Can’t even imagine taking all that stuff apart much less putting it all back Truly amazing master mechanics 👍🏼

I once worked with a mechanic that found 11 grease fitting out of 55 on a truck . Hate for him to be working for you and trying to maintain a Green machine! Unbelievable seeing the guts of that monster.

Anymore damage and that thing would surely be a total loss. It’s incredible to see how much engineering goes into these things. Great video guys. Sloan is definitely getting their money’s worth with employees like you. Thank you for taking the time to produce this video especially after all of that hard labor!

All I can say is .... I'm glad I don't have to write the check to pay for this ... that shank turned into one expensive piece of scrap steel!! The damage is just never ending it seems. Great Video as always thanks for bringing us along!

I just recently found your channel, I’m speechless. Very impressive and informative. Let’s go back to the 70 & 80’s equipment, lol

Imagine the sound coming off of that thing as it RUD'ed! Must have been heart wrenching!

Astonishing!! Since I was a kid I always wanted to know how this things work, what's inside and all of that. This is like a dream come true, and I thank you guys for that. Simply awesome!

Amazing video, thank you! Cool to be able to see inside such a machine in this detail. Incredible how densely packed the components are in there. And even using the special tool it obviously takes a lot of skill to remove that rotor without doing a lot more damage. Or losing an arm.

That was an amazing video. The engineering that goes into a combine staggers the imagination. It's also amazing that men like ZK Master Tech are able to repair these incredibly complicated machines. 👍

Absolutely incredible how intricate these machines are. Lot of hard work but at least you guys got to be in the nice warm shop which I'm sure was a nice trade.

That must have made a hell of a racket when it went through! So much damage. Must have been a very expensive repair

I have had to fix a lot of things on the farm, but I am sure happy I never had to tackle this project. And by the way, thank god there are men who can fix something like this. This is a show for Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs.

OH MY!!!! That makes me hurt, just looking at the massive damage to the rotor and accompanying components!! I'm sooooo glad you were able to save her, and not just put down at a salvage!! As fewer and fewer new combines are built each year, we need each and every one, as they are a vital link in the human and animal food chain!!! God bless you too!

"That's a lot of damage!" -- Flex Tape guy

Wow Zeth, what a job! When you think that sometimes a big rock can just plug and bring the machine to a halt, but this ripper shank just kept going until it had its way with the rotor etc. Thanks for making a video of this as its not every day you see a rotor being taken out. The other thing that kept going through my head was when you see the damage to the rotor components, just think what would happen with a human body going in, guess you would just need a water hose for that repair! Thanks as always from Scotland and have a great 2023.

I think this is one of your most interesting videos. Thanks and have a safe and happy new year!

he looks like he should be some super tuff Biker type, but that guy melts my heart! Very soft, kind and knows his stuff! Great videos

Awesome content . Thanks for a GREAT year of vids. Can't wait for 2023 and see what you will be working on

Real good video Zeth! Never seen a rotor and surrounding shields removed from a S series combine! I hope the farmer had insurance cause this will be a huge workorder! We did lots of stone damage repair mostly on New Holland combines but never from a cultivator shank! That must of been very loud when that shank went through! Thanks again! 👍

That is absolutely incredible that the shank didn't lock up the feed accellerator and end the nightmare with a belt smoke instead. And the rotor tines all shearing like that is quite a sight as well. I think the White Hall store nearest me had a local S780 this fall with the very same issue that required the rotor removed and massive hood damage.

Very cool to see the process of removing the rotor and other parts.

That had to have made a racket! I'm guessing that the operator's seat cover needs to be replaced as well.

Hey there Zeth! I really enjoy your videos and insight into your repair processes! I'm a Service Manager at a JD Dealer down south but we see a lot of the same equipment. Keep up the great work! I constantly refer my guys to your videos for input and a better working knowledge of the repairs they may run into out in the fields!

Now that was some carnage! That must of made a hell of a noise when that ripper shank went through! What a job! 👍

I recall plenty of Case/IH rotors when I worked in Osage IA. I don't recall seeing this much carnage on any of them. Great job!

I do this job more than i would like, especially top covers. Have never had the opportunity to bring the covers out the front. Good to know it can be done this way. Best of luck with reassembly.

Great videos to watch and seeing the nuts and bolts of a combine!!!

