Wieler pavers

All done and ready until the next problem

Time for more.................... Customer said that both steering wheels at the left and right controls are loose and they can tighten the up. Well........they are BROKE so you CANT tighten them up! The steer potentiometer has a small shaft that he steering wheel centers itself over then you lock it in place with 2 set screws on the shaft. There should be another 2 inches of smaller shaft on the end of this shaft, its broken off inside the end of the steering wheel shaft on both sides. Contacted Weiler and the individual parts I need for repair are not in stock but I could get 2 new steer assemblies in 5 days at $1388.00 each! AHHHH..they came through with the new assemblies as promised. Installed both with ease. By the way, these are NOT plug & Play's.........You have to go into the machine monitor and select the steer/travel calibration and follow the instructions. The good thing was the instructions were very clear and easy to follow! All of this due to the operator using the steering wheel to pull himself out of the operators seat. These are way too lite for that.

Well, its more Weiler headaches this last week. I got called out for a hydraulic leak under the machine. There is a bracket that the cut off door cylinders pin to, which also doubles as a guide plate for the conveyor chains. The only thing holding all this weight and the cylinder pressure is 5 grade 8 1/2 bolts. The 2 bolts on the left outer bracket mount had sheered off and when the cylinder closed the door, it would torque the bracket to where th fitting struck the mainframe.........instant crack and spewed oil like a mofo! This is the old bracket once I got it removed. It doesn't look too bad at first site but it was tweaked bad enough that it wouldn't drop out from between the frame....................had to torch it to get enough clearance. Since the conveyor chains lay on the guide plate that it bolted to this bracket, the chains had to be jacked up to the bottom of the floor and supported to get the weight off of the bracket for removal. I had to back the machine onto good sized lumber to even have enough room under there to do anything. It was a royal pain in the ass. This is the new bracket installed. The mount bolts for that side are behind the cylinder. Again, this is just too weak of a design for the purpose that its intended for. Til next time.............

Damn!!! This machine sounds like it's broke more that it runs!! I worked for the largest paving contractor in our county back in the 80s, they had Blaw-Knox pavers. It was a very rare occasion that one went down. They would run non-stop as long as the asphalt plant was running. I can only imagine the conversation my boss would have been having with the dealer over this!!

Just wondering if you ever ran into the problem while replacing the electric motor for steering on these with that stupid intermediate shaft where Weiler has drilled the holes wrong? The new shaft and the shaft i took out you can see clear as day are drilled at a different mark on the shaft itseld. The steering wheel has to be turned damn near a 1/4 turn to go straight and not fault out. Terrible design by them with these guys always using it to pull themselves up.