Dumb problem --easy fix

[handlebar99]

This morning I was using my 420 loader to drag some junk cars out of the pasture so the scrap guy could make them disappear. (When my kids were in high school, they never traded in their cars, they just parked them down behind the barn -- now it's up to old dad to clean up the pasture.)
As I was dragging out the 4th clunker, a squeal started coming from the right side final drive--it sounded like a bearing in its final agony--the crawler was starting to labor a little bit, so I headed for the shop before i got stranded.
I got her up on cribbing and used the pressure washer to clean off the mud. While washing her down, I noticed that the right side final drive housing had been welded--not a good omen. (But then I thought there are at least two layers of paint on top of the weld -- so whatever the problem was, it was fixed a long time ago.)
Finally, I noticed that the brake lock was latched down -- I must have bumped it with my foot--the brake was the source of my squeal! I released the brake, got her down off the cribbing and went back to draggin out clunkers.

May all of our problems be this easy to solve! I wish everyone a pleasant Easter and many thanks to Lavoy for this site.

Ray

[JD430C]

hi ray, my dad did the same thing last summer on his 350. he was making a path so i would know where to make the road with the excavator. he walked up to the cat and told me it was hard to move and wouldnt steer.(i am the one who fixes the equipment) it was late so i told him i would fix it the next day. i took up all the tools and blocking thinking i had to take the finals off. i started it and moved it back and forth a little. i happened to look down at that time and noticed the brakes were locked. unlocked it and the crawler was back to normal. took dad a few days to get over that one. lol


andrew

[ggfossen]

I did the same thing with the chain brake on a chainsaw last year. I got another saw, finished dumping the tree, and then sat cross-legged, and removed the bar and chain on the "busted" one. I finally realized what I had done.

I'm not new to saws. I started playing with them maybe 45 years ago and, in the last ten years, and worked a couple hard enough to warrant replacement.

No excuses, but the lessons just seem to keep on coming!

Gary