Another John Deere 500r header

[@terryrogers1025]

I would like to thank you for taking the time to keep moving the camera around to give your viewers the best views so we can see what’s going on, you do a nice job with the camera sir, that has to take extra time and effort, so once again thank you and thanks for the ride along sir.

[@BuilderCannon]

Best dang mechanic there is

[@robertchristensen2633]

Warren is a dam stud ,he seems to not turn anything down for 1.two he takes on things he says he never worked on before. And he pulls no punches with the truth.i love this guy

[@stevehetrick2676]

Suggestion Warren, I use a couple of throw rugs to put down to work under my farm machinery. It helps to not have to kneel, or lay directly on the rough ground. Especially since I have gotten older, I am 66 now. It helps👍 Thanks for making these videos

[@michaellavecchia]

That’s the cleanest work clothes ever on u I had a pair and lost them in a move from house to condo You work like like I used to work on projects for myself , not for a living Thank u so much for doing these videos Stay well, stay healthy

[@mikeyarbrough3065]

Glad to see you posting again because a week or so without Warren’s wisdom and commentary is like a week without coffee. Mike

[@pmccoy8924]

Imagine if a hard working, man of integrity, man of the people, no nonsense, no bullshit, says it how it is, knows right and wrong, could run his great state of California. How much better of a country we would have.

[@davidmulloy9546]

Thank you for posting the video Warren. Its been a while, I was concerned you had said screw it. I watch every video. You have so much knowledge and I have learned a great deal from you.

[@mikeduffy7271]

Looking fwd to watching this. Im not a mechanic but enjoy them. Thank You.

[@robertcarey2724]

Good morning Warren great to have you back thanks for all the great videos over the last four or five years I’ve learned a lot from you God bless. Bob Carey

[@butchhill2001]

good two see ya back Sir.

[@michaelmcdonald6727]

Hey Warren, I thought we might have lost you to the KZbin goons! 99 percent of us enjoy your content and look forward to each new video. If you get frustrated by the one percent, just deleted their account! We won’t mind. Another great farm equipment fixin video. Thanks much for sharing your videos.

[@endtimeawakening5557]

I hope that you'll consider writing a book when you're able to retire/slow down Warren. Your years of wisdom and knowledge are priceless and it would be awesome to have it compiled in a text that others could draw and learn from. Thank you so much for sharing what you do. Take care and God bless!!!

[@johnwehner9520]

I'm glad you are taking the time to inform the owners what needs to be done to avoid these issues in the future, I don't know many mechanics that would put themselves out of business doing the right thing.

[@archstanton9206]

Thanks Warren. I've been subscribed for 3-4 years now, and I knew nothing about working on serious Ag. equipment, my experience in that area is limited to my old L2550 Kubota, (and it ain't serious). After watching you work I do know this...a lot of the stuff you working is more complex than I imagined. And some seem kinda fragile. I know those rigs have a lot of hours on them, and they do a very specific job. Thanks again for taking us along.

[@christinesveistys6016]

Hi Warren, I just would like to say how much I enjoy your videos. Especially this particular one where you were able to video every particular way to get this bearing out. I know this is not easy and you made it look so easy. The lighting was perfect and you could see every stroke of the wrench. Are you sure you don't want to drop all the wrenches and get into the videography business. Lol!!!Lol!!!!😄😄😄😄 That was such awesome footage. One thing that has always amazed me about you is how great you are with your craft and are one of the most honest KZbinrs out there. In today's society we have lost the handshake method that I grew up with since my father had a construction company. Well I must say I would have no problem shaking your hand and know that I was getting the job done correctly and most likely add money to the bill so you were paid a fair an honest wage. I hope know one takes advantage of your services since you are so knowledgeable in your craft and one of the most HONEST businessman out there. Keep up the great work and videos and May God Bless you and your family. They are all so lucky to have you. Lastly, I hope that you get another vacation with your wife since she has to be a very patient individual since you put so many hours in. A lot of wives today have forgot about this principle. They want you home at 4:30 and make six figures. Keep up the great work and so many people on KZbin must think the same I do since I always walk away learning something or a trick to get the part off. I hope the rest of the week goes well for you.

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

Thanks for the video, Warren. I have been going through Warren Withdrawal. I bought one of those Mueller-Kueps wrench extenders and that is as handy as a thumb in a mitten. It’s a good day when there is a new Western Truck and Tractor Repair Video. Appreciate your time and sharing your knowledge. Wonder if that bearing fails because it is on the drive side? All of the torque goes through that bearing to drive the head. That’s my non engineer opinion.

