Just me and a road grader

Traveling back to cave junction Oregon and installing new clutch in champion 720a road grader .

[@Erated78]

Dang it Warren, I don't know what I like better your commentary and stories about life or watching and hearing you explain the repair. I will never in my life repair a grader but I want a truck with a crane just to lift stuff and move it LOL... Bigfoot knows better than to mess with ya' brother LOL. Thanks and cheers.

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

Thanks

[@noseeum6385]

"Jump in there, get after it and learn how to survive". Words of wisdom from a wise one. Younger ones wold be well served by that piece of advice.

[@1waukesha]

You sir are an inspiration to watch. You make seemingly impossible jobs look easy. Cheers!

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

Thank you

[@scottb8175]

Great videos. Reminds me of some good days working heavy equipment in the mountains in spring, summer , and fall. The scenery, sounds and smells of the forest, diesel engines, rattling clanking squealing tracks, hydraulics, and earth giving way to steel, I miss that stuff. I don't miss the winters at all; icy roads on steep grades, frost on the windshield, frozen fingers sticking to cold metal, dropping expensive tools into 4' of snow - never to be scene again, getting stuck in the middle of no-where overnight and nearly freezing to death, and wet cold snow soaking through everything and chilling to the bone, etc. Just some tricks: some long bolts with heads cut off and end tapered and slotted with a thin cut off wheel for removal with a flat blade screwdriver make good inexpensive installation alignment pins. Even better is double ended thread studs made from bolts. Double nut the end and use a ratchet wrench to remove. Put the clutch discs on the alignment shaft and put everything into the pilot bearing at once; absolutely insures it is in all the way. Never-seize on the splines and pilot stub make the alignment shaft easier to pull out after torquing the pressure plate bolts. Compressing the pressure plate (springs) is almost a must-have and I wouldn't try installing it any other way. A rack of various length and size "bungee cords" on the truck is useful for tying all the wiring and hoses off and out of the way. Rigging up a solvent washer in the service truck is worth it. Run the parts washer sump dry with a 1" return hose and filter screen and put the 12V recirculating pump in a sealed 5 gallon pail of mineral spirits. A brush with solvent hose supply is better than just a hose an normal brush. Beats bags of rags and cans of brake clean most of the time. I couldn't work without a solvent washer now. I also have a solvent sprayer that works off an air line to suction feed and spray clean solvent to wash off parts I can't remove.

[@rockyjustus2829]

3M yellow weather striping adhesive on one side of your gasket always did me a lotta favors in situations like your bellhousing gasket ,

[@ryanroads7748]

I found your channel wanting to know how to rebuild a 7.3 diesel and learned a lot of things I had no knowledge of prior to watching all those videos. I didn't realize the work involved in the process of it all and realize now I will leave my 7.3 rebuild up to the professionals. Thank you for the great videos.

[@blake1995]

If you really wanna know how to rebuild an engine your gonna have to just do it. Might take you a while like it would me but you will never know if you don’t try

[@ronhart4166]

Growing up with my dads service truck as a teenager was incredible . He had a bolt supplier that stocked his bolt bins monthly with common bolts and electrical connectors. KIMBALL was the company. He also did AG work. I remember my first HD clutch install very well. I did not realize the pressure plate came with the tension bolts for the install !! Got everything put together and the clutch would not release 😩 I was 19 or 20yrs old at the time. Called my dad and he knew right off what it was !! Thankfully I was able to remove them through an inspection cover with a wrench a 1/4 turn at a time !!! I never forgot to check again !! I am shocked that you do not have supply beens !! The new truck will open up a lot of room and I am sure a lot of sleepless nights thinking about it 😂

[@Caterpillarification]

This guy knows what he's doing = keep it up. Regards from Slovenija

[@kenluther9948]

You videos are great. Man against machine. The ultimate challenge.

[@stuartroland9605]

Glad to see you got the clutch in ,got the grader up the hill . take care see you on another video

[@geltecmail]

Love the video. I especially liked how the mechanic in the manual had 3 arms, must come in handy.

[@graemechalmers3171]

Nice work Warren, a change for you in the forest workshop no fancy software in that old girl look forward to the service truck progress keep up the good work .

