I see it referred to all the time and can't find a good explaination. I know there are brakes on each side. Are there also clutches that release? Is a differential involved? Thank.s Jim
Here's a good place to start Jim: http://cletrac.org/newbb/viewtopic.php? ... t=steering (http://cletrac.org/newbb/viewtopic.php?t=261&highlight=steering)
On regular "Cletrac steering" there are no steering clutches.
Late Spot Turn tractors used clutches inside the brake drums, but this is different. The OC-96 used hydraulically actuated clutches and brakes and could counter-rotate, but again, it is completely different. Neither of these would be considered "Cletrac steering".
Blake
Reading the prattle from three years ago, it seems like everybody had their fingers in their ears and were going la-la-la-la
What I think you were trying to say, and what I've observed since re-lining my brakes with Ray's Magic Brake Lining, is that when a turning brake is fully applied, the differential becomes a 4:1 (or something) gearbox with no differential action at all. If you stop either track the engine will stall.
Just my observation, when I tear it down to fix the tranny this winter, I'll check it out better.
Bill