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I have a 289c caterpillar skid steer and the left side of the track will not move. I have changed the speed sensor and the wires from the track into the cab. And still won't move when I move the shifter the right side will move with no problem. I took it to a mechanic and he made it work onnce. He drove it up the trailer and I got home and did not work. I called the mechanic to ...


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I cannot say enough good things about the Caterpillar field service personnel I've used. See "Cat 242D event alarm clear procedure" post . All diagnosis pointed to a faulty DPF sensor. However, after diagnosis, a continuity check was performed and clearly something wasn't right. A service bulletin was found (which was circulated withing CAT service personnel only) describing the...


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I am new to this caterpillar Skid, steer repair world , i am not afraid to tackle anything mechanical, but is there anything I absolutely need to know before I start to remove the final drive? I already have the track out of the way, and i'm going to tackle this early next week. Any specific process and/or pointers would be greatly appreciated... THANKS


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2014 S570 is showing a code (Code E001485-11 ECU Main Relay Fault) on the information display and it has the yellow ! with the circle on the display lit up . The machine is running fine and it starts up and has not shut down but the error comes and goes. The guy I bought it from said it started when he put a new battery in the machine. Is this a battery issue or is the main ECU ...


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Every time I start it from a cold start, the moment I turn the key to the on position with the glow plugs, the code would appear and when I turn on the engine, the code will still stay there. But the moment I turn the key to the on/glow plugs position then turn it off and turn it back on and start the engine, the code doesn’t appear at all. No faults will show up. Has anyone ...


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