[@markbridle9329]

Great work, takes real balls to go out in all weathers and poor conditions to fix heavy plant.

[@stihl0903]

Worked as a mechanic myself and i know the good feeling you get after you put a lot of hard work in to a job and every thing works right after. You had a difficult job their Warren and you did great work with what you had at hand. You should get your service truck right before you start using it as you do not need any trouble with it you have enough work to do every day. Excellent Video.

[@jrneff9773]

mr stihl would you charge by the hour for a job like this i run into a lot of these jobs but there's no set rate for this style repair i am not young 43yrs old but got out of the welding game after 25 yrs started when i was 14 yrs old so now i run a tractor repair and auto shop how do you charge labor on tractors by the hour what i see? what are your thoughts and thk you

[@ReeseDog]

Love watching your videos sir...I’m a young mechanic that just got out of the Marine Corps. We need more young guys to do what you do. Semper Fi Sailor

[@3347861]

You're a good man, Warren. Glad to call you my brother in arms. ESSAYONS.

[@jbcowherder6210]

for things like holding that filter housing back out of the way during the re-install i use zip ties to hold them back; since it's not a "forever" thing, only temporary i find they work quite well. then cut it off to release it when your past the point of needing it held anymore. nice work on everything!

[@martinreece1969]

You are one hard working dude! Cheers Martin

[@jounatherton7294]

i love your work so much ..... if i was young agin ill travel to you and learn everything your the best ever ..... i think you work bludy hard , 1 week like 3 weeks in one ... love the dogs .... your 100% workaholic john uk Best video's on yt.

[@amos3904]

Warren you probably know this . A n old timer showed me a trick to get a pilot bearing or bushing out if you don't have a puller. Just fill up behind bearing with grease an get a shaft or drift that fits close to size of inside of bearing. Place shaft in inside of bearing an hit shaft it will hydraulic the bearing forcing it out. To continue you keep filling it up with grease an hit on shaft tell bearing is out. I can't tell how many times this trick has bailed me out.

[@super6954]

That wasn't a sealed bearing on the pilot for this grader, so in this case it wouldn't work. There is nothing to stop the grease coming out through the bearing as the grease is packed in and the shaft is hit in .

[@wesleycooper2647]

Use a loaf of bread

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Yeah bread works even better than grease. Especially Some thing like plain old white bread.

[@robertbradford2734]

Very impressed it can be time- consuming finding a simple Bolt in the field. improvise like you said I'm sure you'll have everything you can think of on the truck before long.👍

[@robertstibz9506]

A pleasure watching, as always Warren.

[@tommygreist9560]

They don't makem like that anymore. Great video Mr.Warren

[@kennethconnors5316]

its amazing what 1 man can do , when not in a shop with NO HELP

[@MrJimmy1942]

just found your video great job I love them

[@nerisgalvez82]

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[@sarahanderson8920]

That was excellent to watch. 4455 took back memories from 1992

[@canuckyank82]

Great Plan B! Great couple of videos.🔧🔧🔧

[@G-Man-kc2nm]

Job well done. That sucks, you working alone that far off the road. I’ve done the same thing and almost screwed up. Oh well that’s what it takes sometimes. Thanks for taking us along.

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

I actually enjoy it most of the time , but you sure have to be careful you don't get hurt or you could be in service trouble.

[@KPearce57]

The best ting about packing bearings, the job is going back together and the new grease cleans your hands up nice.

[@rickyboyz1006]

Can't wait to see the new service truck on it's first job!

[@ajmac5735]

I have to say thanks to Warren for giving that Milwaukee gear a good thrashing. I was so impressed I have now been relieved of about £500 for a 1/2” and 3/8” impact wrenches. Cheers buddy. 😂 👍👍

[@markbridle9329]

Balls of steel, out in the wilds on your own, takes real guts and sheer force of will to succeed under those conditions. Greetings from the West coast of England, hope you and yours are safe. Things have got real tense over here.

[@brommas1]

Glad to see i'm not the only 1 to talk to myself when repairing things, come on baby is my most used 1 followed by another word beginning with b thats not quite as nice lol. Cant wait to see the new truck out and about.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

I constantly talk to myself while working lol. Helps

[@dispatch444]

The geniuses that design anything mechanical always forget about those of us who have to do repairs and deal with the nightmare of a headache bright idea they came up with.

