Rebuilding Excavator Track Adjusters and Replacing a Track. Yanmar VIO-50.

[@FarmCraft101]

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[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

I have surfshark. it sucks beyond the definition of sucks more than a black hole. I have to turn it off to do my banking and shopping and the ad blocker does nothing.

[@Mad.Man.Marine]

Was it doing the crab walk before you did the rotator manifold? I hope it was honestly (well I hope it just fixes itself and you don’t have to do anything lol) Cause it’s way easier to rebuild a drive motor then it is to pull that dam rotator manifold back out.

[@MrPGT]

For putting the tracks on, especially with no help, I am pretty sure I have seen people using ratchet straps and come-alongs to finagle them into place.

[@blaircox1589]

I wish the VPN trick would actually work. I've tried a few of the top VPNs and success is limited. Seems that at least for me in my area, Netflix and Prime able to determine I'm still in Canada. Oh well, means watching more of your content!

[@ozarkarky]

I think your half inch is supposed to be measured on the top, not the bottom.

[@WatchWesWork]

Normally the backup ring goes on the outside, opposite of the pressure. The purpose is to cushion things and keep the o-ring from squeezing out the tiny gap between the gland and piston.

[@MRrwmac]

Wes, Can you help him with info about the different drive track speeds?

[@kevinwalker4623]

High compliments seeing you here!

[@WatchWesWork]

@@MRrwmac Sorry, the drives are out of my wheelhouse.

[@FarmCraft101]

@Watch Wes Work - Thanks. Makes sense now that it’s explained. I’m pretty sure I put them back the way they I found them, but that’s wrong apparently. 🤦‍♂️

[@paulovaz1174]

@@MRrwmac maybe mecanical link "rod" that open and closes main oil distribution valves not adjusted correct or maybe a kink in oil hose that feeds the final drive on that side maybe?

[@mwnciboo]

Rapidly becoming one of my favourite channels - your talents in fixing things is really impressive - but most of all, your presentation, honesty on successes and failure is great.

[@Hey_Its_That_Guy]

Love your videos, John. The dishwasher repair was great! It's hard to tell on the video, and I'm sure you looked them over, but... The coil springs on your idler shafts both looked very compressed to me. Is there any "spring" left in them? They should allow some travel. Might explain why you can't adjust your track up tighter. I know you said the tracks plenty tight for your taste, which they may be, but I'd be willing to bet the pistons are nearly all the way out now, even on your new tracks.

[@Anders_HeymSR30]

I second that, good spot!

[@Highstranger951]

Those springs are captive, they are fine as long as there is preload against the retainer.

[@michaelovitch]

Before rebuilding the drive motor,check its flow rate and pressure,input/output to confirm its weakness and the linkages between the distributor and the lever. You may be able to rent the flow meter and the pressure gauge.

[@FarmCraft101]

Thanks.

[@Highstranger951]

Yep, the linkages will drag.

[@Jake-if3zn]

The very first step to testing any drive motor is checking the case drain line. There should only be minimal drip to a slow dribble.

[@michaelovitch]

@@Jake-if3zn Thanks.

[@gordonagent7037]

John, as a cocky myself here in Australia I really appreciate your “never say die” attitude and your approach to having a crack at everything. I also like the self examination process you go through for self improvement, really impressive mate. Most of all I really liked you service technique towards dishwashers, absolute bull terror, well done cobber.

[@jasonclark7865]

Hi John. Discovered your channel about a month ago and have gone back and watched almost every video you put out. Appreciate what you do. It's channels like yours is why I don't have or need cable!

[@lettersandnumbers81]

you know youre on the right track when there is a new farmcraft video on a friday night

[@_aullik]

nice pun

[@twwtb]

I see what you did there, but it was the LEFT track....or...does it even matter.

[@lavasiouxwindwater9789]

Yep! Got the heating blankets on high, some Pecans and a glass pf water. Life is good!

