SSam
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So I just bought an old Case 850C to do some work on an 80 acre property. The undercarriage was rebuilt fairly recently by the previous owners, a pipe laying company, and they definitely put the tracks on backwards. I believe they did the work about 5 years ago, but hardly ran the machine. A couple of the links seem to be really stiff to pivot between the pin and bushing. They stay at an angle after the joint comes off the sprocket instead of straightening out.
Anyhow, the chain and the pads are backwards, so the whole track assembly should be flipped around. Do I want to break the master link to do this, or retract the idler all the way and try and take the track off without breaking it? Or do nothing if I plan to run it only a few hundred hours per year for the next few years?
I have a case 570MXT loader with pallet forks, a 6 ton excavator with thumb and a compact tractor loader with forks to use for manipulating the track if I want to attempt to flip them around. The dozer has a ripper bar, so I think I can jack the whole thing up with the ripper and blade and put it on blocks.
Thanks for any advice!
Anyhow, the chain and the pads are backwards, so the whole track assembly should be flipped around. Do I want to break the master link to do this, or retract the idler all the way and try and take the track off without breaking it? Or do nothing if I plan to run it only a few hundred hours per year for the next few years?
I have a case 570MXT loader with pallet forks, a 6 ton excavator with thumb and a compact tractor loader with forks to use for manipulating the track if I want to attempt to flip them around. The dozer has a ripper bar, so I think I can jack the whole thing up with the ripper and blade and put it on blocks.
Thanks for any advice!