[@bentaylor8342]

I think everyone will agree, it's been a minute, glad to see you back on channel !

[@PrairieMechanic]

Glad to see the comments still open 😃 great work man! Your channel and the things you do was a huge motivator for me to go out on my own 2 years ago. It has been a great choice and knowing your ass dragging though the dirt along with me makes me feel good! 😆

[@elroyelblander6277]

Hey feller...thanks for bringing us along when you're able to..see you next time..have a good day 👍👍👊

[@notyou6950]

Thanks to your efforts I get to see machinery I never even knew existed.

[@twistin140]

Thanks for the video Warren...... was really missing one of your videos. i even stayed up late to watch it. catch ya on the next one! ... soon i hope.

[@vincenthalas7055]

Missed you old fellow. Please, know that we care about you. Your personal contentment is paramount. Hope all is well with you and yours Warren.

[@savb2597]

With how much work went into the last one, I would be scared shitless about missing a piece of bearing in there.

[@petepeeff5807]

Me too. But he should be all right if he counted the balls in the new bearing and accounted for all the old ones.

[@doglaslondon7904]

You have made my day great to se you back

[@nickpersenaire4443]

Hey Warren, thanks for sharing more hard work a true master of his craft. You have surely earned every penny you skill and knowledge is incredible keep up the excellent content my man.

[@Prariedog]

Amazing work ,thanks for sharing Warren, glad your parts counter can get bearings in for you for this kind of repair.here in sask Canada it's tough getting certain parts Sure do enjoy your videos

[@JohndeereBauer]

If you have any parts trays that the magnets pulled off of, the magnets work great for holding them carriage bolts in. Do that alot myself. Food for thought sir.

[@johnwesner3935]

Hey warren, thanks for the video! You are the only guy I can watch because the experience is real!! Thanks brother!:)

[@christopherkingston9601]

I was looking forward to seeing all that stuff moving but I guess there is a safety lever which the operator has to have engaged in the cab. Great to see stuff fixed though.

[@endtimeawakening5557]

Since finding your channel Warren I'm now able to understand Machines more clearly. I watched you take the 3500 pound Funk Transmission out of the John Deere 9320T and rebuild it. I now know how it works and can determine each Gear Ratio of the 18 Forward Speeds and 6 Reverse. I was clueless to these things prior to finding your channel. Thanks again for going out of your way to film your work and share it, it's helping more than you know. 👍👍❤️

[@richardhoneywell7411]

Great video Warren really enjoy you keep moving the camera around to see what your doing to fix that header. Thanks for sharing your videos stay safe Warren.

[@johnwaby4321]

Your getting an expert on these now warren . Nice one 👍👍👍👍

[@markcleveland3790]

You could try setting a magnet on top of the carriage bolt head and see if the surrounding sheet metal will help hold the bolt in place while you get the nuts tightened. Hope this helps 🙂

[@jackking5567]

Still amazes me that those heads do all the work and at such speed too. The dirt is definitely an issue though - looks to be like dropping dirt through a rootes compressor..

[@davidj4662]

Always good to see a video from Warren show up. 👍

[@badmonkey3669]

A pressure washer would go a long ways to helping them headers last a bit longer to

[@mcd5082]

Thanks for sharing as always warren!!

[@moanderson6]

Josie is sure getting big..................take care Warren.......

[@donpampel3332]

Thanks for taking time to shoot a video. I know you are hammered this time of year.

[@brianrutherford3681]

Thank you for the video.i was beginning to wonder if you had quit youtube since I did not see anything for so long.i enjoy watching your videos as I learn from them all the time .

[@ronaldbechler1162]

I know your swamped BUT! I need to see more videos from you. Thanks a loyal watcher

[@RandyB1973]

Love your videos warren!

[@mfc4591]

I wonder if the design 'engineer' was thinking about the torque applied to the 'first' gear and if it takes more force than the others since its being driven first and then transfers force to the rest of the gear train. Maybe that's where you need a double deep groove bearing to enable it to last longer or am I thinking wrong ? Josie is growing into a really good looking adult dog.

[@philglover2973]

Thanks Warren thanks for your time and consideration top job very informative thanks 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@nickchannel5364]

I like the stories he tells while working.