We bought a lease return CaseIH 8240 and are doing an end to end rebuild. I was telling the boys that maybe green paint would reward our efforts better, but after seeing how complex the Deere is, oooh man. We can get from feeder house removal to rotor out in, maybe a day, two guys. Ihle has all the Hardox rebuilds and liners. I've been waiting for someone to do a video on a Deere tear down. Thank you and Happy New Year

Awesome video, Zeth!!.. Really cool to see the inner threshing system of these new combines!!.. It's amazing how large the rotors are in these machines.. Thank you for taking us along on this teardown.. Happy New Year!!.. 🥳🥳

nice video, got a few good laughs in and reminded me of some of the repairs i have done over the years. this doesnt even look bad compared to some of the combines i have seen. only thing worse then a piece of steel is boulders, , posts, header parts rolling thru. gravels wear down everything fast. eastern montana/ dakotas are known for rock farming. the older combines can eat alot of debri more so then new ones. at least you could get parts. theres some farmers stuck on there 80s combines and everything has to be bent/ welded back together or made. resurrected a few that are still going. just takes alot of creativity to take them apart and fix. find solutions for problems never thought possible. dont have to much fun. miss these machines but glad my nights of working on these is over with. lol

Incredible amount of work went into that repair. I am impressed. Thanks for sharing. My like 👍 is in. Happy subscriber 😊!

Wow just catching up on the videos always enjoy watching them y’all are awesome yea it must have been one heck of a sound going through wow!!

Glad you filmed it...Very professional..

Man, that is a lot of damage and requires a lot of hard work on you guys. It is impressive what you have to go through. Thanks and have a Great New Year.

Thanks for another great video ZK. It was interesting and enjoyable. Well I must say I would be scared to death to tackle getting that rotor out. Wow and more wow. Some big massive parts to deal with plus all the other pieces. My compliments to you and Josh for your fine work. Lots and lots of damage here in this combine. My goodness. Never saw one beat up like this before. Massive damage for sure. I am sure the figures on fixing this combine outweigh the overall cost of the machine. That is the first thing that crossed my mind. Wow. Thanks so much for showing us all of this. Huge huge teaching tool on this one. Lot to learn and understand. Heartfelt thanks to ZK and Josh for showing us the process. Glad you have that forklift tool to manage the rotor getting it out. Looking forward to the next video that covers getting this back together. You all take care and be safe. Looking forward to the next video Thanks for everything ZK. Now I know why you are a master technician. Thanks The Iowa farm boy.

You made it look so easy but your description told us different. I’m always impressed with your skills. How many hours did it actually take to do just the tear down before you could start putting new parts back in? Love the channel

God, these jobs look really extensive, hard and time consuming. This is really next level. Hope you are paid really well for this 😅

Thank you for your awesome content 🙂 Happy New Year and keep that green iron moving, brother 💚

Great 👌👌👌😊😊😊 content. I loved learning about how a combine works I never knew that. Thank you again for the great content. You always bring. I look forward to seeing the next videos.

Awesome video Eugene from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

Absolute major props to y’all for working on these massive pieces of machinery. My brain couldn’t even begin to process how on gods green earth I would’ve even BEGAN to take that apart. I’ll happily stick to being a dodge dealership tech and stay in my lane😂

Can’t imagine that bill. Wow, Happy new year!!!

Holy cow! John Deere makes a rotary combine? They are on the cutting edge of development!

dang, that rotor is big....its suprised me. Nice Vid MasterTech ! Happy and blessed new year for you and your family (incluing youtube family) From Turkiye.

That’s an awesome and beautiful setup you got there

I think it needed more salt so the shank would taste better. That was a tough take apart. Thank You for sharing the guts of a router. I didn’t see any smashed fingers. Great job 🎉

All the best for 2023 to you, your work team and family. that poor machine swallowed but could not quite chew properly and a chucked out mess was created.

I have repaired many things. Never a combine, I must say wow there is alot in there. Good stuff👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Could you imagine the noise that made going through, ! Operator will have great stories to tell their grand kids. Josh mate, put some gloves on please while feeling damaged/chewed up steel brother. Keep up the good work mate from New Zealand.

Can you only imagine what the operator was thinking when he heard BANG AFTER BANG aside was going through. Great video

Thanks for sharing wow that is some damage expensive stuff to glad I don’t have to pay that bill I seen a drive shaft underneath the cab that looks like it would be a heck of a job to repair too if it was to go out have a great new year

Great peek into what an ‘ag mechanic’ really has to do, day to day. I’d suggest a slight edit to your video. Insert a still shot of a ripper shank, when you first talk about it, so your viewers can see what actually went thru the combine. Also, the back story as to how that happened, would be interesting.

Great video as always. That's a textbook example of FUBAR.

Gotta wonder if the person who lost the shank was the same person who found the shank. Gawd, I bet that made a racket and a half.

when i was taught to cultivate row crops the farmer said to pick a landmark every so often ( electric pole, etc ) and make sure you haven't lost a shovel. if one came off you know where to go find it.

Wow , what a lot of work to fix !

Sort of surprised Machine is not totaled. With all The damage.

