Reply to dtallon:
The books should still be available. Cat has recently changed the process for ordering these (again :doh😊 and I think alot of dealers are just saying they can't get them rather than try to figure it out. The previous process was ordering them directly from Cat, but now they are treating them like parts and you should order them through your dealer. The Cat website still has the literature catalogs, although it appears they have removed any indication of how you might go about ordering them:
http://www.cat.com/maintenance-and-support/legendary-service-literature
Click "more" at the bottom to bring up the "Track Tractor" link. You should get your media number from there. If you have the media number the dealer should hopefully be able to take it from there.
Dave
Thanks to all who responded. I will try the steering clutch cleaning one more time on the Caterpillar 22 but would still like a service manual.
On another post OzDozer said: "Caterpillar never produced a service manual (or Servicemans Reference Book as they are known) for the Twenty Two. The similarity between the Twenty and the Twenty Two was such, that it was deemed the Twenty SRB, would suffice for the Twenty Two.
You can acquire reprints of early publications from your Cat dealer .. here is the Cat website link to their publication list (click on "more" at bottom and then click on "Track Tractors") ..
Caterpillar Legendary Literature ..
http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=90800&x=7
The Twenty SRB is form number P1179B and it was first produced on 09/01/1931 ..
Track Tractors list of publications (BIG PDF file - 2.99MB and 30 pages) ..
http://www.cat.com/cda/files/268590/...k_tractors.pdf "
I asked a question via the Caterpillar website which they sent to the dealer
(parts counter) who previously wasn't much help.
Someone at the dealer-mailed me today stating that the manual (P1179😎
is still available for about $67.00 Sounds good.