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Something doesn’t pass the sniff test here. I’m going to do two things. Open the drain plug and look for oil / water and open the plate on top to see what i see. Actually no, I’ve just decided I’m not doing anything.
I will give it a try when I get home in a couple hours. The odd thing is this will result in the brake control arm moving even more than the clutch. Is it possible the sequential system just doesn’t apply to this model dozer?
We are thinking alike. I don’t think I would have to readjust the clutch if i only adjusted the slotted linkage. In fact I want to do this so I can “feel” the brake with my foot. I don’t know what the brakes should feel like at all but right now all I feel is the clutch.
I can’t see anything else to do. Everything points to the brakes being over adjusted already. Moving the skirted linkage aft to make it “correct” would only give me LESS brakes and not more.
Or…..the other conclusion….there is something amiss with the bands or their installation. Is there an easy way to check if there is oil in there?
Thanks bob. It's very hard to see in the video but it's not just the linkages that are moving at the same time. The control arms are moving too. The pin in the slotted sequential link is all the way aft when the pedal is at rest. Any movement of the pedal will instantly move both clutch and brake control arms.
Since this means I must have brakes starting to be applied as soon as I'm moving the clutch, the only natural conclusion is there is something wrong internally with the brake bands on both sides.
My next move is to tighten up the brake linkage so that brakes are applied all the time. This is just a test to see if there are any brakes on this machine. If I push in the clutch pedal the clutch should disengage and the brakes should be on full hard. That track should stop dead.
I am starting to suspect that one end of the band has come off the little rocker arm that holds both ends of the band. What holds it on there? Is there any way to inspect that connection without a total tear-down?
Here is the video. You can see both the clutch arm and the brake arm moving at the same time.
The squealing sound was only one time. I haven't been able to repeat it. But if what you say is true, the brake arm sits still while the clutch arm is moving, then something is very wrong. I will shoot some video tomorrow morning and show you what is going on. Both clutch and brake arms are moving at the same time. i.e the pin is all the way aft in the slot always. That said, i should have brakes all the time and that just isn't the case. I'm getting the sinking feeling I should be calling the transport company and send this bad boy back up to Oregon.
