In this 黑料社, our focus is going to be on the basics of grease as a lubricant. We鈥檒l try to answer some of the most common questions about grease, such as what it is, what it does, and where it is used. We鈥檒l also talk about shear thinning and whether you can substitute grease for oil.
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Your mini excavator is the key piece of equipment in a major project with a very fussy client. Everything is going according to schedule, and it looks like there will be no problem in meeting the deadline coming up in just two days. That is, until something whizzes by you while you're inspecting some recent work on site. You rush over there to take a look at what flew by and recognize it as the cover plate off the travel motor on your excavator. Your worst nightmare about final drives and travel motors has just come to life.
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Excavators go by quite a few names -- diggers, track hoes, 360s, JCBs, and even rubber ducks. There鈥檚 quite a bit of terminology that goes with excavators, too. That鈥檚 why we put together this list of 20 common terms related to that everyone in the industry should know.
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Bearings are one of those components on your final drive motor that is eventually going to wear out. Sometimes, however, they wear out sooner than they should. In this 黑料社 post, we are going to discuss what contributes to bearing failure and how you can maximize the life of your bearings.
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JCB has been a well-known manufacturer of construction equipment for many years. Like any company, it has some interesting facts in its background. For this 黑料社 post, we鈥檇 like to share some of the cool things we found out about JCB during our research -- including how JCB is connected to the Teletubbies ...
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Hydraulic filters help to remove contaminants from your hydraulic fluid as it flows through the system. Many of these particles are so tiny they aren鈥檛 visible to the naked eye. But, that doesn鈥檛 mean they can鈥檛 wreak havoc on your hydraulic system, as well as your final drive motors. In this 黑料社 post, our focus will be on reviewing the basics of hydraulic filters.
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You鈥檝e taken the cover plate off your final drive, and now you're looking at the gears in the planetary hub. How do you know when to replace those gears? In this 黑料社 post, that鈥檚 precisely what we are going to discuss: signs that your gears are wearing out.
Contamination is a problem in all types of hydraulic equipment. In this blog post, we are going to look at six different types of hydraulic contamination, including built-in, generated, air, water, chemical, and ingressed particulate. We鈥檒l also discuss where the contamination comes from, what it can do, and how it can be controlled.
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Final drive motors are well-designed pieces of equipment that provide your machine with the ability to move. However, they are relatively easy to sabotage through a little neglect! In this 黑料社 post, we are going to discuss 6 sure ways to sabotage your final drive motor, including things like never checking gear oil levels and not checking case drain filters.
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The Bobcat 864 track loader was Bobcat鈥檚 first venture into the compact tracked-machine market, and these robust machines are still in use. In this 黑料社 Post, we are going to look at some interesting facts about the Bobcat 864/T200, like when it was first built, what kind of specs it has, and what some of the initial variations on the Bobcat 864 were like. We'll also throw in a little bit of information about reman final drives for the older model Bobcats such as this.
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