Oil change of swing motor gearbox, Kubota U50/KX161

Hello guys,

In my Kubota U50/KX161 norwegian maintenance schedual there is a point stating: "Oil change in driving gears and guide roller" (or something like that (this was a direct translation from Norwegian)) every 2000 hours. No further remarks or details of this in the operators manual.
Oil change in the final drives / track motors are listed as a separate point (with oil change every 500 hours) , so they are not what this point is about.

I guess the oil in the swivel motor gearbox/ slew gear could be one of the items they mean? Does anybody know with more certainty what is meant with this point? Has anybody here ever changed oil in their swivel motor gearbox before, and can tell me how it is done?

Oil change of swing motor gearbox, Kubota U50/KX161

Lighting

Has anyone upgraded the lighting on there machine. Possibly to LED. If not thoughts????? Thanks

Lighting

315 heating

engine heats and hydraulics so have done everything to the engine going to do bottle test on over flow today also have hyd. squeal when using stick and boom when I feather them should I have a squeal when dead ending the cylinders which I don.t hyd. oil runs about 155F on a 12C outside temp checked pressure right were there supposed to be.thanks

315 heating

1999 Cat 416E IT. No Heat? Heater valve location?

I have a 416E IT with no heat. I'm pretty sure the heater valve got turned off when Cat was here to service the machine. Any idea where I can find it? I checked the cable operated remote valve to regulate the temperature,located above the rear axle. It operates freely. Any help would be appreciated I went thru two brutal winters with no heat http://ift.tt/1O4Nxrj that's a frozen foot


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1999 Cat 416E IT. No Heat? Heater valve location?

damaged slewing ring CAT 301.8

Hello Guys,

I bought a CAT 301.8 Mini Excavator with a damaged slewing ring. Now i have disassembled the Excavator and I have some questions.
The hydraulic rotation motor doesn`t look like the original motor (see the picture). At the nameplate I can read "Nachi Hydraulic Equitment".
The slewing ring is certainly damaged, the gearwheel is very worn.

The other question is about the power of the hydraulic rotation motor. If I stand the excavator on the back of the chains, that the front of the chains is in the air, it hasn´t enough power to rotate. Is that normal in this weight class or should it rotate?

Some help would be very nice!
Thank you very much!
Best regards, Max

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damaged slewing ring CAT 301.8

John Deere 544G & 624G loaders

I have been looking for used loaders and have narrowed down to a John Deere 544G and 624G. I have tried the 624G at the dealers lot. It seems to be a decent loader, however there is some electrical problem for the shifting, bucket level stop, and boom float. They can get the thing to go in all gears, but manually, not with the shifter The dealer said they will get this all straightened out before they sell it. What is any ones thoughts of ongoing problems like this with this type of loader? Other than these things the loader seems great.
I have talked to another dealer about a 544G, but have not seen it, other than pictures and it seems to look okay and dealer says it's good. (famous last words).
These are a ways away from me, but that's about always the case around here. 624 is 265 miles and 544 is 245 miles not in the same directions though.
Just wondering if anyone has some ideas?
Thanks!
FWD

John Deere 544G & 624G loaders

Veteran new to the industry

Hello I will be getting out of the Marine Corps in July and going to school for cranes when I get out, Heavy equipment operating is what I currently do for the Corps.

The school I will be going to offers Crane License with NCCO, but it also offers backhoe, skid steer,road grader, skip loader, track excavator and truck excavator, dozer , earth mover and wheel loader licenses.

I mainly want to be a crane operator but not sure if I should just go ahead and get all of those licenses as well just to open up more job opportunities are are there plenty of crane opportunities out there ?

my next question I have is what is the job market like for crane operators ? I am originally from Utah but it snows 4-6 months of the year so not a lot of work. my wife and I don't want to stay in California we have been looking into Arizona,Phoenix, Las Vegas and Texas what states would you suggest ? I am open to any state just trying to go where the opportunities are to make some money and get experience in the crane field.

Thank for your time and hope this is the right spot for this post.

Veteran new to the industry