350 staight in garage for preventive maintenance

[andregrondin]

Hi !

For the serial # I still pretty astonished about the ending with a T
I haven't found anywhere documentaion about the letters at the end .

thank you for the praise , and yes I do pray about the adjustment to finaly work .

but this is exactly what I have on the tag !

[andregrondin]

Hi !

Need to remove left final drive again , seems that the clutch is not releasing properly and I have no power on the left side at all !!! sh....

I putted the dozer in front of a dirt pile put it in 1st gear half way throttle and release the clutch pedal and it only spin form the right track !!

so now back in the garage and undo the final drive !!! hum do I know how ???

[waredaman]

Oh too bad about your drive. Please let us know what went wrong as we are rebuilding both ours and using your pics to assist. I loved the way you blocked off the higher gears! Hope your repair is a simple one.

[andregrondin]

Hi !

here is the latest ,

mesured everything steel disk are brand new ( so size is good ) .
fiber disk where slightly used but seems that all in all together within spec , the whole assembly was a tad bit to thin, so on the last steel disk I added another old one ( not pitted or rusted) ,
and put back the last fiber disk and the pressure plate,
I know it is not the best thing to do and not the way it is suppose to be but I took a decision and I will have to live or die with it ! .

Now all is back together and seems to turn properly without the track remounted, I need to adjust de whole thing properly put back the track and do a field test , I'm crossing my fingers here but it looks good !

One thing I can say now !! I know how to un-mount and remount that final drive !!!!!!

couple of tricks I learned :

1-
align the shaft into the final drive fisrt so the part of the shaft that need to go into the pilot bearing goes in first , then secure pressure plate accordingly to the right torque , remove the shaft and insert it into the differential .

2-

bring the final drive very close the the casing put your gasket ( paste like permatex gasket) then put two long dowel pin ( threaded end ) on the two top bolt hole than two shorter ont the bottom bolt hole and insert slowly the final drive to the casing ,
this should help a lot on the alignment process .

3- make sure the brake band pin align well with the hole into the final drive .

4- do not use a impact tool to secure the bolt while inserting the final drive into the casing , this will casue the final to go too fast into the casing and not have a feeling of where it tend to bend .

5- secure your bolt equaly very slowly with a ratchet so it goes in slowly without causing a tilted entry .

[andregrondin]

Hi !

Here is the last update !

Total success !!!! yeah babea !!!!

need to finalize perfect adjustement and pur back the covers on the of the steering clutch housing and then push some dirt around !!!!

it is been a long trek but good god I'm glad I did it myself and with a lot of help from here and some other person .

now get this machine dirty !!!!!!!

[andregrondin]

Hi !

The deer is out of the garage and ready to push dirt !!
it is been a long quest but how rewarding that NOTHINGs leaks
anywhere and all is working great !!!

I'm proud of myself and now let's hear that nice diesel sound and push dirt !!

thank you for all the help .

[Paul Buhler]

Congratulations. May your machine serve you well. Thanks for sharing your pictures and thoughts.