Maybe I missed it, or forgot. There seems to be a crack on the front of the bolster. I assume that it is not an issue due to it being an implement mount.
Yep good eye - and you’re correct, it’s next to the flat milled spot on the front where the center support bracket would’ve attached for the optional wide front end. They either ran into something with that edge, or were bolting large chain links to those threaded holes for pulling in reverse, judging by the witness marks. We inquired about having that repaired as well when they did the other brazing, but they had concerns about further distortion happening to those hydraulic piston bores so since we both agreed that it wasn’t a structural issue, we should just fight the battles that were necessary and let that one go to avoid causing other unnecessary problems. They couldn’t guarantee that a repair that close to the gap between the inner bores wouldn’t skew them slightly out of alignment, and none of us wanted that lol 👍
I understand that caterpillar content is the bread and butter of this channel, but I always enjoy X231. Figuring out the original design process and then developing custom repairs around its uniqueness also makes for great content. Thank you for sharing the history and current journey of X231 with us. The legacy of X231 will certainly live on beyond our time.
X231 Is what brought me to this channel so I'm always happy to see progress made on it. I can also relate to burnout and frustration when working on such projects especially when parts are non-existent.
That was a sweet repair. I have been waiting for this repair since you had it welded! Also we are getting enough subassemblies put together to have a Let’s build an experimental tractor in a day episode!!!!
Thoroughly enjoyed both the mechanical work (first rate) as well as the industrial archeology as well. Looking forward to the next episode already. And I'm grateful for weather that gives you lots more shop time.
5-6 years in the making, at least since we first saw this part. I can't wait till this project is finished and we can go back and watch the entire play list from start to finish. It's going to be so cool, like going back in time lol. It's neat to not only see the content, but how your filming and editing style have evolved over the years. I'm so excited to also see the first start of the engine you rebuilt almost 8 years ago now. If I remember correctly, the sides of the heads were the first pieces to get the finished paint applied to them! Things are getting really exciting now!!!
Thanks, yeah between getting more comfortable with being on camera, plus greatly improved recording and editing equipment over what I started out with, I think the video quality has improved a bit.
This is why X231 is the best content on your channel. The transformation and return to service is exceptional! So much enjoy watching the step by step return of X231. Thank you Toby
Great analysis and problem solving really makes the X231 content very interesting. Glad you've gotten back to this tractor, and I'm looking forward to seeing it painted and running!
And this my dear friend is what got me addicted to your wonderful channel before having to be side stepped onto your swamp angel, beautiful video thanks mate
I also love the X231 content and don't understand why it isn't more popular. Having said that, things went very well on this instalment, I'm hoping you have kept up the anointing as I'm sure Christine's front bolster has more surprises or challenges in store.
Can’t wait to see that bolster and engine rejoined to the transmission and rear end! X231 all the way! We may have a rolling chassis in the future, maybe!
I enjoy the X231 content every bit as much as the Cat content. I appreciate the many challenges and your unique solutions ! Happy with Cats or X231 !! Have a Wonderful Christmas and productive 2025 !
It's looking so good! This had to be a huge relief for you! It sucked to sacrifice a brand new race, but it was the best solution. Congratulations on X231 progress!
Your brazing work is so perfect I almost don't want you to cover it with paint. Turning the second race into a tool to set preload was a very clever idea. 👍
Excellent episode. I'm not a MM guy per se but this got to be my favorite project to watch. I enjoy watching the restoration of a one of a kind machine. I like seeing the challenges of no replacement parts and how you overcome the roadblock. It's the challeneges like these I look forward to on the Cletrac E-62...If I ever get it in the shop...
Adding and retracting those shimms is very tedious. The idea of grinding the out side edge was an awesome idea. I was still thinking that you would have to shimm the pivot, rather than the bearing. This is one reason why I like to watch your content, I've learned so much from watching you solve the problem you uncontested as you rebuild this tractor.
