ASV RC100 tracks/undercarriage angle outward at the bottom.

[Fog]

As the title says...

Bought a used ASV RC100. I had it parked on the flat ground in front of my shop and noticed that the tracks are at a slight angle, sitting just a little wider at the bottom of the undercarriage than at the top.

Is this normal?

I was watching my brothers new Cat 259 CTL and it seems it is the same way.

Anyhow, it runs fine and undercarriage is in good shape overall, just has me curious.

 

[Tones]

Bent duo torque suspension is my guess and have seen it on a PT110 with 700hrs. The RC100 do snap those front rods. Cat uses the same suspension on their MTL's

 

[KSSS]

Cat had issues with that early on. I thought they fixed that.

 

[Fog]

It's on a job right now making me money but when I get it back to the shop I'll lift it up and look it over.

Seems new suspension is about $4000 and it looks like a pretty easy swap.

 

[seville009]

As the title says...

Bought a used ASV RC100. I had it parked on the flat ground in front of my shop and noticed that the tracks are at a slight angle, sitting just a little wider at the bottom of the undercarriage than at the top.

Is this normal?

I was watching my brothers new Cat 259 CTL and it seems it is the same way.

Anyhow, it runs fine and undercarriage is in good shape overall, just has me curious.

I have an ASV PT-50 - tracks are straight - no angling

 

[f311fr1]

You can down load parts and service books at Track Loader Parts. The RC100 has spacer plates front and back that depending how you turn them can make up for a fully adjusted track (more track adjustment). See attached. They might come in handy.

 

[Fog]

You can down load parts and service books at Track Loader Parts. The RC100 has spacer plates front and back that depending how you turn them can make up for a fully adjusted track (more track adjustment). See attached. They might come in handy.

Thanks for those Schematics, I'm sure I'll use them at some point.

Looked over my undercarriage and the diagram at track loader parts and couldn't find the spacer plates you mentioned. It was late and I'd been logging all day so it was probably right in front of me and I just missed it.

 

[f311fr1]

See attached. I have seen the plates installed with no regard to the spacing so that one side of the track is longer/shorter than the other.