No governor, there was definitely no noise from the combine and I never heard a thing 😂 Another blinder Zeth, thank you guys for showing us this.

I have replaced the left and right frame rails all the top rotor covers and multiple other parts a S680 and a 9870 john deere due to edible beans being ran throw the combine to wet and plugged the rotor. I also had to rebuild the five speed gear box on the S680. It was a long process repairing both combine but was a satisfying job to see them both running again.

Oh my every time I ZK opens his mouth I hear the register ringing

That's a nightmare awesome video thanks for sharing 🚜🚜

Zeth I’m sure that’s the most expensive shank in history in the farmer probably has it hanging on the wall of his shop ! You should have ask him if you could borrow it for your video !! I wonder if he considered just totaling the whole machine ? I guess everything is reparable on a John Deere !!!! I’m sure other people want too see that Ripper Shank !! I hate loosing anything especially when tires are $5,000 to $10,000 apiece ! The farmer would have rather punctured a new tire. I’m sure , I feel sorry for him ! Enjoy your content, Zeth ! HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Great video big man! Thanks!

Wow what a job!

Wow. What a job!

Those rotor covers wont go thru the side. So I took them off thru the back. But from the front it would be much easier and faster. Thank you for showing this.

Hope you have a great NEW YEAR !!! Keep up the great Videos.

What the hell have been harvesting with it? Trees or what!!!! OPERATOR is key for the life of those machines.

Great work and Happy New Year

Loved this video and im waiting the next one.😃

Happy new year Zeth and family see you in 2023

Wow, major damage and work here !

looks fun with that angle

I don't know much about farm equipment to I had to look up with a ripper shank is. Wow, that's a big strong piece of metal to run through a precision machine.

Hey Zeth, awesome video, have been watching since your first videos, really appreciate the insight into your world, what ever happened to your other apprentice ? Is he still around hope everybody at sloans are doing well 👍🏻 Happy new year !

"Always time for lubrication" is your phrase. Ours is, "Everything is better with lube". Life in a mechanic shop. I love it.

Happy new year 🎉 my friend to u and your family!!!

I always look forward to your repair jobs. I'm sure that was a "aw sh#$" moment for the owner. Always count your shanks when you leave the field....LOL. Happy New Year.

Another great job Zeth - good to see the customers are keeping you gainfully employed but I would have dearly loved to be within earshot of the interview of owner with operator ( if an owner operator he's gonna be kicking himself enough) but I don't know how something that would cause this amount of damage can be ingested from field beans!!? Lodged wheat or barley understandable if you're trying to pick up but beans don't need mud skimming eh? If the Green Machine had a maize header - again understandable as the leaf could hide a lot of sins - but then the feeder must have clanked out a scream or two - how long does this guy need to shut down? I bet the parts list looks impressive even without your two handed labour! Looking forward to the reassembly - Happy New Year.

Good job

What a job zeth

Honestly I’m impressed the shank went all the way through?!!!

That must have made a heck of a noise when it went through the machine. Great job repairing it.

And you’re hilarious brother! Don’t hold back! 😂

With a project this massive - How in the world do you keep track of all the nuts and bolts you remove? Do you ever put something back in place and then realize something should have gone in first? You guys are just amazing!!

Thanks mate for another great educational video can't wait to see you put back in John Deere quality parts 👍

Man that is some serious carnage glad I’m not the one cutting the cheque

It must have been a noisy 15 seconds to do so much damage. Love your logical way of doing things.

Very good Video 👍👍👍

Looks like the ripper shank did it's job. Busted things wide open. Will be good as new when done. I'm trying to figure out how it didn't punch a hole in the rotor.

Unos maestros muy buena las erramientas que usan

It almost looks like you could have used a forklift with rigid wheels. That is a real job!

Thank you guys sure enjoyed the video

you boys are wild with your hand signals we move big gear and that shit wouldn't fly as long as you get the job done safe

The u/j @ 26:50 looks handy to get at with everything still in place, assume it is accessible somehow. Bet it woke the operator up when the ripper shank went through!!!

I see you did not bring in the comments from the introductory pictures. This looks like an exact duplicate rotor to the International Harvester Axial-Flow that came out in late 1976. As a young man just starting my career about fall of 1978, or spring of 1979 I helped to remove the IH rotor for repairs. Just from the looks i would be surprised these two manufacturers parts could not be inter changed. Good video. You guys do great work.

Believe if I lost a ripper shank I would have exhausted myself to try and find it. Someone would have to of known we lost a ripper shank better go find it. It will go thru the combine. Awesome work on this massive project.

Love my hoodie I gave myself for Christmas. Sharpe logo!

Zeth I can say you are in no short supply of work to do!

its crazy to see the parts i used to make at waupaca foundry (the stamping on the parts WF) be on the actual machine getting replaced.