Zeth - there's is no chance that I'll ever work on a John Deere tractor however I find myself totally immersed in your videos. You're a true professional and clearly are not only talented but also an asset to Sloan. Your approach and explanations, again while I will unlikely be working on a Deere tractor, are informative and educational. Something that will help me. Thank you, and continued success. Looking forward to future videos.

As a car mechanic who mostly touches european and asian cars I truly enjoy learning about something a bit different from a true expert. Thanks.

you sir know your stuff it’s good watching you explaining as you go. look forward to seeing you soon

I just love it, when you have the right tools for the job. great job!

Thanks for sharing another part of our industry that's rarely talked about & for inspiring young people into the agriculture repair.

Glad to see someone promote the Ag industry and showcase the complexity of todays equipment.

You're certainly a good ambassador for both Sloan and John Deere!

I am a former A&P mechanic and factory service rep for industrial gas turbines (3,500 to 8,000 shp) before I retired. I applaud your efforts to bring light on a very satisfying and rewarding profession. Good on you!

Excellence and pride in his workmanship.!!

I enjoy watching. I love to learn and see how stuff works. I doubt I'll ever qork on any of it, but watch all your videos. Great work.

UR words r so true the amount equipment u have to service those green machines and the sheer work involved in the service is nothin short of engineering bliss thank you for sharing

Zeth you're talented in this field. I'm glad you started this channel your skill level blows me away. I enjoy watching and learning how you perform your tech skills and short cuts making the job a lot easier more efficiently. Keep the knowledge coming, definitely look you up at the next one. Stay safe my friend!!

Pretty neat setup, looks similar in principle to a CVT. Thank you for creating this channel and sharing these JD service videos with us, and helping keep those farms humming! Subscribed

Having commenting on a previous video about my experience years ago at a Case/IH dealership in northern Iowa I want to thank you again for the videos you make. I've move on to being a Fixed Op's Director for a large automotive group back home in Kentucky but you always bring back great memories for me. I still have my completely stocked Snap-on tool box in my garage. Here's a time stamp point of reference..In 1993 we were the first dealer for Case/IH to install a yield monitoring system on what was then a state of the art 2188 combine. We used a rudimentary pressure plate at the top of the elevator that transferred data to a pcmcia card docked in the cab. Bear in mind..We were strictly with DOS at the time..ahh good times. Keep doing what you are doing young man. Looking forward to watching this channel grow.

They say you should learn something new every day. And I just did that! Thanks Zeth for another excellent video! So glad I found your KZfaq channel! Keep up the great work. I have learned so much from watching your videos. 👍

you are the cleanest mechanic I have ever seen

Dang, I wish this video was available 2 years ago when I rebuilt the fan drive on our 8345R. Very informative. Thanks for the information

Thanks for another great video. Lots of helpful tips in there. Keep them coming!

I love your humility, skill and unmatched acumen. You are an asset and I am sure John Deere endorses that..God Bless!!

Thank you so much for the video. I’m currently having my 4940 sprayer updated to the dry version and looked high and low for a video explaining the drive. Thanks again.

Viewed 1-20-22 from Illinois Excellent job and appreciate the explaination of why and how you approach the project in ALL your videos !!!!

Love your videos!!!! I’m going to check the fan drives on our 8295R and 8295R in the morning!!!

Zeth, you sir are a great teacher and an asset to the trade. If I lived in IL I would look to get back to working on John Deere ag equipment again. I worked for a John Deere dealer here in North Texas about 10 years ago.

I’m always willing to learn and has been learning how to fix this piece of equipment for 12 years now and I’m actually learning a lot from you just by your videos maybe not in full detail but I know enough that I know what needs to be done and while you’re doing it

Absolutely crazy how fast your channel is growing Zeth. I’m really happy for you! Love the content and really not surprised people are coming onboard. Congrats!!!

I’m a high school student looking to go in to diesel tech when I graduate next year, right now im in my local Caterpillar dealership intern program on the heavy equipment side to get some experience before I got to trade school, absolutely love the videos, keep up the great work

Great repair job Zeth your one great Technician. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing.☺️☺️☺️👍👍👍👍

Thank you so much for these videos and you having such a great passion for what you do and extending a hand to anyone that would like to get into your field of work. Thanks again.

Liked and subscribed. As a technician in material handling I appreciate your content. Keep it up and good luck.

What a great video was this! Thanks all the way from The Netherlands

I don't really know why, but I never miss a new video just love this chanel, it's always fun to watch a professional

You are amazing. It seems this task is needed at almost every oil change, incredible amount of maint for a farm tractor. That dry drive upgrade - seems like the only choice

ZK, absolutely awesome video, very educational. Not sure I would have removed that pop off and got rid of all that old grease, You sure proved it was a necessary step, man that old grease was nasty looking. Great video, you are exceptional at filming and showing along with explaining how it all works. I really enjoy your videos, I am retired now but have many years under my belt as a tractor trailer mechanic, so this is all relatable. Jay from central Pa.

Thanks Zeth ! This is realy a quality video , I work with these tractors and eventhough I am not a mechanic it is always helpful to have a better understanding of the equipment I am working with.

