Gradualy turning left
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Topic: Gradualy turning left
Posted By: Jay Tyrrell
Subject: Gradualy turning left
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2012 at 10:07pm
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Why does my dozer gradially turn to the left when I'm driving.
It has exactly 38 links per side.
With a solid rear end (no differential) just steering clutches and final drives this does not make sence how this is possible?
Is it fixable?
 Picture is out of date, she's in much better shape now.
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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2012 at 10:16pm
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Think of it as tires on each side and one side has a 1" larger tire than other , slowly it will move to one side as the smaller one counteracts the larger. Mine pulls right and have pull left steering clutch every so often to go straight.  ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: Jay Tyrrell
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2012 at 12:56pm
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So I must have one of the track rails that are more wore down more then the other.?
Nice looking 6G you got.
The guy that owned mine before I got it, shouldn't have been aloud to own tools!
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Posted By: Chad(WI)
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2012 at 1:05pm
| Very possible that your left steering clutch is out of adjustment and slipping. |
Posted By: oljoe
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2012 at 3:17pm
| One track tighter than the other will cause this also. |
Posted By: Jay Tyrrell
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2012 at 5:51pm
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I sure hope it's not a steering clutch slipping. I just put them back in and adjusted them. I'll play around with the track tension and see what happens.
Thanks
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Posted By: michale34
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2012 at 8:04am
| has your tracks worked fee yet sticking links can cause it to wonder and make sure you dont have a brake band to tight grabbing. |
Posted By: M Diesel
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 5:14pm
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On that old beast there are several possibilities. The culprit is often worn track link pins/bushings or a sprung track frame. Loose pins allow each link to be a little different in length when on the ground. Does it always wander to the same side, forward or backwards?
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Posted By: Jay Tyrrell
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 6:20pm
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It always pulls to the left. That side does have the stuck links.
I pulled the front idle wheel off and found everything in rough shape. I'll squeeze the track frame back together, but any good ideas how to get the shaft out of the front idler so it can be staightened. I'm not sure this is the right front idle either?
  My picture got fat somehow, sorry.
Somebody hit something real hard to bend this shaft!
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