[@dieselhatz4247]

Thank you for the upload, really interesting as always. It’s never the wrong way, and there’s always better ways, but if it works for person repairing it and safe enough, that’s all that matters. Those guys could do with power washing those 500r’s after use, that built up mud ain’t doing that drive train any good (that ain’t saying the kit needs to be immaculate, I know that it’s a working farm).

[@dondiego2262]

I ran a Hesston 8550s for several years and never had issues like that with it. I should add that my boss was a BOSS and a stickler for maintenance. We changed the oil on everything every winter. We changed some in the summer too if the running hours ran out.

[@stevencombineih6912]

That's the same bearing that went out on my 956 Moco. I Enjoying watching your content

[@gutsngorrrr]

Hey Warren, get one of those powerful switchable magnets, they really help with holding a lot of stuff and should help hold the carriage bolts in place while you tighten it from the other side. Being switchable means you don't have to fight it to get it off and it isn't a pain to store like a permanent magnet. Check out Magswitch Magsquare, mainly used for welding, but has many other uses.

[@richardlincoln8438]

Thank You for Your time and effort Warren.

[@michaelowen1750]

You sure they weren't using that to level the fields with instead of a grader?

[@NerveLindsay4187]

🎞🎬Thanks for the video Warren !

[@dennisbailey4296]

Great to see you or getting a head of some of that ugly bearing stuff in those swathers! I'm sure you were surprised by the Worker noticing that it was getting HOT!! Try to take care of yourself!!

[@trevormansfield6740]

Glad your back.

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

I am sure that all that mud being picked up with the alfa-alfa must increase the load on the cutter heads drive train, leading to premature bearing wear/failure.

[@josdaalmans6977]

Franck was lucky he noticed the noice and smoke. That was an expensive one again if failed totally. I must say, a lot of work these headers.

[@jacemillertriplemfarmsaz5019]

Another great video Warren! I run 4 W235s with the 500r heads. We purchase a lot of parts back east that are very price competitive with our local Deere dealers. If you ever want any pointers on winter overhauls or a good place to get cheaper parts I’d be glad to help!

[@Amac-uz9hm]

Thanks for the effort you put forth Warren 👍

[@suzylarry1]

this is like deja view , you just did 2 sets of these girls. As mentioned , the operator caught this girl before she became a money pit. I noticed when inserting the bearing , as you had it in the vice and pressured the "C" clip into place , your hammer "TONE" changed thru the vice , inturn it was telling you it was going ito place . Sometime machines & tools talk to you. Interesting how the " Machines " change as crops change during the season. Hay squizers , fertilizer's , now combines . Love the ( fix it videos ) and the making of " plan B " tools from clutch tools to transmission alignment tools . More than 1 way to skin the cat !

[@lvance3236]

I can't help but think of your comment several videos ago how the operators of that hay equipment must "drive 'em like they stole them". The sad reality is it's hard to keep anything running very long when the only thing the hired help seem to take pride in is how fast they can break the machine. Maybe if they had to spend their machine's downtime out in the field with a scythe and a pitchfork it might help motivate them to be more careful...

[@richmill6043]

Welcome back! Always enjoy your vids.

[@josephcrosbypcola]

LOOK AT THOSE PRETTY NEW OVERALLS!!!

[@justinarsenault1926]

Heck ya thanks for posting Warren

[@merlepatterson]

My guess the reason that first bearing fails is because it's built in bulk along with the other bearings down the gear train so it's failing because it has the most torque applied to it as the first bearing to drive all the other gears? I'll bet if they had made the first few bearings a little more heavy duty than the rest down the gear train, they wouldn't have failed as quickly?

[@dieselhatz4247]

I find this on gear trains and the like, the drive one always fails first. I’d agree with you and your synopsis.

[@merlepatterson]

@@dieselhatz4247 Yes, if you think about it, that's a lot of side-loading going through just a few ball bearings at the initial pressure point of contact on the inner and outer race of the first bearing. (most likely tons)

[@dieselhatz4247]

@@merlepatterson Certainly is, it has to start the whole head, and I believe it takes all the feed back, like a Newton’s Cradle, if you know what I mean 😵‍💫.

[@alannichols8977]

Welcome back Warren , missed you my friend .

[@ollie-lk5dx]

I was so glad to see this video posted ! I was afraid you had said the hell with KZbin , Thanks for posting ! I was missing your content !

[@u.p.tinkering]

Thanks for the upload Warren, been waiting patiently!!! Love the channel, keep up the good work!🙂

[@russellclement2058]

Geeeez mate I thought I did it tough crawling around under a cane harvester , at least I drove the harvester and didn't go ploughing the paddocks with it ..

