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955L Replace Chains, Sprocket, Springs and other stuff
- Thread starter AllDodge
- Start date
I'm thinking now the master shoe will need to be cut down, the master is 2 inch the regular is 1 3/8 inch, hell that's 5/8 I have to remove. In hind sight I should have used the old shoe and welded a strip to them. If I leave it without cutting and go across the highway, I'm going to leave a couple deep marks.
Would ox axe and then grind be the way to go, or something else?
Would ox axe and then grind be the way to go, or something else?
Nige
Senior Member
If you're good with a gas axe and can cut down a chalk line that would be fine. IMO you won't need to grind it if you have a relatively accurate cut.
Guess I'll find out how good I am. Others do a real nice job, have an auto dark helmet with adjustments but always seems to be to dark to see clearly
That is a good idea, but think my nearest Vo school is some distance away. I'll check with the local welding and fab shop, see what they think
Nige
Senior Member
Maybe it's my dodgy eyesight but I only use clear lenses (or very light tint) when running an oxy-acetylene torch. You don't need really dark lenses like you would for arc welding.
tctractors
Senior Member
Why is the Croc' plate a double grouser plate when your other plate groups are triple grouser?
tctractors
tctractors
Appears they are all that way even CAT, don't know if this is just the 955 with D5 tracks or all D5's. Just looking at the holes, the master holes are closer together about 1/4 top to bottom and left to right. By eye balling and measurements, I don't think there would be enough room to get the socket shoulder over the head with a middle grouser and the closer spacing.
Nige
Senior Member
The problem was that the old tracks were pin-type master links and so all the shoes were the same. The OP bought croc-style D5 links and the bolt pattern of the master shoe is different so his old master shoe wouldn't fit.
The shoe the OP bought is an 8E-4725, I assume the dealer recommended it. In post 133 a couple of pages back I posted that I was 99% certain a 9K-9869 triple grouser shoe from the later 955L and early 953 would fit correctly. If the 8E-4725 fits the croc link correctly then the 9K-9869 would also have fitted. The bolt holes in the 9K-9869 are spot-faced taking away a tad of the grousers in such a way so that a socket can be fitted on the bolt heads.
Sure wish I would have understood what you were telling me about the 9K-9869 better. I did buy the 8R-4725 because this is what the dealer advised. Wonder if the 9K-9869 would also need to be ground?
Just looked in SIS and either I don't know how (my bet is here) to find it using the basic search and part number, or it is under another number
Just looked in SIS and either I don't know how (my bet is here) to find it using the basic search and part number, or it is under another number
tctractors
Senior Member
That double bar plate would bother me rotating around as a constantly reminder of something I managed to get wrong, just as a point of interest the 2 bar plates work best on 951 through 977 and are a stronger plate giving better grip on the dig with the same psi loading as the 3 bar plate.
tctractors
tctractors
tctractors
Senior Member
This odd plate issue would not be seen in the U.K. that I know of ?
tctractors
tctractors