i didn't however have to let all the grease out. i picked the weight of the machine up with the bucket and ran the track backwards, so the slack was draggin on the ground, and...
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    aim attachments?

    thanks for the feedback, i am still shoppin around.
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    aim attachments?

    anyone ever heard of em? how do they comepare? i am looking to possibly add another bucket to my collection. they have a 1yr or 2000hr warranty. is ar400 steel what they should be made of? are there any other good aftermarket buckets out there, i am not really in the market for an oem bucket...
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    Pond diggin photos

    i have a guy looking to put in a retention pond. i have no idea if that is what you guys are talking about here, but it looks close enough to me. he contacted the guy we just bought our dozer from, who sent him to me. this is the first dozer for us, so obviously we dont know how to make a pond...
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