[@TheMonkdad]

@@lavasiouxwindwater9789 I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of anyone describing a comfortable scene including a glass of water unless they were in a life raft or a desert.

[@thardyryll]

@@TheMonkdadI am pretty sure that darn autocorrect changed “gin” to “water.”

[@markwelch1836]

I wonder if the backer ring (spacer) could be trimed by your lathe? Maybe mount it to a pipe?

[@systemsrenegade9888]

squeeze it between 2 big washers or spacers on the lathe to trim it.

[@1983mojo1]

Mark Welch :That is what I was thinking, used to machine rubber that way 40 years ago.

[@1983mojo1]

@@systemsrenegade9888 great idea!

[@Jake-if3zn]

A little bit of advice coming from a heavy equipment mechanic of 10 years, you don't ever grease mating the surface between the wiper seal and the in bore of the barrel. The point of it being dry is to have a proper press fit so the wiper seal has the least possibility of being pushed back out. Furthermore, if there are dings and scratches in what's supposed to be a seal surface, that is always bad. Even if the edges of the dings and scratches aren't raised. It gives oil/fluid/grease a path to work past your sealing parts. And tracks from aftermarket companies are not as bad as you think. OEM is never your only option. And prices for OEM are always more expensive. I cannot count how many sets of tracks if priced and replaced over the years.

[@georgefitisemanu6281]

Love this content! Great channel John, your a very smart man, it always amazes me how you just get in and do stuff I love the on the job training approach. Thanks for another great video.👍

[@chuckfogle1762]

You are really good at fixing dish washers. Well done.

[@netts2315]

My dishwasher is the old flesh type. Will this work with that as well? Haha

[@fredscheerle7592]

If you can plumb it up its still going to leak and badly! But ready for landfill.

[@monkeythe1st]

Great video as always. Thank you for the time and effort you put into making them.

[@Alasdairryan]

Before you go and start rebuilding the travel motor check to see if you can make any adjustment at the bottom of travel motor levers around where they join onto the valve

[@FishFind3000]

I know for my zero turn I have one lever that adjusts so you can get hydro motors to move at the same rate.

[@marco98V]

We hat that same problem with or Volvo. Both sides needed 40 bar but one side did like 20 just couple Turns and it drove straight.

[@phillipmatthews8341]

So that’s how you fix the dishwasher seal. Good job.

[@ales04]

On my mini excavator there was a problem in the pump for uneven rotation of the tracks. I switched the hoses, so now the blade goes slow.. :D

[@boinger1988]

came for the seals...stayed to watch you struggle. Love the videos! keep up the good work

[@johnjr3870]

Having done a track and adjuster, first thing I got was a 12v grease gun. Love the washer fix and how you do things!

[@davey4731]

Could you have put the backup white ring on a piece of metal tube and taken off the tiny tiny bit by turning it on the lathe?

[@JS-ct5jn]

The seal jokes just don't get old for me😆

[@Wordsnwood]

We're also having Dishwasher annoyances so I showed my wife your solution...

[@reinhardtcitel8542]

Liked it before I watched it, 'cause I KNOW ITS GONNA BE GOOD!!!

[@glennkristiansen]

I do the same thing every time 😅👍

[@henrikstrand72]

Support rings are usually added to keep the o-ring from extruding into the gap between rib and piston in high pressure applications. Should be on the other side of the o-ring in your case since the pressure is from the inside. Probably not an issue for your application. Might be for installation purposes to avoid squeezing the o-ring when installing the piston.

[@JCWren]

Those are probably the original factory seals in the adjusters, and you'd expect them to be put in correctly. I imagine the parts or service manual also indicated which way they should be installed.

[@TheGuyFromDenmark95]

I think its more for keeping it in place when releasing the track, to keep it from sliding backwards with the piston. The force it took to put in the scraper, I will garantere will prevent the O-ring from moving outwards

[@dorotaglosowitz]

The backup ring is definitely on the wrong side of the oring, backup ring always goes opposite of where the pressure is coming from.