Hey ZK, love your vids. I used to be a John Deere salesman for the only remaining Non Ag Pro dealership in Ohio, Polen Implement. I have got some of my former co-workers watching your vids as well. Keep up the great work. Thanks Steve Elson

Great video, stuffed with useful tips. Thanks Zeth!

Great videos! I like watching your videos, very informative and fun to watch. Keep them going and I'll keep watching them!

Thanks for your video’s. I’m not a tech or a farmer but I find these very interesting.

Zeth, great video. Perhaps you might have a part two to explain why it has to be a somewhat complicated fan drive. Most people will not realise how much horse power is involved in turning that fan and how it can have an effect on fuel consumption. We need the sales dream, we have seen the nightmare ! You make it look easy. Happy New Year.

I'm from Romania and since i discover your channel i've watched all your videos.Thank you for taking your time to do this for us and personaly i learn new stuff from all your videos. I hope your channel will grow much much bigger because you deserve this.Thank you!

Just found this channel and you guys do great work on this channel

I'm really enjoying your videos, they are very well done. At 75 I'm too old to consider a career change, but these newer tractors require more complex maintenance than my grandfather's Model A and Model G. This would be a great racket to get into.

This video is absolute easy for normal operator of 8r . Super video feedback 10 !!! Yessssssssssss

Nice video, Passion for iron! That press is a very old one, we have the same in our shop in Holland. Please continue with your great video's!

I do snow removal been doing it for the past 12 years last summer I was cutting the side of the highways And I work on 6000 series we also have a 7000 and I love working on the tractors I love your channel and what you do it’s nice to see someone teaching how things get done

squeezing the pulley out to get the belt in before putting the outer shiv on is probably what the master part of MasterTech comes from. Smart and makes perfect sense to see it but I'd probably never think of it if I was fighting that belt!

Thanks for the videos. Using this video, I'm just about done going through the fan drive on my 8130. The driver had been updated to the one in the video, but the driven is different. Nevertheless, I've got it about reassembled, thanks again for the videos!

Appreciate you doing these videos and showing more in depth a lot of this tech stuff, both good and bad. Lot of info. Even though there is a relief valve on them, could it still be due to overgreaseing ruining the seal, and more debris gets in? Seems like bushings in this regard isnt a good thing. Good to hear JD has the improved kit available.

As a master tech myself, in aviation, and three decades, you get to know the feel of the torsion of a bolt, so I understand when you use your well calibrated elbow lol. Great video as usual.

I have watched about 12 of your video's. Boy what an eye opener. NEVER had I ever thought that these tractors/farm machinery that you have shown us wer ever that complex. I have often wondered about the engineers that have created, tested, modified, all these machines so that they work well for all the farmers that use these beasts. Thanks for your time. It has been very revealing

That Reeves drive for the fan speed is an elegant, but complex way to control cooling capacity. These machines you work on need lots of effort to keep them moving. Thanks for showing us your world.

Great video Zeth Love your videos. Keep up the Great work. Hello from Firebaugh California

Great Job!

I am going to school right now for Ag tech! Can't wait to get a job fixing farm equipment! Your videos have gotten me even more excited to learn, and I'm learning new things from your videos! Thank you!

Great awesome video zeth , great awesome work. Ya people don’t realize what it takes to get these machines going and maintaining them ! I’m more into the technical side and farming ! Your page has grown fast , I think I subscribed at I think it was at 13000 I think at that time .

Hi Zeth, I am an IT professional in the automotive business for 37 years now and living in the Netherlands chances are slim that I will qualify for an apprenticeship with Sloan. Being raised on a dairy farm draws me to everthing concerning AG equipment. I have great admiration for the tranquility, detail and craftsmanship with which you show your work to the world. The footage is also of exceptionally good quality. In two words: fantastic channel!

Interesting and detailed, loved it!

Great stuff. I think your videos should be mandatory watching for JD designers. As a retired Mechanical Engineer, I am embarrassed how complex and difficult these machines are to work on. Warren over at Western Truck and Tractor repair is also a great testimony as to the lack of practicality in JD design. A good lesson in the old Detroit 671 series is in order.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍

1st. Thanks for sharing, I’ve always worked on cars but have an interest in the bigger stuff and you reveal alot about what its like in your day to day working on those amazing machines.

Easier of a job than I would’ve figured. A good idea but not a good design but sounds like they did a better job with the new design. Had those fan drives replaced on both of our CP690s. Got one on our 8310R that’s gonna need a rebuild or replacement. Always nice to see what it takes to repair what I tear up lol

That is very interested thank you for showing stuff like that I really enjoy your videos

You was saying the reason why you started this channel and stuff I’m glad you did it’s very interesting and informative I’m really surprised your employer allows you to film while on the job especially John Deere they take proprietary things a little to far in my opinion lol but that’s another subject lol thanks for sharing everything with us buddy

Just as Frank stated, I will never work on a piece of large equipment John Deere or any other make but I enjoy your video's and you do an excellent job describing what your doing, how to do it and how it works. After watching I'm confidant I could if I had to. Thanks

Very well done zeth. Sam

Zeth , I enjoy watching your video's. They are very informative! Just a little advice from an old John Deere mechanic. When your pressing bearings, always press on the race that is being fitted and not the whole bearing. The chatter of pressing will put dents in the races from the balls. I learned the hard way after having water pump failures shortly after a rebuild, because I was pressing the bearing in by the shaft and not the outer race. Keep up the good work!

