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    Champion 740 wheel stuck on hub

    Trying to remove a wheel and tire. Well and truly stuck.All nuts and wedges are off,put a 3 to portapower from frame to rim,no go.Myremaining ideas are to put a piece of 2 inch pipe between chain box and rim,at a slight angle ,then rotate wheel with drivetrain power. Or put nuts and wedges back...
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    Driving piles with a 15 ton excavator and rock hammer.

    I know someone who once drove some piles using a backhoe and rock hammer, hammering on a heavy steel plate on top of pile. I need to drive 4 10 inch creosote piles into some sand mud beach material.i have a 15 ton and a rammer s29 rock hammer.Haven't got the plate organized yet. Anyone tried...
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    Kenworth w900 no air,something's frozen

    It got cold here,minus 10 Celsius,that's cold on the wet coast.anyhow I used my old 1981 Kenworth with 3406 yesterday all fine,not as cold. Today it started out fine then lost all air about 10 mins in. Can get it up to 15 pounds if I rev for awhile and that's it. Gauge seems fine I checked at...
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    Greasing turntable from cab.

    Thinking of ways to do this without having to get in and out of cab multiple times,reach in over track to get at fittings etc,which I don't really enjoy. Recently I attached my Makita grease gun which has a long long hose,to the turntable zerk on front kind of below cab. With gun in cab,I...
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    Regulate thumb circuit flow jd590d

    Running a brush cutter off my thumb circuit.Cutter only requires about 2/3 the flow available and I have the cutter rigged up with a flow control valve that diverts excess flow back to tank. (Both the return flow and the excess flow go into the 1 inch dia return line that runs to end of stick...
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    Ditching liability

    Recently I was hired to dig a trench from house to outbuilding using mid sized excavator with 12 inch no tooth ditching bucket . Started at house where owner and electrician showed me where to start ,a few feet from house to avoid contacting another buried cable coming in from about 11 o clock...
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    87 freightliner coe rad issue

    Rad started dripping coolant and on investigation found it coming from vicinity of lower rad. Could not identify exact location so pulled rad. This is where it got interesting . Could not get coolant to go thru rad,either top to bottom or bottom to top.Truck had been running great so did not...
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    Flail mower vibration

    Have a Ford 918h 92 inch flail mower that I have adapted to an excavator. Use it about 50 hours a year for brush cutting. Have had no issues in 5 years other than changing cutters,about 1 or 2 cutters per hour of cutting which is ok.This year everything has gone to hell. It vibrates,in truth I...
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    Cutting edges

    I am running standard 1 inch thick ,2 x 7 foot cutting edges( or blades or whatever is the correct term ) on my 740 A grader. Wonder if one can rehab the edge to straight by trimming with a plasma cutter.two concerns come to mind: stress in the metal and loss of hardness. Not sure if either...
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    differential oil level

    A question Ive been pondering for awhile.In a differential with a bad seal,the oil level typically goes down to about the level of the bottom of the seal and stabilizes there. Still quite a bit of oil there and itd get splashed around by the large gear so Id think that lube would get onto all...
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    Shifting a 2 speed axle

    On my single axle international dump with 5 speed trans and 2 speed axle ,the shifting instructions are ,like on every 2 speed I've seen,the downshift the axle after upshifting main( ie for a split upshift). I wonder why? It makes for a very slow shift and I've tried it the other way,(ie...
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    SSHD front diff repair

    I popped something in the front diff on my 1981 Kenworth W900 with Rockwell SSHD axles. Driver tried to start a big load on hill. Popped drive shaft. Fixed that and now Ive got noises coming from front diff and itll occasionally lock solid when going from forward to reverse. Can remove the...
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    slack in steering box W900 Kenworth

    ive got about 4 inches of play in steering wheel and its all coming from the steering box. Ball joints etc are all good. I get a really annoying "hammering" sound when driving empty on washboard and Im reasonably sure its from the steering box. Loaded I dont get the hammering. Its a hydrapower...
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    brake footvalve is hard to push

    88 International single axle dump. Brake footvalve is firewall mounted with plunger from pedal going up from bottom. Pedal has been very hard push to get much braking lately. Brakes are good. Maxis will lock up wheels,adjusters are to spec etc. Really put your leg into it and itll stop but its...
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    hydraulic wedge coupler?

    I have a PC75 and a JD590D,thinking about trying out a hydraulic wedge coupler on one or both of them.Ive got about 4 attachments for each machine,all set up for wedge bar. What type of h.w.c to go for? Is there a DIY option?What price could I expect to pay for one? Thx for any info.
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    fuel filter microns for older cummins and cat engines

    Wonder what microns these 3408b and L10 and Big cam 400 trucks need? Im having some issues with 2 micron "sm2020 primary filters plugging up quickly. Next step up is a 10 micron. The truck giving me grief at present has an 1987 L10 cummins and the Racor primary separator filter is the only...
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    tightening procedure for budd wheels

    I religeously retorque my wheels,budd or otherwise, after a change but what about the inner nuts?Seems to me they could be loose or not real tight, due to a seating issue or ? and I wouldnt know. I figured out that if I loosen off one outer nut at a time, check or tighten inner nut, then...
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    83 Freightliner with 400 cummins left side engine mount

    I have this unit to move tow my excavator trailer around the island i work live on.. No DOT no highway etc. Never gets over 5 miles from home.Probably does 200 miles a year tops.Anyhow I recently noticed the gearshift hops to right a bit on extreme startups etc. Investigated and itd seem the...
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    Allied Rammer S29 insulation?

    I have a Rammer S29 that gets occasional use. There seems to be a blanket of soundproofing ir something bbetween the outer and inner part. Its been slowly sliding down and covers up the ports for greasing. I chiselled out new ports so I could grease but of course it keeps sliding so covers them...
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    snaky tracks 1995 PC75

    This unit has about 6000 hours and I blv they are original tracks. Ive owned for 13 years annd 3000 hours and I minimize walking wherever possible. Anyhow tracks now are inclined to find a resting spot alongside machine from time to time. Usually at inconvenient times.Maybe twice a year on a bad...
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