[@GuyRWood]

When you took it on the test drive up that narrow road, all I could think was "How's he gonna turn the sumbitch around?!" 😂.

[@jasonwilson6658]

They need sum one to fix. A rare person!

[@oldodger]

I know too well the difficulties that come with this type of work.....I'm retired now and remember those days.....

[@tttco]

I love that workbench bumper on your truck! I've been wanting to build one for my f350 service truck! Problem is I already have enough projects at the moment and don't need to start another one.

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

They kind of look disproportionate to the bed , but once you use one you don't care what it looks like.

[@933brian]

im a semi retired heavy equipment mechanic did a lot of work on railwat eq all over the country a lot of times working by myself and working long hours in the middle of nowhere like you.

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Full steam ahead Warren & plenty of work thanks for sharing 👍👍🐕🐕

[@davidmartin4431]

Used a piece of 3/4” round stock and grease to force pilot bearing out of my ‘79 F250. I still own this truck that I bought new in October of ‘78. It has had the shit worked out of it hauling cattle and hay. My wife and I dated in this truck.

[@figureeightracer]

That only works with a sealed bearing, which this isn't, the grease would just come through between the balls.

[@chenderson4969]

That seemed like an absolute pain in the ass job!

[@MrCrabbing]

Your spot on right there warren, if I could get away from all the shit of working in my MOT shop I would, would be going in tomorrow morning to look at the inside of the same building again that's for sure.

[@aircommuter]

I have a homemade set of guide studs I made about 50 years ago for alignment of components. You don’t have to remove them until the bolts are started unlike screw drivers.

[@flightofarrow]

So your who Tina Turner was singing about,"Simply the Best",I'm pretty sure if a spaceship crashed near you, you'd have their improbility drive up and going in no time,great vid as always!

[@scruffy6151]

Thank you WTTR. I had one boss that said (i am so far behind i think i am first). Job well done. Alway something to fix on a work truck.

[@akawireguy1197]

Lots of pictures and big letters. I like that. I just realized where you are. I lived in Yreka for five years. That is where I made the transition from mechanic to electrician. I ultimately realized there was no future there for an electrician and moved to Denver. I returned to California a licensed journeyman and licensed master. Returning to California (east County San Diego) was a mistake but now I am retired in the gorgeous Sonoran Desert north and west of Tucson. I love it here. Like there it is farm land abutting desert. Meth takes it's toll here though, too.

[@Baumantrucking]

Pretty cool to watch your videos and be able to relate to the people and places you talk about. I live in Weaverville, just cool to see

[@TheHwnleatherguy]

just a thought.... i watch ron pratt's videos, he runs a towing service out in scott, missouri. he sets up a gopro mounted to his rotator boom & captures frm up high... also plaza towing out in palm springs/indio/palm desert.... maybe setting up a camera up on your hydrophilic boom???

[@matiasrs23]

Felicitaciones por tu trabajo. Muy buenos tus vídeos!!! Saludos!!

[@williammalenfant4864]

You gotta love your work!

[@marshallasher4543]

Thanks! Man I really learnt a lot from your video's - appreciated. New Zealand.

[@ajmac5735]

Cracking drive to work.

[@t.c.bowling1934]

I would have moved grader to flatter spot too. I was worried it would have fell over hill.

[@georgehillbilly4312]

Love the vids buddy 👍👍👍

[@johnh1235]

Like you, I dislike using gloves when wrenching. But when i'm packing a bearing or using antiseize or anything messy like that, i'll use rubber gloves.

[@Prariedog]

Another great video.awsome work !!!

[@raycollington4310]

You don't get the easy jobs Warren, I hope your customers see what these jobs take in terms of character, knowledge, grit and determination to get them done. I think you must be close to being Superman, you have certainly inspired me to fix more stuff and quit complaining. Great channel, probably the best!

[@kenuber4766]

Cave Junction has a great little Sausage Store. I think its called Thomas, or Thompsons. We stop there on our way to Steelhead fishing on the Chetco.

[@gala1ish]

Kept lookin' for the dogs, sure miss them.