I started watching your early X231 vids and look forward to completion. I watch every video and especially love your tooling and adaption content! I'm also looking forward to the D6.
Loving the x231 content. It drew me in way before 5J1113 came along! Are you doing flywheel and clutch stuff next? See that big ole boy sitting on the bench by the bolster.
We already did all the clutch reconditioning in the prior episodes, it’s just sitting there waiting for me to get all the wheels ready to bolt on so that I can put everything together all at once 👍
Squatch, another absolutely amazing video showing your problem solving skills and mechanical abilities. You never cease to amaze me. Sooooo much work you put into the bolster. I throughly enjoyed this video and look forward to seeing your next one. Thanks Squatch!!!
It is hard to imagine what you will do when you roll that tractor out and start it for the first! Cry, praise God, jump for joy! Probably all the above! I know it's a long time in coming put it looks like it is going to be sooner than later! Great job!
“First starts” have always been my least favorite part of any restoration or repair job, since that’s when all of the underlying problems that you didn’t know about finally surface. So when that time comes, I’ll be the typical high strung nervous wreck that I always am when something finally barks to life, only probably even worse because of how many ways literally EVERYTHING on this oddball tractor could malfunction lol 😬
@mmm365 - My goal for this winter is to get X231 into the “rolling chassis” stage, with all 4 wheels back on the ground. If I manage to get it that far I’ll be happy, but the burnout on this project creeps in faster and faster every time I go back to it - I’m already becoming frustrated at how much effort it’s taken just to make a tiny bit of progress.
Peening that brass with the needle scaler, will help make the brass stronger as well , and helps to relieve stress , they do that for cast welding while it is still hot, to relieve the stress cast nickel welding makes
I really enjoyed this episode! That was very interesting to see how you set the preload on that bearing. I was disappointed you didn’t play the entire shop vac noise before you ended that clip haha!
@21:10 if you spend too much time deciding what to worry about, you end up as an Air Force planner… Analysis Paralysis. Some it’s just easier to dive in and conquer.
To determine the distance between housing and race, solder can be used. Solder flattens, then you can measure the thickness to determine the shim thickness.
Lots of thinking went into this great job Think you are right someone has been into that before they most likely added the extra shim to tighten up the bearing to just get by for a while Make sure it is timed correctly when you assemble it haha I know you will
I noticed that the episode about cutting the snap ring groove is already past 44K views. Is X231 getting better results than you expected. I really enjoy seeing the problem solving aspect of this project and I like to think about how I would solve these issues and compare it to your solutions. I am hoping that you will do a first start live with your family and friends as guests. Make it a celebration and maybe have a cookout. It definitely should be treated like the special event it will be. After all, it will be the resurrection of a tractor that has been dead since that rear end blew apart. How many years ago was that?
Thanks, yes the reason why the last episode is doing so well is because I purposely left “X231” out of the title altogether, and branded the video to be more “machining problem solving” themed, wording the title accordingly plus crafting the thumbnail picture to match. Cutting internal snap ring grooves is a common difficult problem to overcome for most hobbyists-level machinists that aren’t as well equipped as professional shops. I’m hoping that popularity trend continues once we get back to “regular programming” but I’m not holding my breath lol 😂 As far as the first start goes, I highly doubt it’ll be an event worth celebrating - there are so many lingering question marks with this tractor, being such an oddball and having so many things put together the way they are - that I’m not expecting the first start to be anything but an experiment to see how many issues present themselves before I even hear the first pop. Plus the majority of my family don’t understand why I even spend time on this old stuff and would have no interest in turning out to see something run, and I don’t have many friends either. Regarding the broken rear case, all we know is that it happened sometime in the early 1980’s and that this tractor hasn’t run or moved since 👍
What material do you recommend for making the new shims? Antifreeze can or beer can? I guess antifreeze can is harder to source because Rick Bork doesn't drink it!