[@FarmCraft101]

@Henrik Strand Thanks, good to know. If I get any leakage Ill flip them around. Cheers.

[@dorotaglosowitz]

@@FarmCraft101 I think you will be fine in this instance because it’s a lower pressure system, just some knowledge for the future.

[@nathanwight1527]

Another great video John. Loved the repair of the dishwasher 👍

[@Psychlist1972]

I'm always amazed by how heavy those tracks are. I know they're not, but I keep thinking they should be light.

[@netts2315]

I think we think of them as light because we're used to car tires being quite big yet weighing not much because of air, but these tracks are solid rubber with steel inside :)

[@keithyinger3326]

I've had to work on both Rubber and steel tracks and in the end, rubber tracks are light compared to full steel tracks lol. You wrestle those buggers around with chains and come-alongs.

[@netts2315]

@@keithyinger3326 Isn't a single link on a steel track like 40 pounds even on the smaller excavators?

[@keithyinger3326]

@@netts2315 ya, at least 40 lbs each for smaller tracks. D8 tracks weigh a lot more. Even the tracks on the excavator probably weighs 60 is 70 lb / link. They sure feel pretty close to an 80lb bag of concrete anyways haha

[@netts2315]

@@keithyinger3326 That's wild! Thank you for sharing you experience!

[@jespermattsson81]

Travel speed / travel speed / Travel speed In my own experience with travel speed difference. The problem 90 procent is adjusting the return valve for the slowest travel motor, and then after ( if speed is stil to different) adjust the other side to lower speed 😊 Hope to se you do the job. Btw the return filter is also a SUPER important issue, easily overlooked😊 Mattsson

[@theyoutubeapprentice9148]

Great video! I`m actually gonna check out a loose track on my Yanmat Vio75. Thanks to you I now know how to adress the problem, and I thank you allot for it👌. Love your videos. Especially the excavator ones.

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

might want to do a retake on the opening shot, the correct sentence should be: "working on the excavator today... again...."

[@ericwalstrand3512]

He's saving that for the manlift

[@turtuhl]

I wonder if you could have double-sided taped the backup rings to a wooden puck and used the lathe to take off the 20-thousands from the OD?

[@MarkFlik]

I found it very interesting to see the whole system torn down regardless of your final realisation. I never knew how the track adjuster worked so am happy to now know. Your videos are great, thanks

[@dscrive]

If you haven't seen any of his stuff you might take a look at Andrew Camarata channel, he's got quite a number of videos where he fixed tracks. sure, he doesn't really walk you through what he's doing, but I generally can follow most of what he's doing so I figure any handy person probably can as well.

[@seansysig]

John I kept yelling at screen to just replace the seal on the grease fitting! I truly understand the knowledge philosophy. Great content and humor.

[@erichenao6537]

Do a Camatera… cut up the old track in to segments. Like big enough to fit in your hand. Sign them, and then sell them online for $100. 23 = paid off new track.

[@raiko3412]

Another awesome video! Nothing better then watching a man with good work ethic, good sense of humor and good moral!

[@ohhpaul7364]

I thought you might taper the bank back so you could mow it while you were there working. I love a sycamore tree but man do they drop a ton of branches every year, sometimes they just drop half the trunk for no apparent reason too.

[@craigsudman4556]

Great video John, I especially liked the dish washer fix. Thumbs up.

[@jason01095]

Great video; love learning about fixing heavier equipment and lol @ the dishwasher segment. It will never bother anyone ever again. Totally fixed. Cheers!

[@Neo7CNC]

I like how you fixed the dishwasher :)

[@paulcamp6539]

Nice job , this video helped me a lot . I’m about to get one similar to yours and this has made me a little more confident in doing my own repairs. Thanks again.

[@The-Deadbolt-Deputy]

The price of that new track is absolutely INSANE to me !! Now I’m curious about the process how they are made and what exact material and all . Or , are they just making a killing on these things or what.

