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I got a message that my Buddy was broke down on the trail, and wanted some help, so Off I went. He was about 8kms from his truck, which actually was not a bad thing as I was about 16kms from his truck (He was headed toward me, lol). Anyway, the message was brief..... "Possible Front Bearing Fail, Lots of Grinding and Crunching"
On the way to find him, we (A friend and myself) bumped into the "Broke Down Machine", he was coming towards us. We stopped to get the story. It seems that the machine started making terrible noises, and like mentioned a Bearing was suspected. My buddy winched the front of the machine up into a tree and checked for play in the front bearing......... Nothing. He lowered the machine and backed it up.........Nothing. He started on down the trail towards us.........Nothing.
I was looking down the tires on the Drivers side and noticed that the second tire back didn't look right. Buddy said "Oh that ones fine, I just bent the Axle a little bit. I'm waiting for the new one now" He said there had been no noise or issues since he got moving again. We knew something was wrong, but he was fully loaded and wanted to limp the machine to his cabin where we could unload and have a closer look. Off we went.... My friend that was traveling with me leand over and said " That bearing on the second axle is *&^%ed", I said, "I know
"
Anyway, we made it and unloaded the HDI.
Now, before I go any further, I have to say that normally this guy is pretty good, and I think he takes pretty good care of his machines, but..........
He insisted that he checked/greased all his bearings the day before this trip.
We found that all 4 of his center outer bearings and one Front were shot, the second from the front on the drivers side was ................ Gone
( so thats how the water was getting in, lol.
I only had one spare, and he only had one, so we changed the 2 worst ones and drove it out like that.
I'm wondering if having the 4 center axles an inch lower than the front and rear axles played a part in this?
Here are a few pics:
During this jurney, it was noticed that something didn't look right with the machines Hand Brakes
Left Side
Right Side, better but still not good
So we pulled the Left one apart
We were told that the brakes were working fine, and in fact were rarely used
These brakes are operated by a single piston operatng on one pad. I found it interesting that the pad without a piston pushing on it showed the most wear (On both brakes)
I'm pretty sure this machine has less than 100hrs on it.
Anothr day at the office
RD
On the way to find him, we (A friend and myself) bumped into the "Broke Down Machine", he was coming towards us. We stopped to get the story. It seems that the machine started making terrible noises, and like mentioned a Bearing was suspected. My buddy winched the front of the machine up into a tree and checked for play in the front bearing......... Nothing. He lowered the machine and backed it up.........Nothing. He started on down the trail towards us.........Nothing.
I was looking down the tires on the Drivers side and noticed that the second tire back didn't look right. Buddy said "Oh that ones fine, I just bent the Axle a little bit. I'm waiting for the new one now"
He said there had been no noise or issues since he got moving again. We knew something was wrong, but he was fully loaded and wanted to limp the machine to his cabin where we could unload and have a closer look. Off we went.... My friend that was traveling with me leand over and said " That bearing on the second axle is *&^%ed", I said, "I know"Anyway, we made it and unloaded the HDI.
Now, before I go any further, I have to say that normally this guy is pretty good, and I think he takes pretty good care of his machines, but..........
He insisted that he checked/greased all his bearings the day before this trip.
We found that all 4 of his center outer bearings and one Front were shot, the second from the front on the drivers side was ................ Gone
( so thats how the water was getting in, lol.I only had one spare, and he only had one, so we changed the 2 worst ones and drove it out like that.
I'm wondering if having the 4 center axles an inch lower than the front and rear axles played a part in this?
Here are a few pics:
During this jurney, it was noticed that something didn't look right with the machines Hand Brakes
Left Side
Right Side, better but still not good
So we pulled the Left one apart
We were told that the brakes were working fine, and in fact were rarely used
These brakes are operated by a single piston operatng on one pad. I found it interesting that the pad without a piston pushing on it showed the most wear (On both brakes)
I'm pretty sure this machine has less than 100hrs on it.
Anothr day at the office
RD
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