350B reverser

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garyreed
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350B reverser

Post by garyreed » Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:23 pm

I have acquired a 350B crawler that had not run in about 20 years. The guy knew it needed steering clutches (the unit was left outside for a period of time and they locked up) and was performing well prior to that. After getting the engine started it seemed that everything was functioning properly except the steering clutches were indeed locked up.

After replacing the clutches and changing the fluids, the initial test run had everything working like I thought it should. Now I must say that I am not a crawler operator so working properly may be a stretch. On the first run at actual working I realized that when you were pushing and moved the reverser to neutral and back to forward it would not move, but if I went to reverse for a few feet and back to forward it would push until the tracks spun or it powered out and died. I brought it back in the shop and after talking to a friend, realized that I had not changed the reverser fluid or filter.

I took it out for another run after changing those and it still does the same thing. The temperature does not seem to be a factor as it will happen cold or hot. Upon reading some of these posts here I feel that my issue my be a sticking spool valve. It seems that these my be a pain to service in the tractor and was thinking of pulling the valve body and giving it a good cleaning. Has anyone tried this and is there anything to watch for.

All information will be greatly appreciated.

Gary

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Re: 350B reverser

Post by original possum » Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:01 pm

When it "won't go forward" pull both steering clutches for a couple seconds and then release them. If it "goes" then either the reverser pressure is borderline or the forward clutch pack is nearly worn out. Backing up a little gives it a short time under no load to fully engage the clutch pack.
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Re: 350B reverser

Post by garyreed » Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:42 am

Thanks I will look into that and post my findings.
Gary

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