Coastal
Senior Member
Wow good info there...
Rather than spend the big bucks on the bobcat idlers, we made a cheap fix for it and its been holding up fine for about 300 hours in nasty pacific northwest mud all winter. We took the oddball sized bobcat bearings out, got (4) $30 generic sealed bearings (2 per side) machined the axle slightly to fit, pressed them in and voila $200 idler repair.
Ive blown 2 drive motors in it too, both on the same side, the second one was a dealer screwup on the install, and they replaced the non blow side under warranty to the upgraded version, its been good since. My drive motor went hauling rocks....we move rocks that are a weeeee bit big for a bobcat i guess....lol
Now the stupid thing creeps and is extremely jerky at slow speeds...
Rather than spend the big bucks on the bobcat idlers, we made a cheap fix for it and its been holding up fine for about 300 hours in nasty pacific northwest mud all winter. We took the oddball sized bobcat bearings out, got (4) $30 generic sealed bearings (2 per side) machined the axle slightly to fit, pressed them in and voila $200 idler repair.
Ive blown 2 drive motors in it too, both on the same side, the second one was a dealer screwup on the install, and they replaced the non blow side under warranty to the upgraded version, its been good since. My drive motor went hauling rocks....we move rocks that are a weeeee bit big for a bobcat i guess....lol
Now the stupid thing creeps and is extremely jerky at slow speeds...