You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.
Hi, Onfoot.
Your issue may well be in the circle guide adjustment and/or wear therein. The easiest way I know of to check is to set the blade square and centered under the machine, blade resting ON the ground without downward pressure, and drive forward slowly and watchfully until the circle appears to be fully back against the front set of circle guides. This should only take a couple of inches of forward travel.
Then check the meshing of the circle drive teeth with the circle and all the guides for adjustment. I don't have the exact specs but there should be pretty minimal spacing between the circle and the guides and the teeth should be fully meshed without bottoming out.
Also. I have never heard of it happening on a Cat grader but it might be worth looking across the top of the circle from several directions to check for warping. You need to place equal height blocks on top of the circle high enough to be seen over the draught frame. It could also be worth measuring the inside diameter in several places to check for 'out-of-round'.
Shady tree workshop stuff. Hope it helps.
Just my 0.02.
Hi, Onfoot.
Your issue may well be in the circle guide adjustment and/or wear therein. The easiest way I know of to check is to set the blade square and centered under the machine, blade resting ON the ground without downward pressure, and drive forward slowly and watchfully until the circle appears to be fully back against the front set of circle guides. This should only take a couple of inches of forward travel.
Then check the meshing of the circle drive teeth with the circle and all the guides for adjustment. I don't have the exact specs but there should be pretty minimal spacing between the circle and the guides and the teeth should be fully meshed without bottoming out.
Also. I have never heard of it happening on a Cat grader but it might be worth looking across the top of the circle from several directions to check for warping. You need to place equal height blocks on top of the circle high enough to be seen over the draught frame. It could also be worth measuring the inside diameter in several places to check for 'out-of-round'.
Shady tree workshop stuff. Hope it helps.
Just my 0.02.
Heaps of grease on the circle and dig the corner of the blade in the ground and creep forward to persuade it to co-operate
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