[@2-STROKEFUN]

Hi John, thank you for all the informative, entertaining and encouraging videos. I like that you are honest. People need to understand that we learn from mistakes and we’re not perfect at all. Also I think you answered your own question about getting the tracks tensioned to within a half an inch.

[@jayeff3196]

Its certainly fixed......Love the DeWalt grease gun....🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@aaronconner2010]

Boy I could see that dishwasher joke coming from a mile away. Still enjoyed it though!! Lol

[@jamescole1786]

2/3/23; replaced 1 new excavator track ($2300!!) Yikes! But, it is best quality!👍👍 also great you have a lathe, made install/driver (socket) tool for wiper bushing install. Nice! Enjoy your channel & content👍👍👍👏👏👏💪👷🔧⚙️🛠😊

[@adrianstanton2652]

A question Do the idlers have grease fittings? Or are the dry? That would give you a longer life for the bearings.

[@Slider68]

Seeing you limp your excavator along brought back memories... I worked on a farm from the age of ~10 years old until 25 (40+ years ago) and we had an old excavator with a broken track. We rarely needed to use it (we also had a backhoe, a couple of skid steers and another tractor with a loader), but when we did use it, your method of moving it with the broken track was our "normal" way of moving it around. After years of practice you can actually get pretty quick at driving around using one track and the excavator... Our track problem was a combination of a stripped planetary gear set, worn drive cogs and a broken tensioner. The previous owner had made the one side work by combining everything that worked on one side; so we were actually the second owners that moved it around using the one track and the bucket. Typical farmer mentality... If it works, no matter how badly, don't mess with it...

[@thomasfriis-eriksen7687]

The landscaping and tree removals, opening up that field was just joy to watch. I really like how you fix equipment, and go out to use it...

[@Martin-xo2le]

I love these fixing vids on excavators

[@tujuprojects]

It should break more often.

[@mashyken]

Love your mini videos since I have identical machine. I just took all the rollers out to replace and found the rollers were wearing into their holding plates, almost 1/2 way through. I welded up the grooves to add more metal so they would not wear through and cause extensive damage later. Also, I use come alongs hooked to my front bucket area (the side swing helps for each track, as it still holds the machine up. I am too old to use crow bars and hurt my back. Getting over the upper carrier wheel I use a board to the inside slope and on the outside of the track use a scissor jack on a 6x6 to raise it to clean the lip. Also the front idler wheel you can no longer get rebuild kits, you have to buy the entire assembly, here in Ontario Canada, a single idler wheel assembly from Yanmar is $2,200. I order mine direct from China, in advance. Not the same quality but at $170 each, for the amount of personal use the machine gets, I can buy several and keep a set on hand for back ups

[@francisbaker9366]

Always love the matter of fact approach you have to tasks, please forgive if I'm compleatly wrong but are there any adjustments for the leavers under the floor plate perhaps a boly has come loose lengthening a rod.

[@ARA-tg2hl]

Absolutely love your videos John. So easy to learn from your content whether I will ever use the knowledge or not. There just fun to watch. The next time I need to fix the door seal on dishwasher I will know exactly what to do.😁 By the way, that dishwasher looked like it was made out of “Chineseium” metal and plastic when you got done not having a problem with the door seal. Have a great weekend.

[@barrygrant2907]

You fix dishwashers like I fix electronic items. Smash 'em!

[@tomfeldkamp4554]

Nice video, Jon. I always learn from the projects you take on.