Looking to the future , have you considered lowering the power steering pump pressure, one, because it’s not going to be required in the future and to help protect the repair on the bolster .
I was thinking about the popularity of your CAT videos and the growth of your channel. Perhaps, in addition to your current videos, you could create a new weekly series of 10 minute videos called something like "Part of the Week" that would show the restoration of a single small part of your rock crusher from start to finish until the project is complete. The part could be as small as a few bolts that you remove, sandblast, rethread and paint. Watching the collection of gleaming newly restored parts grow larger each week would be addictive. This approach takes up less shop space and allows for a more flexible schedule than the everything at once strategy. The grand finale would be the reassembly of the restored parts. The "part of the week" clips could later be assembled into a director's cut video. "MyMechanic" uses a similar approach and has amassed more than 3.5 million subscribers in addition to a large Patreon following. Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Happy holidays.
Good stuff,Toby. Only suggestion for next time is to refresh all of us on how bad it looked when you first started working on it. A little "file footage" maybe?
I know its too late now, but wouldn't it have been nice to leave in the 40 thou shim stack and add 20 thou worth of the large production type shims? That way you would have a bit of easy adjustment for a later date.
Unfortunately I don’t see many of these old tractors being worth much by the time I’m gone, society is moving further away from this era of old technology every year and we’ve been losing numbers steadily in all of the clubs that I belong to. In all likelihood, I’m the last caretaker of most of my stuff.
I cut out several equal sized squares of shim stock, then stacked them all up and clamped between two squares of thin plywood. I then used a hole saw to drill out the centers of them all in one pass, then took them out of the plywood and hand-cut the outside diameters to size with a regular pair of scissors 👍
Open up that shop vac and replace the worn out motor bushing with a 608ZZ bearing. It's crazy but the motor was designed to use those bearings, but the manufacturer decided to save a penny and put in a bushing instead. like you I ignored the worn bushing for a long time on my vacuum. Until one day the motor rotor contacted the stator and destroyed itself.
That’s what we do with these shop vac’s, just run them until they finally give up and replace, like general shop consumables. Because we use them on our sandblasting cabinets, the fine dust bypasses the filters and wears them out rather quickly.
@@squatch253 It just bothers me that they designed these motors to use a bearing and then cheaped out and put in a bushing they know will fail. If I ever buy a shop vac again I'll pre-emptively take the motor apart and put in a bearing.
All of the bearing press-fits are pretty uniform, like ID’s, OD’s, and widths. But things like internal tapers where the rollers meet the races can vary slightly between manufacturers, being just different enough to cause misalignment and failure due to unequal load distribution 👍
Most never wrecking job since the rear end repair. I would not be surprised if anything else is anything but smooth sailing but the number of problematic wear items is getting less and less.
Maybe I missed it, or forgot. There seems to be a crack on the front of the bolster. I assume that it is not an issue due to it being an implement mount.
Yep good eye - and you’re correct, it’s next to the flat milled spot on the front where the center support bracket would’ve attached for the optional wide front end. They either ran into something with that edge, or were bolting large chain links to those threaded holes for pulling in reverse, judging by the witness marks. We inquired about having that repaired as well when they did the other brazing, but they had concerns about further distortion happening to those hydraulic piston bores so since we both agreed that it wasn’t a structural issue, we should just fight the battles that were necessary and let that one go to avoid causing other unnecessary problems. They couldn’t guarantee that a repair that close to the gap between the inner bores wouldn’t skew them slightly out of alignment, and none of us wanted that lol 👍
I always enjoy the X231 content.
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I understand that caterpillar content is the bread and butter of this channel, but I always enjoy X231. Figuring out the original design process and then developing custom repairs around its uniqueness also makes for great content. Thank you for sharing the history and current journey of X231 with us. The legacy of X231 will certainly live on beyond our time.