[@henrymichaelwilson8107]

Champion the wonder horse. 🐎

[@williammalenfant4864]

You are an awesome mechanic. Don't know how you do it.😬😬😬

[@eddiereichel9354]

I got that same bearing puller. Man the day I bought that was a frustrating one. Figured out on a chrysler 3.7 v6 they have a pilot bushing for automatic. Most autos the snout on torque converter just goes into end of crank. Old motor was locked up. Had to remove the crankshaft to get the torque converter bolts out because the replacement motor of course came out of a manual truck. I had used cut off wheel to cut out old bushing and then on new motor the pilot bearing woluld not come out so I had to go to get the tool.

[@danielmckay3458]

Need some long bolt with head cut off to slid clutch onto cut a slot in them for s screw driver but once you put other bolts in the stud bolts usually come out with your fingers

[@davepetrovich4014]

HEY BOSS WHERE ARE YOUR ORANGE CONES

[@davepetrovich4014]

Your DOT REFLECTOR KIT PUT OUT ON THAT BLIND CORNER COULD SAVE YOUR DRIVERS SIDE TOOL DOORS AND MAYBE YOUR HIND END STICKEN OUT THERE

[@cat-pl7ey]

Doing good job I know what you mean about being in the woods nice service truck.

[@jimlondon1]

Nice to work in a secluded place sometimes. I gave up being a mobile plant fitter because of construction sites with assholes asking me how long would I be every 10 minutes. Working in the shitty British weather didn't help either.

[@michaelmccaffrey2731]

Yeah, or as soon as you pull up and walk up to the machine, they'll ask; what's wrong with it.

[@powderriver2424]

Hell if Big Foot shows up just ask him to help....he can pick the clutch up for you...Lol

[@charles.stewart4422]

Powder River : wanna see what happened when a Brown Bear dropped in on a Pit Crew , the crew run the 2 second mile , ha ha ha ha ha ...

[@richardcowley7346]

it is big foots grader ! says hes fed up with towing out all those tourists who crash in the bush

[@jonbarfield4915]

I would wait until it slowed a little so you can go through the new truck. Bigfoot can get mean. It's got to be lonely whiteout your friends.

[@scottgibson7534]

Hey Warren, if you are fitting a paper gasket that can be moved/destroyed if it moves during assembly, rub some greas on both sides till it permiats the gasket paper, should make life a lot easier, plus if it ever has to come off in the future it wont be stuck to either surface.

[@stevenjp7155]

I have watch hours of your work, so I knew you had mad skills. But after watching you repair the clutch on the road grader, out in the boonies, up on a mountain top, I was amazed! How did these customers find you to start with? How do they know you can do all these repairs on everything, anytime and anywhere? Just know it’s not the Yellow Pages!

[@philipm7054]

If that was in New Zealand the fuel would be empty the batterys would be gone and anything breakable would be smashed.

[@stillwater62]

That sounds a lot like the area I live in. Don`t forget dirty in the crankcase, or in the cooling system.

[@paulrobberts1527]

Sounds more like africa, you forget the tyres you wil find it on blocks

[@zarb88]

John Chupp They will work harder to steal something than a real job.

[@bobv8219]

Catch um grade um know what amean

[@michaelbiel7473]

Nothing worse than a thief except a group of thieves

[@billreyna1355]

I know you gotta work...but don't work to have a heart attack. Been there...aint worth it. Still love the videoes.

[@billpederson4831]

you do great work good show.

[@kevineleven5610]

If you ever have any price quote questions show them this. Amazing!!

[@gasperajdnik5627]

Best Diesel mechanic on youtobe 👍🔧🚜🤝

[@russellflemister393]

i live in alaska and im slowly working at the being far out in woods no where i have to deal with people

[@curtisbarnett4489]

You can tell the quality of a man's education by his language.

[@psygn0sis]

12:44 Never seen anyone pack a bearing like that. But far be it from me to tell an old mechanic that knows a helluva lot more than I do how to do things. lol.

[@normhowes2975]

That's how I was taught to pack them almost 50 years ago on taper as well as ball bearings. Worked then, works now.

[@psygn0sis]

Oh, I just meant that I was taught to pack and scrape it in, with decent pressure against your palm to force the grease through, as I'm sure you were too.

