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How to break in a IH backhoe

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Bobby B

06-19-2006 19:48:07




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I just finished building a IH 270A backhoe. Now i need to break it in. I know the best way is with a dyno off pto or a long up hill climb. I don't have either. I don't belive useing hoe would be enough load. any ideas on how to do the break in? I this is very important.




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NC Wayne

06-19-2006 20:56:17




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 Re: How to break in a IH backhoe in reply to Bobby B, 06-19-2006 19:48:07  
Just about anything that will put a load on the engine is all you need to break the engine in. Granted there is a "factory approved" break in routine for just about every engine out there and that's fine in a fantasy world where we all have a dyno, but in the real world that's just not an option. I've been building engines for customers for years, everything from Detroits to CATS to Yanmars and Perkins', and what I tell them is to take it out and work it like you normally would. In other words "pull 'er ears back and make 'er work", none of this mess of idling around, full throttle and really work it. I've never had one come back. BUT, If your really concerned about not being able to load it sufficiently in normal use, put the bucket against a large tree or other suitable "unmovable" object, put the machine in low gear and low range, lock in the differential, and let it set there and push against the tree and dig holes with the rear tires for a few minutes. Your not gonna get any more load than this in any other way I can conceviably think of other than a dyno. We've done wheeled vehicles like this many times and when Dad was working for the Fiat/Allis dealership years ago thats what they did with every machine that left their shop after an engine rebuild. In fact when Dad worked for CAT some years later, he went to a factory school in Peoria. They had a large hitching post build along with steel plates in the floor. They'd hook the dozers drawbar to the "hitching post", grease the steel plates for the tracks to ride on, and let the machine set there and run through a break in period before it left the factory.....Just my .02, good luck.

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