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941 Bottom Rollers Rebuilds?
- Thread starter Metalman 55
- Start date
Nige
Senior Member
Nice job.
Are you saving up for some replacement track shoes already..? I hope so.
Are you saving up for some replacement track shoes already..? I hope so.
Metalman 55
Senior Member
No tack shoes on the horizon for me......this old machine is just a hobby machine on our " little farm" here & gets used very little. The old shoes will serve me ok for the little bit that I use it. I am just glad that leaking rollers are fixed for now! 
DMiller
Senior Member
Shoe retainer bolts get much thinner won't have to worry of taking them off, they will self eject!!
Metalman 55
Senior Member
You are right about that...….those bolt heads are getting mighty thin!! Luckily I have a 20 or so new ones waiting to take their place, should they start popping off!! After buying the loader I ran some weld beads to "thicken" the grousers bars at key points & there is still lots left, so I should be ok for a few years at least!
Metalman 55
Senior Member
DMiller
Senior Member
Almost strikes me as to either Wrong shoes, wrong rails for shoes or rails so worn Pin to Bushing as to be shot with the gap so wide. My old AC is worn slick where even then the shoes still overlap when flat.
Nige
Senior Member
I think you're right about the shoes being either wrong for the rails or just badly worn DM. That was the reason I made the comment in the first place. There doesn't seem too much in the way of internal pin/bush wear that I can spot.
Look at the wide range of variation in the gaps between adjacent shoes. Even more pronounced in the same photo over the back of the sprocket.
Look at the wide range of variation in the gaps between adjacent shoes. Even more pronounced in the same photo over the back of the sprocket.
Metalman 55
Senior Member
I think the shoes are just "very worn" & hence the gaps between shoes. A couple of years ago I took one link out of each side when the track adjusters were rebuilt, so the links had stretched considerable, but I think this is a case of extreme shoe wear. The lead & back edges of the shoes are almost razor sharp!! I predict I can still get 200 hrs out of the shoes & that equals 8 years time for me!!
DMiller
Senior Member
I did notice they do still have lead and trail edges just separated a LOT, has to be incorrect shoes.
Mine at .160 and excessive pin to bushing wear.
Mine at .160 and excessive pin to bushing wear.