[@williamanderson6142]

Keeping America moving,one job at a time. Nice

[@gregbird6615]

Good to see ya back

[@brettkratt6154]

Great to see you back. You worry more than the owners do about there equipment. Keep up the good work you dooms dayer.

[@jeffo881]

con·tor·tion·ist mechanic, reaching for those bolts.

[@billysmith6131]

Nice to see you back at it......love the video's!!

[@tazmeadows2925]

It maybe because that idler drives the rest it has considerably more side way forse you may need to change that bearing before it fails as a service item. it is the kind of job for the winter if you can persuade the farmer. Good luck with that!

[@samblair5427]

Got lucky with that gear KY Sam . Old retired stripmine mechanic [coal]..

[@michaelnisporic3292]

So glad your back

[@rickytart1028]

Good job Shipmate...

[@chenderson4969]

Same colour a wheelie bin in australia for good reason I reckon Warren.

[@canadianpopeye8066]

Was worried glad your back.

[@CrimeVid]

My pet hate: people who don’t phone you back when their living depends on getting stuff sold ?? most hated excuse (“I looked and we didn’t have one”). Because you know the lazy s o b didn’t look, like he didn’t bother to call and give you an answer. Years ago my favourite storemen would say “I think we have one, I’ll just go and check (meaning “ I need a cigarette” ) and in ten minutes would be back with both the items it could be, for you to see if you recognised the right one. What grieves me is that there might be one on a shelf at the back, that fell off the computer inventory years ago, and because nobody knows their stock or ever looks at it,I might spend days trying to find an obscure part, when it’s been there for years, ten minutes away, waiting…

[@ianlulham]

It's not every job you have to get yer balls out to complete, so give thanks for that. Great video and very interesting

[@kc9489]

Could be that since that first module doesn’t have a gear on the other side, the oil is getting tunneled away from that bearing during operation. Don’t know where the oil level normally sits, but if it can be increased it might help. There should be enough surface area to take the extra heat from shearing the oil.

[@thomascurran2990]

the skids/slides that them cutter bars run on wont last long running on clay, easier wearing if it was grass stubble, tat cutter bar goes through more metal than a plough. thanks for video

[@iamnoone.]

Welcome back

[@robertnehring2663]

What brand is that wrench snipe?

[@dangates6887]

Watching you fight with carriage bolt and might suggest using a magnet to hold it in place

[@davidholder3207]

Nice work Warren - "You do it your way" #Fthewhiners

[@ACatKrom]

Do they list a service interval for those bearings, like replace every xxx hours? Or just run them till they blow, cause they'll make it to the end of warranty.

[@bobbeals1509]

Curious why you don’t use a magnet on a flexible handle to get the ball bearings out? Have a good day

[@lilo2469]

Good Ole Warren, keepin it real

[@swinde79]

Thanks for the video, Warren.

[@TheOutboarderTim]

Get a old stiff putty knife and in the middle of it put a slot in that will help you on the carriage bolts that is what I use it work great !!! I hope this works for you !!!!!

[@michaelparker5814]

That first header was a parts wake up call they saw how hard the parts were to get glade they stopped when they heard odd noises

[@Gkuljian]

The reason that bearing goes out is because it's under the most load of all those gears. It has to drive the whole assembly. Or so that's my theory.

[@victorcurrey756]

Hi Warren. I can't understand why the farmers don't have a weekly P.M. schedule and pressure wash and air blow the cabs and lube and inspect these machines - sure the equipment is used every day during cutting (harvesting, plowing, etc) but certainly it could be done at some point, the benefits would far outweigh the cost for emergency maintenance. It seems that most owners just run their equipment til it breaks.

[@freeradical431]

You wouldnt happen to have a Marvel Schrebler TSX641 carburetor layin around? Need one for my 57 JD420c. Enjoy this nice weather while it lasts brotha!

[@GranpaTruck]

Even though you seem not to get enough help with the firewood, what is that tool you used as a wrench extender and where did you get it? I have never seen one before and it looked like it worked very well.

[@andyloebrown8250]

Google mueller-kueps wrench extender

[@mannfamilyMI]

Best channel on youtube

[@pierrebrunet1529]

THE MUD IS SO CAKED IN ITS CRAZY NO WONDER IT ROTS LIKE HELL ,YOU SHOULD TELL THEM IT NEEDS CLEANING PERIODICLY