When I first picked up the machine and loaded it up.and then unloaded it at home.the steering seemed to work okay. Of course, I have had an opportunity to run it very much as of yet. The reverser seems to work fine.ie it shifts the machine from forward to reverse. In fact, I think there was too much play in them.possibly the previous owner had the same thought. There is free play in them and the clutch arm is completely at rest when the steering levers are not being manipulated. I already checked steering clutch adjustment.and tried to adjust them per the manual. So.does this mean both steering clutches are shot? I did what Uncle suggested: Place the machine under a load (it would"t move and the tracks didn"t turn) and looked at the gear. I looked into things a bit further this afternoon. Any ideas what the machine, in it's current condition (both bad clutches, tranny popping out of gear), would be worth? This is a 350 w/reverser and rippers, good u/c, good motor. How much more work is it to continue on to the tranny while it's down?įinally, the guy that sold it to me will take it back, or he will refund some of what I paid for it if I want to keep it and repair it. Any suggestions as I begin to tear into it?Īlso, would it be recommended to tear into the transmission and rebuild it while the final drives are off anyway? I have found the it occassionally pops out of 2nd gear too. Anyway, it looks like the clutches are due to be replaced. Couldn't tell if it was coming out of the hole or came from something else. The right side was dry, the left side had a little bit of oil/grease around the hole. I've checked the drain plugs on the clutches. Re: Clutches slipping on JD 350 in reply to FirstCrawlerOwner, 06-23-2006 07:10:41 The gear popping, I don't know.Īnyone with more experience than I have any ideas or suggestions? I assume that either the steering clutches are bad or the reverser is bad.or both. If anyone has an idea where to start, I'd sure appreciate it! I can work on it, but being that this is my first crawler, I don't have any experience troubleshooting or working on one. Wiggling the respective clutch back and forth would eventually make it "catch" and it would go again.Ĥ) In about 10 minutes of operation, it popped out of 1st gear 2 or 3 times and popped out of 3rd gear everytime. For example, I would be wanting to turn to the right or left, and the machine would just sit there. But, most of the time the trouble seemed to be that there was no power transfer to the tracks. Again, wiggling the clutches back and forth would eventually make it go. Wiggling the steering clutches back and forth would eventually make it go.ģ) Related to the above problem.or maybe the same problem.I had trouble steering it. It would just sit there, even not under a load. Somewhat like an automatic transmission on a worn out diesel truck that won't pull.Ģ) The crawler eventually wouldn't move very well. The engine smothers a little bit, but mostly it just sits there once the load gets to a certain point. Here are the symptoms:ġ) When pressed against a load, the crawler will not "spin out". Within 10 minutes or so, I began to have trouble. I got it home, changed all the filters, fluids, etc. I recently bought a used John Deere 350 loader.
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