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277b won’t move

Lucky Dan · 2022-07-26 18:41

My Caterpillar 277b serial number MDH 04693 won’t move. Yesterday it made a clanking noise from the area of the right drive motor and balked at moving. It eventually moved and I used it for an hour without a problem. Today it stopped and started and eventually stopped altogether. The hydraulics for the bucket still work. Now there is hydraulic fluid leaking from the right drive motor and I found a small piece of curly q (about an inch long) on the track under the motor. The sprocket bearing is pretty new and it wasn’t hot. There was no screeching noises.

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  1. #1Tyler d4c2022-07-26 20:15

    Does the other side pull

  2. #2Lucky Dan2022-07-26 20:19

    At first the other side moved but now there is no movement.

  3. #3Lucky Dan2022-07-29 14:54

    Turns out the drive motor is toast.