[@jrneff9773]

dang if i was working on the side of the road 900 people would have stopped plus 4 sheriffs cars and not one car came down the road on ur repair

[@christopherings3489]

bigfoot territory love it wish i lived there !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@clifffinch9052]

use them red markersmy friend to mark where things line up....makes it alot easier!

[@aircommuter]

I would be concerned about the pilot bearing without seals! Grease getting on the friction surface and clutch dust getting into the bearing.

[@125sm3]

Great job , but what a long day for you Warren.

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

16 hour day , oh well

[@justastudentoftheworld3940]

Watch you a lot, just wondering, how are you going to supply 2 trucks with all the hand tools needed. that would be a tremendous overhead.

[@securem3]

Could you make a man-basket to suspended from your crane? Can lay flat and lower yourself over items like the pressure plate and can have both dads free and not worry about balancing in awkward back wrenching positions

[@johnmills186]

If you have a good reliable clean up shop local get them to give a bid on cleaning the truck and bed up. Cheaper than you doing it.

[@jamesbrewer2865]

That new service truck sure will be handed.

[@markramsell454]

Buy some all thread in likely sizes and cut to length. Then you'll have studs any time you want.

[@rickytart1028]

Good job changing that clutch. That was a tough one..

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

Yeah , my body sure feels it.

[@DanielGouldingnavy]

I would have used a couple of 1/4 drive extensions instead of the screw drivers but if it works it's the right way

[@calraines6931]

Never did this sort of work. I worked on a test stand, setting up big compressers. We always kept various sized bolts with the heads cut off. Worked great on some heavy parts on coupling guards.

[@hugmynuts1875]

Your awesome hun, Thank you for the video, you are a hard working man. hugsss :0

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

Thank you for watching.

[@bobw7066]

I have been a heavy diesel mechanic for fifty six years and I noticed that the left rear tyre has a different tread pattern, the four tyres on the rear need to be all the same size and type otherwise it chops the hell out of the drive chains in the trunnion box.

[@mikebonge7206]

I do not know what u charge, but it is not enough,,, i surprised they company did not send a man to help

[@waynep343]

IS the Grader CLUTCH SLIPPING Still.. the 3 pressure plate Nuts need to be adjusted to get the correct preload of the pressure plate on the discs and release finger height. so it will release. if you have 3 discs.. you probably need 3/4 inch of compression of the pressure plate can use up all the friction material. this is why you need to use 3 bolts to pull the pressure plate up/compressing the cover springs to get it to bolt down.. the cover height set up is in the manual a few pages AFTER THE installation section you were reading from.. i linked it on the grader clutch removal video..

[@chenderson4969]

wayne p basically caging the pressure plate and adjust the fingers to spec isn’t it. Fairly confident warren will have it under control

[@waynep343]

@@chenderson4969 there are several pages on adjusting the pressure plate height in the cover on the bench with the flywheel removed . I have seen this issue before several times . Caging just allows it to be assembled. Without needing to fight the pressure plate . Have you held a cover against a single disc and flywheel. There is usually about a 1/4" gap above the flywheel before the bolts suck it down. . With a multi disc clutch it's almost a quarter inch per friction disc or it will slip. That 3 disc clutch should have 5/8 to 3/4". Maybe I'm wrong.

[@chenderson4969]

wayne p setting the height to allow the entire pack to release and engage I’m assuming?

[@DavidGrassSr]

What the hell, Damn what a job.* miles on top of a Maintain ? Well Done ..

[@kurrillosarmiento2038]

Congratulations, you Are a real profesional, heredó un Spain There Isabel not mecanics like you..... Verte, very goog

[@greggballanger3291]

Hi. Make allot more video. Thanks.

[@Gabriel-x2y]

Just let this here when I have to F around with gasket I spray them with the gasket adhesive from Permatex stuff work go for me. At lease it hold everything in place the time you install.

[@tinkmarshino]

5K? WOW.. I would have never have guessed that much...

[@danielmckay3458]

They where good graders with the Cummings

[@vincea3037]

Man!, 30 -- 40 miles from town. You got your work cut out! How do you charge your power tools in the field?