ConEquip Parts has a shipment of new OEM surplus compact track loader final drives coming in the month of April. Many Caterpillar dealers do not have these in stock and are back ordered if they are able to get them at all anymore. The part number is 442-5642 which will fit the 279C, 279D, 289C, 289D, 299D, 299D XHP, 299D2, and 299D2 XHP models.
If you
We get a lot of calls here at ConEquip Parts from mini excavator owners looking for parts to rebuild their final drive. It seems like a simple request. They just need a gear or two, seals, bearings, and perhaps a number of other parts. In their mind, they just need to open the unit, remove the bad parts, install the new ones, reseal the final drive, hook it
Parts Specialist Sam Ginavan received a call from his good customer Charles at CJ's Concrete needing a final drive for a Deere 35ZTS mini excavator.
"He actually called back in November needing this drive. Glad we could help him out," Ginavan said.
ConEquip Parts provides new replacement final drives for the Deere 35ZTS with the same specifications
Parts Specialist Joe Grimaldi got a call from David Lovett of DRK Group out of Lufkin, Texas in need of a final drive for a Komatsu PC360LC-10.
DRK was looking for a used final drive for the machine to save money. Joe had one ready to ship to DRK. After working on price, Joe was able to get the used one with a 30 day warranty on the road.
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Parts Specialist Mauricio Almendarez received a call from JR Hall Excavating in Hookstown, Pennsylvania looking for a final drive for a CAT 320.
"They said they found a used final drive online for a different 320. After getting into the CAT book I was able to see the option they had wouldn't work for their machine," Mauricio said.
Fortunately, Mauricio
Parts Specialist Adam Bailey took a call from Mungas Company out of Butte, Montana in need of a final drive for a Caterpillar 322BL.
The customer Mr. Bennett indicated it was an older machine so they were looking for something cost effective.
"This machine only gets about 300 or 400 hours a
Parts Specialist Sam Ginavan took a call from Pierre at Eyecor Construction in New Hampshire. Pierre was looking for a final drive for a Volvo EC360BLC. Pierre was able to provide part number 7117-45010 for the final drive.
"I am just looking for the gears inside the final drive," Pierre told Sam.
Sam didn't have an option for just the internal par
Parts Specialist Adam Bailey received a call from Fishing Inc, out of Texas. Brandon needed a left hand final drive for a Caterpillar 257B compact track loader. This one is right up our alley. ConEquip has access to brand new Rexroth units for hundreds less than what Caterpillar has them for new. On top of the savings, ConEquip Parts also provides an 18 mon
You already know final drives aren't cheap. Even used final drives can cost thousands of dollars. The last thing you want to do is get a new final drive and hook the unit up to your machine wrong. That can prove to be a very costly mistake. Here are important tips that can help you hook your drive up quickly and without problems.
You can save a lot of
One of Kevin Zilliox's returning customers Nolan Trucking was trying to track down a rebuilt final drive for a gray market Caterpillar 313BSR excavator.
"My final drive was leaking so I could reseal it myself but it had 9,000 hours on it so it seemed beneficial to get a rebuilt unit," Bill Nolan said.
Kevin was able to hook Bill up with a new replacement
