Excavator Track Fell Off?? How to put back on an excavator track.
A wonderful start of the day.
Wanted to start digging the foundation trenches for the office add-on for my workshop. But instead my excavator threw a track giving me a change to make a how to for you guys!
What you will need:
- pry bar
- grease gun
- socket wrench
- some good working gloves
- paper/rags for cleaning up
Step 1
Lift the body of the excavator with its arm to give some clearance from the ground.
Step 2
Remove the idler-wheel grease fitting. Make sure to clean and inspect it.
Step 3
Use the pry bar to push the idler wheel back. Catch the grease coming out of the grease fitting hole with some old rags.
Step 4
Pry the track back on the sprocket then use the sprocket to drive it back on (Warning keep hands and feet clear of the moving track! 🙉 🙊 🙈 ).
Step 5
Reinsert the CLEAN! grease fitting and hand tighten. No need to go hulk style on this.
Step 6
Using the grease gun, tension the track. Make sure to not over tension the track or else it could snap.
I like to keep two fingers distance between the track and track roller.
All ready to get back digging!
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Use the pry bar to push the idler wheel back. Catch the grease coming out of the grease fitting hole with some old rags. Hehe
Good post and nice picture..
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