X231 Is what brought me to this channel so I'm always happy to see progress made on it. I can also relate to burnout and frustration when working on such projects especially when parts are non-existent.
@@DohosanVme too mate it's why I've ended here and loved every episode since regardless of the content
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I think the X231 content is absolutely brilliant
👍 🤣 I like it just sounds so 1950’s Sci Fi experimental Rocket X231 🤗
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I feel like the Glyptal is the arts and craft portion of these videos. "Happy little tree" 🤣
That was a sweet repair. I have been waiting for this repair since you had it welded! Also we are getting enough subassemblies put together to have a Let’s build an experimental tractor in a day episode!!!!
Your vacuum makes me laugh everytime you use it cause I know it's on your mind while making the video
I admire your ability to solve very difficult challenges.
Thoroughly enjoyed both the mechanical work (first rate) as well as the industrial archeology as well. Looking forward to the next episode already. And I'm grateful for weather that gives you lots more shop time.
5-6 years in the making, at least since we first saw this part. I can't wait till this project is finished and we can go back and watch the entire play list from start to finish. It's going to be so cool, like going back in time lol. It's neat to not only see the content, but how your filming and editing style have evolved over the years. I'm so excited to also see the first start of the engine you rebuilt almost 8 years ago now. If I remember correctly, the sides of the heads were the first pieces to get the finished paint applied to them! Things are getting really exciting now!!!
Thanks, yeah between getting more comfortable with being on camera, plus greatly improved recording and editing equipment over what I started out with, I think the video quality has improved a bit.
@@squatch253 You ain't kidding! Have a look at you pulling the Cat 10 to pieces - monosyllabic is the word.
@@squatch253 Absolutely…Your skills in the video & editing match your machining & mechanical skills 🤩👍🏻👌🏻🧐
@@squatch253aye the quality has improved a little mate
This is why X231 is the best content on your channel. The transformation and return to service is exceptional! So much enjoy watching the step by step return of X231. Thank you Toby
Always enjoy watching your meticulous work methods, Squatch
Great analysis and problem solving really makes the X231 content very interesting. Glad you've gotten back to this tractor, and I'm looking forward to seeing it painted and running!
And this my dear friend is what got me addicted to your wonderful channel before having to be side stepped onto your swamp angel, beautiful video thanks mate
Squatch's attention to detail hits you right out the gate!!! Gotta love it!!!
X231 content is always appreciated. Can't wait to see her roll.
I am always amazed at your planning and creativity in designing non existent needed tools and then to create them such as the test race. 👍👍
I also love the X231 content and don't understand why it isn't more popular. Having said that, things went very well on this instalment, I'm hoping you have kept up the anointing as I'm sure Christine's front bolster has more surprises or challenges in store.
Can’t wait to see that bolster and engine rejoined to the transmission and rear end! X231 all the way! We may have a rolling chassis in the future, maybe!
Your attention to detail is another reason I enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work Sir.
I enjoy the X231 content every bit as much as the Cat content. I appreciate the many challenges and your unique solutions ! Happy with Cats or X231 !! Have a Wonderful Christmas and productive 2025 !
It's looking so good! This had to be a huge relief for you! It sucked to sacrifice a brand new race, but it was the best solution. Congratulations on X231 progress!
Your brazing work is so perfect I almost don't want you to cover it with paint. Turning the second race into a tool to set preload was a very clever idea. 👍
Thanks for the update Toby! Another big step to getting old Christine rolling. Can’t wait for the next video!
Always happy to see X231, looking forward to the next instalment.
Years in the making. It's coming together😂
Make a dummy bearing to be able to test the shims, that's the sort oreason why this channel is worth following!
17:02 Your shims are perfect round and flat. Please do a segment on how you make such perfect fit shims.
Excellent episode. I'm not a MM guy per se but this got to be my favorite project to watch. I enjoy watching the restoration of a one of a kind machine. I like seeing the challenges of no replacement parts and how you overcome the roadblock. It's the challeneges like these I look forward to on the Cletrac E-62...If I ever get it in the shop...
WHOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO! that front bolster is coming along nicely for x231 good job !
Adding and retracting those shimms is very tedious. The idea of grinding the out side edge was an awesome idea. I was still thinking that you would have to shimm the pivot, rather than the bearing. This is one reason why I like to watch your content, I've learned so much from watching you solve the problem you uncontested as you rebuild this tractor.
Excellent. And Glyptol content a fantastic bonus!!!💪🏻
The infinite patience and skill levels are worthy of the views 👍🏻🤩👌🏻🧐
Thank you for pointing the way to LAOL!
Still enjoying your content.
I started watching your early X231 vids and look forward to completion. I watch every video and especially love your tooling and adaption content! I'm also looking forward to the D6.
Dang it, you gave me nightmare flashbacks with that needle gun! Used to use those A LOT in the Navy to prep areas for painting!
Love the x231 challenges
Fantastic progress! One step closer to having 4 wheels on the ground!
Great idea with that bearing race! You really figured that whole non-stock riddle out.
Loving the x231 content. It drew me in way before 5J1113 came along! Are you doing flywheel and clutch stuff next? See that big ole boy sitting on the bench by the bolster.
We already did all the clutch reconditioning in the prior episodes, it’s just sitting there waiting for me to get all the wheels ready to bolt on so that I can put everything together all at once 👍
Very satisfying to see the final close fit working out.
The way you so sparingly dip your brush in the glyptol reminds me of an old advertisement for brylcreem “just a dab will do ya”
Yeah, I remember those old Brylcreem ads too. I think the saying was "a little dab'll do ya".
Squatch, another absolutely amazing video showing your problem solving skills and mechanical abilities. You never cease to amaze me. Sooooo much work you put into the bolster. I throughly enjoyed this video and look forward to seeing your next one. Thanks Squatch!!!
Top skills Robert I agree and such a pleasure to see
It is hard to imagine what you will do when you roll that tractor out and start it for the first! Cry, praise God, jump for joy! Probably all the above! I know it's a long time in coming put it looks like it is going to be sooner than later! Great job!
I hope he will continue till it is ready ...with nothing in between...
“First starts” have always been my least favorite part of any restoration or repair job, since that’s when all of the underlying problems that you didn’t know about finally surface. So when that time comes, I’ll be the typical high strung nervous wreck that I always am when something finally barks to life, only probably even worse because of how many ways literally EVERYTHING on this oddball tractor could malfunction lol 😬
@mmm365 - My goal for this winter is to get X231 into the “rolling chassis” stage, with all 4 wheels back on the ground. If I manage to get it that far I’ll be happy, but the burnout on this project creeps in faster and faster every time I go back to it - I’m already becoming frustrated at how much effort it’s taken just to make a tiny bit of progress.
@@squatch253four wheel's is a fine goal mate and remember there ain't no need to rush you're not that old
Peening that brass with the needle scaler, will help make the brass stronger as well , and helps to relieve stress , they do that for cast welding while it is still hot, to relieve the stress cast nickel welding makes
Love the X231 content. Fred’s Hot Sauce, LOL!
Great episode and explanation of the mystery to the clearance and fit of all the components to their relationships to one another. Thanks for sharing!
Great progress. Roller getting closer.
I seem to recall hearing or reading that it’s always worth running a needle scaler over welds as it can relieve stresses.
Excellent video it's nice to see you making progress on x231 keep up the good work
I can’t wait to see x231 done but I enjoy all the x231 content I’ll miss the prototype stuff when it’s done
I like the x231 episodes a lot!
Always great.....I look forward to every video...
Thank you for another great video! Love to see X241 ✌️
Oops 231
Probably a better fit than most production assemblies.
Another step forward, mysteries solved, lessons learned, by God I almost think I could restore x231! But why spoil your fun!