[@ThePaulv12]

Re the teflon, I've read some of the comments and I'm confused. The pressure relief valves on my Kobelco have the teflon under the O ring. FWIW, I took off the valve and the removed damaged O ring and teflon. The teflon was indeed on the pressure side and the O ring above it. The rural hydraulic shop seemed to confirm the correct orientation because they gave me back the relief valve with teflon and O ring in the exact orientation it was when I took it off the slew motor. I think they know how it goes, but just perhaps this is why it leaked in the first place. There is of course the possibility the hydraulic shop could be complete idiots and by sheer fluke they put them on the valve incorrectly, and/or, with malicious intent in order to either a) annoy for shits and giggles, and/or b) indeed to sabotage a customer. Suffice to say the leak has stopped, however after the comments I now await the inevitable copious spurting ejaculating gushes of hot hydraulic fluid characterized by that glorious oily golden shower that excavator operators the world over are heir to.

[@jonathanfenne4948]

I reckon you have half an inch in wear at the idler pulley guide hole. So the idler is drooping lower and preventing you achieving half inch clearance. Great fixes John.

[@georgehofgren6123]

Nope. Electric grease gun just doesn't have enough b--ls to get enough grease in 💁

[@buzztham8149]

Mechanical restriction at the control levers The first reason an excavator pulls to one side could be down to a physical restriction that doesn’t allow the control spool to open fully and let the drive get the full flow of oil needed. This could be due to a stretched or unbalanced link cable between the control lever in the cab and spool, or simply a build up of debris around the control lever not allowing it to open fully. Worn undercarriage Check the condition of the track, rollers and idlers. A seized or collapsed bearing or tight track links can cause an enormous amount of friction. This may appear to be an excavator weak track but it is one track motor working harder than the other giving a reduction in speed. Worn main hydraulic pump In smaller excavators there is one main pump that supplies the oil to both track motors. Although there is one common pump, the valve plate is effectively ‘split’ so it is perfectly possible for one side of the valve plate to wear, causing excessive case drain for one half of the circuit, meaning one side of the machine will be getting more pressure and flow than the other side. This causes excavator tracking to one side. Larger excavators use dual pumps, a separate pump for either side of the machine. A difference in tracking speed could be down to one of the pumps being damaged, causing excessive case drain and lack of pressure/flow. Worn servo pump The servo pump provides the pressure and flow to release the brake (if externally controlled) and operate the two speed tracking. It is possible for a weak servo pump to not have enough power to allow one brake to release properly or only have enough power to engage one drive into two speed. One drive stuck in high speed The most common style of excavator track motor is the Axial Piston Motor with swash plate to give the function of two speed tracking. If the two speed tracking circuit gets damaged, it is possible for the two speed spool or piston in one track motor to get stuck in the high speed position. Worn motor Over time it is inevitable that the track motors will wear. Most commonly it is down to contaminated oil. Inside the hydraulic motor there are metal components that have to rotate against each other. To stop them making contact and binding against each other there has to be a certain amount of controlled oil leakage (case drain). If the oil is contaminated, the debris will scratch the components in the motor, causing excessive case drain. The oil now being passed straight to the case drain line isn’t contributing to the power of the motor, causing a reduction in speed and excavator tracking problems. An easy check to see if the track motor is generating too much case drain is to remove the case drain line, measure the amount generated over one minute and check against manufacturers specifications. Worn gearbox A worn gearbox will add extra load to the hydraulic motor and cause a reduction in speed. Check the condition of the oil and condition of main bearings etc. Leaking turning/swivel Joint Between the upper structure and the undercarriage there is a turning joint. This joint has multiple chambers that allows the oil to flow from the upper structure to the undercarriage. There are different pressures in each chamber (flow/return are high pressure, 2 speed and brake are servo pressure and case drain is low pressure). The turning joint can leak internally, allowing the wrong pressures to be in the wrong chambers. This can cause a deviation in track speed and even catastrophic motor failure if not fixed. It is important to remember that contamination causes 90% of all hydraulic failures and the majority of excavator tracking problems. Track motors suffer the most because they are at the very bottom of the circuit where all the sludge collects. Track motors also put the greatest demand on the hydraulic pump compared to any other function on the machine and people confuse the fact that a slow final drive might be a symptom and not the cause of another problem somewhere further up the circuit.

