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Caterpillar D2

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6 years 6 months ago #187422 by d2gary
Replied by d2gary on topic Caterpillar D2

Thanks d2gary!
Do you have a link to some instructions for that clutch job?
I was told it is not an easy task.


There's plenty of info if you use the search at the top right of the forum page. Last one I did was listed as another set of stuck d2 clutches . Neil has a thread also called d2 master pins check my understanding that has a lot of good info. Neil's really put up a fight so just about everything is covered in his thread

All in all not really a technically difficult job (because everything is designed to come apart) but sometimes the rust and the fact that they haven't been apart for 50 plus years is challenging If you get stuck just ask lots of folks ready to help

Somebody smarter than me might put up the links but easy enough to find

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6 years 6 months ago #187438 by neil
Replied by neil on topic Caterpillar D2
Here you go:

www.acmoc.org/bb/showthread.php?28065-D2...eck-my-understanding

First order of business for the steering is to take the tractor into a large enough field that you can do number eights in it. To accomplish that, hook another tractor to the rear of the D2 and you can use that to "steer" the D2 around the field.
What you do is tie both steering clutch levers back and then drive around riding the brakes as hard as you can without actually killing the machine - using a low gear will help this. The goal is to get the brakes as hot as possible (like smoke literally pouring out of them) in the hope that it will expand the combined brake / clutch drum enough to get some movement, and also cook the steering discs enough to get them to start to loosen.
Once you have any movement, even if the clutches are still stuck, you can then just keep working the clutch levers, driving forwards and backwards, etc. to magnify the movement.

Also, after cooking and letting it cool back down to say, still warm, pour a mix of ATF and acetone into each clutch compartment, up to but ideally not above the level of the shaft, and then run the machine back and forwards to wet all of the clutch discs. Then just go at it occasionally.

Success rate really depends on how stuck it is, how expanded the linings are (if they're really expanded, then you cannot effectively tie the levers back because the mechanism is already "back"), other factors that are hard to control.

Your final option of course is just to disassemble and fix. That's what I did to both sides. The upside of that is that my steering is now brand new and perfect, and with the improved bronze linings from General Gear, much less likely to stick in future

Cheers,
Neil

Pittsford, NY

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6 years 6 months ago #187630 by dratt
Replied by dratt on topic Caterpillar D2
Thanks for the advice Neil!!
We pull started the machine since I have not found a carb yet. Looks like I need a Zenith 10368.
I followed your advice and after about 3 minutes of dragging it around I freed up one of the steering clutches. It seems to work perfect.
Great advice! I was actually able to drive it around some. Just needed to back up to turn left
The other lever seems loose so I am assuming that there is some linkage disconnected or some spring is broken. The side that works pulls pretty hard.

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6 years 6 months ago #187632 by ccjersey
Replied by ccjersey on topic Caterpillar D2
The loose lever is probably because the clutch pack is swelled from rust and moisture. This mimics the action of the lever and linkage to open the pack up by compressing the springs. So the rust has done all the work compressing thecsprings and they may be bottomed out with the coils touching. Usual process is to pull final drive and cut springs away to allow removal of the keepers to disassemble the pack and replace with new parts. Its all available from CAT or General Gear.

You might be able to adjust the linkage to zero free travel and then be able to pull the lever to compress the springs and open the pack but that would be rare.

D2-5J's, D6-9U's, D318 and D333 power units, 12E-99E grader, 922B & 944A wheel loaders, D330C generator set, DW20 water tanker and a bunch of Jersey cows to take care of in my spare time:D

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6 years 6 months ago #187648 by drujinin
Replied by drujinin on topic Caterpillar D2
If you remove the drain plugs from the bottom you will probably find the stuck side full of water! Don't ask why but water will find a way to get into almost any place it isn't supposed to be.

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