I really enjoyed this episode! That was very interesting to see how you set the preload on that bearing. I was disappointed you didn’t play the entire shop vac noise before you ended that clip haha!
Enjoying watching something that I'll never be doing.
@21:10 if you spend too much time deciding what to worry about, you end up as an Air Force planner… Analysis Paralysis. Some it’s just easier to dive in and conquer.
So so close to being back on 4 wheels!
You'll be steering down the road before you know it. It's good to see the progress.
To determine the distance between housing and race, solder can be used. Solder flattens, then you can measure the thickness to determine the shim thickness.
Enjoying the content one bite at a time.
Yeah, I enjoyed that, cheers Squatch. Good video.
Put the beer can shims in it!
Excellent, ingenious stuff. Went looking for Glyptal 1201 - not available in the UK. 8 -(
Lots of thinking went into this great job Think you are right someone has been into that before they most likely added the extra shim to tighten up the bearing to just get by for a while Make sure it is timed correctly when you assemble it haha I know you will
Don’t want to jinx anything by saying this, but that was slick! Great job!
At 17:35 is that a crack in the casting? It's at the left of the lowest two threaded holes.
See the explanation for that crack that I pinned up at the top of the comments section here 🙂
Really enjoy your videos, be it caterpillar, farmall, or the infamous x231. Keep it up please. Awesome job.
I really like X231 keep it going please
Great work!
I noticed that the episode about cutting the snap ring groove is already past 44K views. Is X231 getting better results than you expected. I really enjoy seeing the problem solving aspect of this project and I like to think about how I would solve these issues and compare it to your solutions. I am hoping that you will do a first start live with your family and friends as guests. Make it a celebration and maybe have a cookout. It definitely should be treated like the special event it will be. After all, it will be the resurrection of a tractor that has been dead since that rear end blew apart. How many years ago was that?
Thanks, yes the reason why the last episode is doing so well is because I purposely left “X231” out of the title altogether, and branded the video to be more “machining problem solving” themed, wording the title accordingly plus crafting the thumbnail picture to match. Cutting internal snap ring grooves is a common difficult problem to overcome for most hobbyists-level machinists that aren’t as well equipped as professional shops. I’m hoping that popularity trend continues once we get back to “regular programming” but I’m not holding my breath lol 😂 As far as the first start goes, I highly doubt it’ll be an event worth celebrating - there are so many lingering question marks with this tractor, being such an oddball and having so many things put together the way they are - that I’m not expecting the first start to be anything but an experiment to see how many issues present themselves before I even hear the first pop. Plus the majority of my family don’t understand why I even spend time on this old stuff and would have no interest in turning out to see something run, and I don’t have many friends either. Regarding the broken rear case, all we know is that it happened sometime in the early 1980’s and that this tractor hasn’t run or moved since 👍
Nice work getting the correct fit.
Great video!!! ❤
"We'll keep plugging away at it" is the phrase i believe you were searching for at the end of the video.
Nice work again 👍
Note how the brass has a screw to the metal.
I’m not sure what you’re referring to - can you elaborate?
What material do you recommend for making the new shims? Antifreeze can or beer can? I guess antifreeze can is harder to source because Rick Bork doesn't drink it!
Looking to the future , have you considered lowering the power steering pump pressure, one, because it’s not going to be required in the future and to help protect the repair on the bolster .
Excellent question that I think I’ll incorporate into the next episode 👍
I was thinking about the popularity of your CAT videos and the growth of your channel. Perhaps, in addition to your current videos, you could create a new weekly series of 10 minute videos called something like "Part of the Week" that would show the restoration of a single small part of your rock crusher from start to finish until the project is complete. The part could be as small as a few bolts that you remove, sandblast, rethread and paint. Watching the collection of gleaming newly restored parts grow larger each week would be addictive. This approach takes up less shop space and allows for a more flexible schedule than the everything at once strategy. The grand finale would be the reassembly of the restored parts. The "part of the week" clips could later be assembled into a director's cut video. "MyMechanic" uses a similar approach and has amassed more than 3.5 million subscribers in addition to a large Patreon following. Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Happy holidays.