[@iceflameproductionz]

How do you feel about the purchase of this excavator do you like it? I think you got dealt some crappy problems but I imagine those older Japanese minis are really strong. I bought an IHI 30J for 18k and I put a new track on it, built a thumb for it, and replaced battery alternator and glow plug controller. Been a beast

[@FarmCraft101]

I'm happy with it. I knew it had some issues but I got it for a good price.

[@iceflameproductionz]

@@FarmCraft101 really looking forward to a future video addressing the track speed problem. My IHI 30j has a very similar problem except only in the forward direction. Reverses great but the left side tracks slow going forward. It still has "dozing" torque but it's slow going forward and especially uphill. Pretty much reverse everywhere when traveling.

[@MitzvosGolem1]

I got a IHI 55 2016 now KATO awesome strong good quality like all Japanese equipment.

[@johnvaluk1401]

Hey John, do you do service/home visits for “fixing” dishwashers. I think I have the same problem with mine!

[@thomaswarnecke3991]

You can make your own seal puller easily. By bending a square rod and grinding down the end into a hook and then bending the other end tpo allow you to hit with hammer and add a handle to hold the tool while hammering.

[@patrickvanden8322]

I wondered about the heavy duty springs on the idler wheels. Did you compare these with new ones? It looked like there was not much spring action left. (Called coilbind, the coils are almost toching each other)

[@DonovanLeach]

I followed your dishwasher repair step by step, but I can't seem to get it to turn back on now. Any tips?

[@goodboyringo9716]

A come-a-long tool would help pull on the track. Nice job.

[@Batti2323]

I had no idea how those grease pressurized tensioners worked. Thanks for showing us!

[@ferky123]

I remember buying tires and the good tires were only $25 more expensive and 1500 miles longer wearing than the next cheapest tires.

[@Mr.Unacceptable]

Slide hammer seal remover works well to stop you from prying on landings.

[@chiplittlefield6188]

Like the video. great fix on washer. With your skills you could have made a pull for the seals in the time you fought with them.

[@mikekisch5563]

the old track would make a good snow plow blade

[@danbrown4017]

You need a Lock-n- Lube end for your new grease fun!! They work amazing!!

[@lastplacetrophy3821]

Love those. Makes the lube jobs so much faster and easier.

[@johnmetcalfe1917]

laughed my a$$ off with the dishwasher......great channel...thank you!!

[@cuoops]

LOL the dishwasher. I used to work on appliances and always hated them...good job

[@paulcarter4689]

Love it honest approach to a first time repair…as an Engineer of 40 years the chance to do a project a second time and use the experience never happened so I crack on I love your attitude

[@Rorschach1024]

The function of a backup ring is to prevent the o-ring from extruding into the annular gap between the bore and the shaft. It is NOT a spacer.

[@jajjjamensan]

The trackspeed problem might be the hydralic port. I had the problem that one of the levers opened to port more than the other while both had the same travel. Would be a pain to fix the motor to realise its something else so it might be something to look for. Sorry for the sloppy english, im swedish after all 😅

[@vdubbub1986]

I was going to say $2500, being that I just replaced both tracks on a T870 Bobcat.

[@jacobosgood3513]

@30:54 Did you consider a ratchet strap or come-along pulling and providing tension from the opposite side? I think it might've made it a bit easier.

[@johnbarilovits3721]

I wonder if the original wiper seals had loctite that made them so hard to remove. When that's an issue, you can heat the part hot enough to break down the loctite then remove the seal. 350 degrees F works for blue loctite, red loctite needs 500 degrees F.

[@rynoopperman5010]

😂😂😂😂 Dishwasher fix was brilliant, sometimes you just have to say F it! 😜😜

[@Cataskew]

I think you put the white backers on the wrong side of the O-ring I’ve always seen them on the low pressure side of the O-ring I think they’re supposed to help prevent the O-ring from getting pushed into the gap between the piston and the cylinder

[@Norseman220]

That dishwasher got fixed "Andrew Camarata" style ..LOL

[@TheArgas79]

I do believe that someone must have said it already, but the back-up ring is there to minimise the extrusion gap. Should be fitted on the “backside” and act as a seat for the o-ring as it is pressurised.

