Decelerator

Hi, Pioneernorth and Garlic Pete.
IMHO, a decelerator on a direct drive machine would make it easier to perform some 'delicate' tasks and could sometimes leave a hand free for other things by not needing to operate the master clutch. It would make it easier to pick up scrapers when push loading for one thing. I think it would be an even bigger plus on a torque converter drive machine, especially a 15A D8 where the clutch is intended to only be engaged with the engine at low idle due to the type of clutch that it has.

Just my 0.02.

When the clutch brake gets worn I find myself at times having to throttle down to decrease the gear speeds to make the shift. A decelerator would be handy when this happens.

JanM

Hi, Jan M.
Unless I miss my guess, 7UPuller would say that there is a simple answer for that issue - - - - - FIX the clutch brake. LOL.

Just my 0.02.

Deas,

You mentioning "FIX the Clutch brake" reminds me of back when I young and still working on my family's ranch, and driving one of our two D7-3T's. One of them had the oil clutch and in the winter when it was real cold (almost down to freezing - br-r-r-r) in the morning after starting the Cat I could NOT get the clutch to stop turning so I coud shift the transmission into gear, becasue the oil in the clutch was so cold. I learned, since that Cat had a BeGe hydraulic pump on the rear, to pull one of the handles even though there was not necessarily anything attached. The "load" on the gear train was enough to stop the clutch spinning so I could shift into gear to go to work. Later, of course, after all the oil had warmed up everything worked just like it was supposed to. OF, course if my father would have fixed the clutch brake (it was covered with oil from a leaky seal on the input of the transmission), all would have been far easier and better.

Otherwiese I have learned, from this thread, what is the purpose of a Decelerator peddle on the newer Cats.:biggrin1:

Deas,

You mentioning "FIX the Clutch brake" reminds me of back when I young and still working on my family's ranch, and driving one of our two D7-3T's. One of them had the oil clutch and in the winter when it was real cold (almost down to freezing - br-r-r-r) in the morning after starting the Cat I could NOT get the clutch to stop turning so I coud shift the transmission into gear, becasue the oil in the clutch was so cold. I learned, since that Cat had a BeGe hydraulic pump on the rear, to pull one of the handles even though there was not necessarily anything attached. The "load" on the gear train was enough to stop the clutch spinning so I could shift into gear to go to work. Later, of course, after all the oil had warmed up everything worked just like it was supposed to. OF, course if my father would have fixed the clutch brake (it was covered with oil from a leaky seal on the input of the transmission), all would have been far easier and better.

Otherwiese I have learned, from this thread, what is the purpose of a Decelerator peddle on the newer Cats.:biggrin1:

Hi, Jan M.
Unless I miss my guess, 7UPuller would say that there is a simple answer for that issue - - - - - FIX the clutch brake. LOL.

Just my 0.02.

[quote="Deas Plant."]Hi, Jan M.
Unless I miss my guess, 7UPuller would say that there is a simple answer for that issue - - - - - FIX the clutch brake. LOL.

Just my 0.02.[/quote]

Deas,

What? Stop having fun just to pull wrenches? More fun to grind the gears. Up until last spring, it was always gears that belonged to Glen!! 😊

Janm

Hey Deas,

A bystander at the Santa Margarita Show was watching the dig area for a few hours. He approached me and handed me his business card. He asked me if I would sell him my used oils and he pointed to the Cat Jan was running. I asked, "So your in the recycle oil business"? "No" he replied,"I'm a metal scraper. I think there's much more metal in that tranny oil now than before. After watching that operator run it, I might get Rich screening the metal out of the oil... "!!! What's one to do???😞