Morning coffee and Squatch. Gonna be pretty good day.
👍 ☝️ does sound like a plausible Sunday mornin’ live segment!!! 🙄🤭
Good idea 😆 morning Coffee & Squatch Q & A 😬🤣
Good video
Good stuff,Toby. Only suggestion for next time is to refresh all of us on how bad it looked when you first started working on it. A little "file footage" maybe?
I know its too late now, but wouldn't it have been nice to leave in the 40 thou shim stack and add 20 thou worth of the large production type shims? That way you would have a bit of easy adjustment for a later date.
On a working tractor, yes - but X231 likely won’t see another 100 hours run time for the rest of my life so future adjustments won’t be necessary 👍
@@squatch253always think of the next person mate
Unfortunately I don’t see many of these old tractors being worth much by the time I’m gone, society is moving further away from this era of old technology every year and we’ve been losing numbers steadily in all of the clubs that I belong to. In all likelihood, I’m the last caretaker of most of my stuff.
Love the glyphosate…
This was supposed to say Gliptix, but autocorrect “helped” me…
@@robertkinstle9413 🤦♂️ referred to in these parts as SSP , stupid smart phone 😆 ✌️🤭
Mecanicaly mint repair!
How did you cut the shims of 17:02 ??
I Love project X
I cut out several equal sized squares of shim stock, then stacked them all up and clamped between two squares of thin plywood. I then used a hole saw to drill out the centers of them all in one pass, then took them out of the plywood and hand-cut the outside diameters to size with a regular pair of scissors 👍
@squatch253 nice, that in it self would be worth a video..😆
Thanks!
Open up that shop vac and replace the worn out motor bushing with a 608ZZ bearing. It's crazy but the motor was designed to use those bearings, but the manufacturer decided to save a penny and put in a bushing instead. like you I ignored the worn bushing for a long time on my vacuum. Until one day the motor rotor contacted the stator and destroyed itself.
That’s what we do with these shop vac’s, just run them until they finally give up and replace, like general shop consumables. Because we use them on our sandblasting cabinets, the fine dust bypasses the filters and wears them out rather quickly.
@@squatch253 It just bothers me that they designed these motors to use a bearing and then cheaped out and put in a bushing they know will fail. If I ever buy a shop vac again I'll pre-emptively take the motor apart and put in a bearing.
Give us the tools, we will do the job! Nice work on that brass ring!
You could even drill two opposing holes in your test bearing (just like grease holes) to remove it easily with picks.
Great video. I’ve often questioned if tolerances are exact on machined parts like bearings from manufacturer to manufacturer.
All of the bearing press-fits are pretty uniform, like ID’s, OD’s, and widths. But things like internal tapers where the rollers meet the races can vary slightly between manufacturers, being just different enough to cause misalignment and failure due to unequal load distribution 👍
Great video
I replaced the throwout bearing and finger levers and hardware that held the pressure plate in place on the economy tractor
It’s not often that I see you using air powered tools. 😳 😂
Nice brush strokes,you can paint landscape pictures in your spare time 😜. Wouldn't multiple shims at the outside allow a fluid leak
If the shims are free of damage, distortion, or burrs they’ll seal against each other almost as well as real gasket material 👍
5:07 Why no oil to aid in the cutting process like when you use a cylinder hone?
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Good that you only have the gasket on the outside. Always wondered how multiple shims and only one gasket would make for a leakproof join.
This is nice and shiny, let me go get a hammer, sandpaper and a scale remover and mess it up some. 🙂
Most never wrecking job since the rear end repair. I would not be surprised if anything else is anything but smooth sailing but the number of problematic wear items is getting less and less.