[@lastplacetrophy3821]

Dealerships (steal-erships) are a racket. Glad you found a way to game that crooked system.

[@bobdufresne6294]

How can a guy with your skills and equipment not have a seal puller? 😂

[@haroldmcgee8915]

Your fix for the dishwasher was almost the same as mine. I used a 955 Cat Loader. The result was the same.

[@alskjflaksjdflakjdf]

Repeatable results indicate that your methods are reliable and effective. Nice!

[@jjohnson2553]

The cedar trees would be more useful for animals to shelter from the weather and to stop erosion, or even as fence post if they're growing in a fence row. The pines are pretty useless for this and if your soil is already acidic, the pine needles are just contributing to make that even worse. Nice fix on the dishwasher. I've got one that's ready for that same repair but I don't own an excavator.

[@goltzhar]

Ratchet strap is your friend, put the hook on the idler wheel side on the belt, anchor it to the blade arm and start ratcheting. Hope that makes sense :)

[@jonathanwishart9104]

You could make a movie about this job, you could call it "oring where art thou".

[@Mr.Unacceptable]

That's the right fix for that dishwasher but then you need to rebuild a 20 year old unit to last you a lifetime.

[@jt9498]

Ever since I started watching your channel, you have become my go to channel to watch. You're #1 on my list of subscribed channels. that's how good you are! Greetings from Alberta, Canada! :)

[@av8tore71]

Brand new track are always hard so I let the motor of the machine do the work just like a bike chain when it comes off and then putting it back on

[@pieteroosthuizen5535]

Love a farm craft video on the big screen.....then a o ring joke my son doesn't get.....nice one

[@dustinvogt1046]

The dishwasher bit had me dying laughing "hold on i got something thatll fix that" kaboom 😂😂😂😂

[@pingpong9656]

Backer ring is not under hydraulic pressure in the regular sense - so I think it's there to hold the ring in while inserting the piston...

[@Highstranger951]

There are linkages directly below the drive sticks. They are accessible from the front of the cab below the floor. These are notorious for sticking, we spray with penetrating oil a few times a year. Helps some with the tracks running different speeds.

[@Pinoy671]

YESSS! I have been anticipating this video since you first bought the excavator! As always, your videos are very informative.

[@joeblan9426]

Haha wanted to do that to some of our appliances ,but didn't have a excavator!

[@thomaswarnecke3991]

Snap on tools had a seal remover with a hook on the end that you can pull seals out tapping on the handle to pull the seal.

[@Pest789]

18:42 My brother in Christ, you have a lathe and I know you can make a mandrel

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Holding lots of pressure even after backup ring Shaved down a bit not bad at all that should doo John That should dooo @FarmCraft101

[@paul4124]

For what it’s worth, l would always replace both sides in most situations. I just think it makes things run better. There’s a mind game going on with these things, if one side is left weaker than the other………maybe. Great video, always love you’re content.

[@jobyevans7102]

You pulled the cylinder, at that point you might as well replace the o-rings. I probably wouldn’t have done the wipers just to save time and money but that’s me. The back up teflon ring should just keep the o-ring in place I wouldn’t sweat it. I like watching you figure stuff out and I really appreciate how brave you are just tearing into stuff I think you really give some confidence to guys that might be a little more hesitant working on their own stuff.

[@ericjohnson6766]

Hello John, I fixed the wash machine and the microwave the same way you fixed your dishwasher. It’s an awesome fix !!!

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Lmfao 🤣 "only thing that's left is My Johnson I Mean The Piston" 🤣 😂 John @FarmCraft101

[@penguinbrand]

Thanks for the laughs! Best dishwasher fix of all time😂