The Worst Place To Fix A John Deere Dozer

Be sure to check out ‪@Helmsburgsawmill‬. Up in the flooded woods for Helmsburg Sawmill, the track adjuster on their John Deere 650G wouldn't tighten up. The bearing had gone out of the idler, slid back, and wore into the yoke until it wouldn't hold grease and couldn't keep track tension. We loaded a new idler and new yoke in the service truck and went to find out what else was wrong. Once we busted the track apart, we found a roller out of it too, plus a hydraulic leak from a set of old auxiliary lines left on the machine. With the rock guards seized up from sitting underwater, pulling them in the field would have turned into a two day job, so we made the call to shim the new idler and yoke in, cap off the leaking auxiliary lines, and let them run it a few days to finish the job before bringing it to the shop. Old Smokey the wheel loader came out of retirement to help. We keep idlers, yokes, wear plates, shims, rollers, and the rest of the 650G undercarriage in stock, including the counterweighted sprockets a logger with a rear winch needs. Find dozer parts at ccsurplusparts.com under the dozer tab. If you don't see it listed, we can get it. 0:00 Loading parts for the mountain 1:10 The climb to Helmsburg Sawmill 2:44 What broke on the 650G 4:12 Busting the track apart 9:50 Pulling the idler and finding a bad roller 14:33 The damage up close 15:24 Field fix or call it to the shop 16:08 Chasing down the hydraulic leak 18:36 The new idler and yoke parts 19:31 Firing up old Smokey 23:22 Shimming the new idler in 27:42 Worn track links 36:05 Capping off the auxiliary lines 38:33 Buttoning it back together 40:04 Why the rock guards stay on for now 41:02 Wrap up Need boots that hold up to this kind of work? Our channel is sponsored by Brunt. Use code CC10. Browse dozers, winches, and log arches for sale at ccsurplus.com. Thanks for watching and we'll see you on the next one.