Repair Earth Moving Equipment

Earth-moving equipment repairs run the gamut from simple maintenance to major overhauls. Although repairing earth-moving equipment is challenging and can be dangerous, with the right skills and tools, you can perform many repairs to earth-moving equipment by yourself. Some repairs require the services of a qualified mechanic with specialized tools and equipment, but if you look first for simple causes of the problem, you can sometimes save yourself the time and expense of calling on a professional mechanic
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Instructions

1. Determine Problem with Earth-Moving quipment

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     Diagnose the problem. First, get out the manual and make sure you're following operating procedures. If the problem persists, then make sure all maintenance has been completed. For example, make sure that all joints have been lubed, engine oil changed, spark plugs removed, cleaned, gapped or replaced, and so on. Check the adjustments of all cables. Check the levels of all fluids. Clean the equipment thoroughly and remove any rocks or other debris that may be interfering with its operation.
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     If the problem still persists, follow all troubleshooting guides in the manual.
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     At this point, if you're a novice at repairing earth-moving equipment, and you still haven't found the source of the problem, you should seek out a qualified mechanic. It's almost certain that you can't repair the equipment safely. On the other hand, if you are not a novice at mechanical repair, and if you have located the source of the problem, you might continue to the next step.

   Repair Earth-Moving Equipment

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     "Repair your earth-moving equipment" is so broad that the only possible short guide to it must follow steps of a method, not specific instructions. First, obtain a professional repair manual for your make and model of earth-moving equipment. To locate one, try feed stores, equipment dealers, and used book sources on the Internet, such as Amazon.com and eBay.
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     Read the section on the repair of your problem thoroughly. Make a list of all the equipment and tools you will need. Buy, borrow, or lease the equipment and tools.
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     Follow the steps in the instruction manual and complete the repair. It's likely the procedure will require some disassembly. If so, then at each step of disassembly, photograph the equipment with the digital camera so that you can easily see how to put it back together during reassembly.
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     Double check all your work visually. Then test your earth-moving equipment. If the repair is not completely successful, seek the services of a qualified mechanic.

Tips & Warnings

• Check with local officials to make sure it's legal for you to repair earth-moving equipment.
• Before beginning, talk the repair over with a qualified mechanic you trust. If the mechanic expresses reservations about the safety of your completing the repair alone, don't do it.