I have ZEROOOOOOOOOOOOOO interest in working in the AG field but I’ve literally watched every single one of your videos zeth. I’m a 4 year certified Chrysler tech(not fully certified yet) and watching you do all these super big jobs is such an amazement to me. I especially love seeing the electrical repair side of it!!! I highly suggest investing in a pico scope if y’all don’t use one yet for can bus issues. Mopar got a pico 4 channel and I absolutely LOVE using it.

They certainly have come a long way since the 1960 Olivers I drove and worked on as a teenager on a rice farm. Thanks for the wonderful episodes. After 25 years in my current job retraining for a second career is very interesting to me.

Your welcome man from one john deere technician to another

I’ve never been anywhere near any Big Green Iron, A symbol of Americas greatness, but I do have a New Holland TC 26, for use around my cactus filled two acres in southern Arizona. Your camera work and expertise and ability to explain what and why you’re doing it is amazing. I love watching.

Just had my elbow recalibrated this year😂😂😂. Great job on the audio on this video. 👏

If I were only young again. I really enjoy your videos and the way you explain the process. I think I have to have my grandson look into an apprenticeship.

We love this channel.

Hi Zeth This was another fascinating video. I really enjoy the content and have seen them all. Please keep posting. I own a tractor and all I can do is change the oil, barely!

Great video keep them coming 👍

Great content for those that believe in the Right To Repair. A real service, sir.

Great video Chief! I l learned alot. Thanks

Hey Zeth. I really like watching your videos. I come from Denmark in Europe, i started my apprenticship i 00 an graduated i 2004 as an agri cultural maschinerymechanic, long word 😜, I have been an ag mechanic for 20 years now and i love my job, new challenges every day.👍 i started at an Massey Ferguson dealer as an apprentics for 4 years. After i got my degree i stayed there for 6 years as an junior tech, and then i got headhunted to my current job at a Claas dealership where i have been for 10 as an Mastertech only servicing Claas tractors, wheelloaders and telehandlers. I really love watching your channel, you have at lot of skill i what you do with troubleshooting i love watching that part of it.. true detective work😎. My sister works at the local John deere dealer in the spare parts warehouse. We have a lot of fights about what is best JD or Claas😜 I would love to hear from you, if you have the time for it. And if not, just know that you have an deticated fan i Denmark that really loves your work with videos for KZfaq

Cheers mate you're a very good technician greetings from a MAN Mechanic. Greek Aussie!!

Awesome video Zeth! 👍 Elbow calibration! 😂😂 Keep up the great work, I look forward to every video you upload!

Awesome channel keep them coming

I did almost the exact same repair on my 9460R last fall. Wish I had this video when I did it. I went into it blind but thankfully it was a pretty simple fix. My local deere dealer doesn’t offer this service when tractors come in. They seem to wait and replace the whole drive unit when she goes.

Hi from the Uk Heavy Goods mechanic by trade until I packed it in back in 99 Don’t know why I’ve started watching your channel because I’ve never had any interest in farming or farm equipment but seem to be hooked and back tracked through your videos Great content and good explanation to how the equipment works and how you explain stuff Keep up the good work 👍

Just did one today in a s670 combine, job is a lot harder on the combine for sure, great job fellow Deere tech🤙🏻

Another great vid! Be safe

Very cool video thank you for sharing

Nice job zeth . You might as well replace all,the seals while you have it apart saves any come backs 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I think it’s awesome your company and Deere allow you to show these repairs! I followed a tech for Kubota and they shut him down….you do great work! Thanks for sharing!

Your videos on repair and maintenance of all these motors, pullies, shafts and mechanism assemblies are very interesting to watch and learn useful stuff, adding to my basic knowledge of the principles of all them working together. Greetings from Kyiv, Ukraine!

Zeta, great video and cool explanation. Thanks.

Another great video! Thx

Going to do this job this winter on 8345!!

I notice today that very few bolts are lubricated when fitted back. I have always lubricated bolts as its easier to remove them next time, (of course some applications require lock tite). I have never had a issue with bolts coming loose in service. This was a very interesting maintenance procedure, I always find it interesting that manufacturers have different spec parts for the same application, for example the bushings. Yes, tight spaces are a challenge for big guys, but then heavy parts are easier for you to lift ! Keep safe and enjoy the green machines

Your amazing man love your videos thank you

Awesome content keep up the good work man

its interesting to see this type of CVT drive. i work on golf carts and work on the CVT drives on gas carts a lot. its interesting to the the differences and similarities

Fantastic video very interesting 👍

That was very interesting!

Absolutely love your videos

Very nice vid zk Greatings South africa