2010 serviced

[magnus]

Well my 2010 crawler loader is back from service. Found a guy local who actually had experience with one (his dad has one). The clutches where good, but plates where rusted, so we polished them up and got the rust out.

The track tensioners were shot. Had to replace them.

There where course thread bolts where fine should have been on one of the sprockets.

The throttle was hooked up wrong. Down was throttle up.

The engine is a gas one from something like a generator, as the governor only throttles down. It used to be diesel. I need to cut a hole in the skid for draining oil as the drain does not line up.

One of the main cylinders was dumping the ring nut. They found wrong size clip inside which seemed to limit how far down the nut could go. This cost me about 6 gallons of hydraulic fluid as it dumped spectacularly when it went.

Had a cracked fitting in the front letting it dump antifreeze. He replaced it with a new one.

I have a slight crack in the manifold but it get enough gas and runs pretty decent with it.

Gas tank is nasty so added a fuel filter right before the carb.

It tries to go in reverse when in neutral. Will be watching that. (Its a reverser trans not stick)

The pins on the loader are welded in, and do not have zerks.

Undercarriage is not as good as I thought. Lots of wear on the plates many are bent slightly.

BUT it now runs and works. Some unexpected parts, but some I did not need to (clutches).

One modification they made was to allow moisture out of the final drive. They added a breather in each inspection cover and an open drain on the bottom to let the water/oil/etc get out, and allow it to dry, not condense. Same work they did on their machine which sits long periods of time without being used. I live on a hill it will not be going through water.

I'm in for a little more than I planned on but I figure once the earth moving is done I should get back ahead. I'm glad I found someone familiar with these particular machines. For labor he came in close to original clutch quote even with all the extras.

[Tigerhaze]

It tries to go in reverse when in neutral. Will be watching that. (Its a reverser trans not stick).

The HLR shifter on 2010s is a litte touchy- I believe there was a recall or service bulletin at some point to retrofit the little hinged door that locks the lever in neutral. Even then it is easy to accidentally shift into reverse from neutral- just be careful when jumping in and out of the seat.

[Gil]

You may want to close up the open drain that was put in the bottom of your final drive. Your perspective is that water will get out, but it is just as likely that water will get IN; like next time you drive through a puddle. The vent in the inspection cover is a good idea as long as it is designed to also keep water out. If you are getting oil in the final and not water - well that is a whole different problem. Gil