Garage Advice column.
Garage Advice column.
Hey folks... list something that you have learned the hard way... even tell us what happened and why we should learn from your mistake!
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Never under any circumstances use vice grips on the end of a broken throttle cable. (72 polaris colt snowmobile, bought the neighbors a new fence in the spring)
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Never under any circumstances use vice grips on the end of a broken throttle cable. (72 polaris colt snowmobile, bought the neighbors a new fence in the spring)
Minnesota
- Willyr
- 2010 crawler
- Posts: 695
- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:03 am
- Location: Downeast Maine (North of Ellsworth)
Taking apart old bolts does not mean yanking on the bolt with everything you have. Most of the time some heat and a gentle pull on a normal wrench is sufficient to loosen even the toughest bolt.
former owner of a 1956 420c
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
waste oil brushed on bolts,nuts,joints.
even if you don't plan to take it apart,
you'll be glad when you don't gall the threads or snap things off.
and for the tough,young and dumb crowd, don't use your hand to beat on a wrench. you'll figure out why when you get old.
even if you don't plan to take it apart,
you'll be glad when you don't gall the threads or snap things off.
and for the tough,young and dumb crowd, don't use your hand to beat on a wrench. you'll figure out why when you get old.
440icd/602/8a,,440icd/831/ripper,,440icd/831/3pt.,misc. 440 parts, i have 5 of these now, but i can stop anytime
Every part on a dozer, no matter how small, weighs 100 pounds or more.
Your back is not a crane and you only get one of them in a lifetime.
Use skid-loader/tractor buckets, chain hoists, rope pulleys, etc to pick up items and move about. He-man is another word for Stupidity.
Your back is not a crane and you only get one of them in a lifetime.
Use skid-loader/tractor buckets, chain hoists, rope pulleys, etc to pick up items and move about. He-man is another word for Stupidity.
JD 2010 Crawler with Loader
- Stan Disbrow
- 350 crawler
- Posts: 2904
- Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:13 pm
- Location: Raleigh, NC
Hi,Lavoy wrote:Crawlers don't float worth a damn.
Lavoy
Nope. However, the literature always talks about 'flotation'! I ain't never seen one float!
To get back to the advice, on the old Deere Iron, watch that hot battery post and the bottom of the gas tank. I like to put a custom cut piece of wood paneling over top of that battery....
Later!
Stan
There's No Such Thing As A Cheap Crawler!
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
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- 430 crawler
- Posts: 57
- Joined: Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:58 pm
- Location: www.homegunsmith.com
If a bolt breaks off, I weld a nut on the broken end, I ve even done this when the end was recessed a bit. The heat helps the stuck bolt and you can use a wrench on the nut just like the bolt never broke. Wire feed is my preferred welder for this.
Jeep Water pump bolts seem to volunteer for this frequently[/u]
Jeep Water pump bolts seem to volunteer for this frequently[/u]
When the pin you were pushing out of a sleeve in the 200 ton press.Just decided to leave a two inch hole in the shop floor before making it's own exit hole out of the shop and taking out a windshield of your next project car just out side .It is a great time to smile and say. It's great no one was hurt .At that point 4 people standing there and no one hurt .New sign at press reads Before you get any pressure up on this press evacuate all fellow workers and bystanders!.floors and walls fix easy and windshields are cheap .When I got back to the shop this after noon no one wanted to tell me what happened .The shop apprentice finally got the nerve to tell me .I went back and looked and I just said glad no one was hurt at this point it is all fixable .So that made it a good day and lesson learned as well.Digitup.
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- 440 crawler
- Posts: 100
- Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:25 pm
- Location: Allegany, Oregon
- Stan Disbrow
- 350 crawler
- Posts: 2904
- Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:13 pm
- Location: Raleigh, NC
Hi,
That's another point: grind wheels age.
They slowly absorb moisture from the atmosphere and that weakens the glue that holds the grit together. My dad used to tag the grinders in his machine shop and replace older, perfectly good-looking, wheels because of this.
So, always presume any wheel you have will catastrophically self-disassemble at any moment you're using it and proceed accordingly.
Later!
Stan
That's another point: grind wheels age.
They slowly absorb moisture from the atmosphere and that weakens the glue that holds the grit together. My dad used to tag the grinders in his machine shop and replace older, perfectly good-looking, wheels because of this.
So, always presume any wheel you have will catastrophically self-disassemble at any moment you're using it and proceed accordingly.
Later!
Stan
There's No Such Thing As A Cheap Crawler!
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Similar results will happen if you attempt to grind alumnium on a grinder wheel.
Bryce
Bryce
No trees were hurt in the creation of this message.
But, many electrons were terribly bothered.
440IC/602, 2-440ICD/831 MM UBU-LP, 445N-LP, 445E-LP, BIG MO 400-M, 4 Star-LP M5-D, M5-LP, M602-LP, M670-LP, G900-LP, G900-D, G1000 Vista-LP Case 580CK
But, many electrons were terribly bothered.
440IC/602, 2-440ICD/831 MM UBU-LP, 445N-LP, 445E-LP, BIG MO 400-M, 4 Star-LP M5-D, M5-LP, M602-LP, M670-LP, G900-LP, G900-D, G1000 Vista-LP Case 580CK
I agree Lavoy the water is no doubt how it got seized in the first place .I got two pins in a extendible dipper stick I have been cursing the last week or so .I got them red hot on one side top and bottom hydraulic ram pins both .Put the big sledge to both and neither budged a *&^%@# bit .I got pissed off and sent it to the next job .I'll fix it later !! .Digitup.
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