Sprockets
Thanks for all the info. This is my first track machine, so I need all the help that I can get. I checked the master pin, and it is welded on both sides. So now what? Can the other pins be pressed out?
Any pin can come out, normally, with enough effort. A few things I would try is, as I stated before
1. If your track, has enough wear, you may not have to break the track. I would try this, before I go to all the trouble of taking the pin out. See my other reply
2. If you decide, that you want to break the track, you can either grind the weld off the pin, or torch it off. Most of the time, if its welded, the link is a little oversize. Dont worry about that, its done alot in the real world and works great. I would buy new pins, to go back, in a bind, I have installed round stock, that fits. The regular steel round stock, is not as hard as the factory pin, but Ive never had one break.
My opinion is, if it ain't broke, dont mess with it, you might run into alot more trouble, taking the welded pin out. Try taking the track off first, if you have a Bobcat, backhoe, or something to lift the track with, youll find its pretty easy. You make think Im crazy, but do this on dirt, not concrete. You can use a bar to push the track back under the sprocket.
Im not sure on your machine, but normally the bolts that hold the sprocket on, require a 3/4" drive socket set. Impact wrench, make it go by faster. I have done this several times, in the field without a impact wrench, Just need a heavy duty socket set, cheaper pipe, muscles. If they have nuts on the bolts, I have had to heat them to get them off. If you do have nuts on the bolts, I would at least replace the nuts, they are usually, self locking and you might mess them up, taking them off.
Just make sure, that you put them back on with the correct torque, or long enough cheater bar
Final note, More than likely a 1/2" drive, regular style, will not work. You will, in most cases, bust the sockets or strip the rachets. So be prepared to have a 3/4 drive socket to fit the bolt, I normally use impact sockets, for this kind of work. I know sometimes you have to use what youve got, but Ive destroyed lots of sockets, pull handles, rachets, extensions, etc, trying to make it work. Then I go buy or borrow what I need and Im out of all the things I destroyed.
This is just stuff I have learned from the schools Ive attended for the last 30 years.
I graduated with honors, with some of the school of HARDKNOCKS:Banghead:bash
Good Luck