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Excavator Track Repair

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Bad Start on the First Day

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What happens here

Due to unforeseen circumstances, an excavator track popped off early in the project. To reattach it, first locate the grease zerk on the track tensioner. Loosen this zerk to release pressure on the grease, allowing the track idler to move backward and create slack in the track. Use a skid steer with forks to carefully push the idler assembly further back, providing enough room to guide the track back onto the rollers. After the track is partially on, the machine can be slowly maneuvered to fully seat the track. Once the track is back on, replace the broken grease zerk with a new one (specifically a 10,000 PSI grease zerk, purchased as part of a nut and everything kit, for about $16). Pump grease into the new zerk to re-tension the track. Use a tape measure to match the track tension/distance from the other side of the machine to ensure even tension.

Goal: Reattach a dislodged excavator track and restore proper tension.

Tools and materials

  • Excavator Daewoo — The machine needing track repair
  • Grease Gun — Pumping grease to re-tension the track
  • Skid Steer with Forks Bobcat — Assisting in pushing the idler assembly back
  • Tape Measure — Measuring track tension
  • Wrench — Loosening and tightening the grease zerk
  • Grease — Re-tensioning the track

What they say

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well i had a little on turn of unfortunate events here um track popped off of our day woo here right away right out of the game another day looks like it's a little bit too far gone to be able to pop this back on the easy way so looks like we gotta put it on the hard way all right so step one of the process here to get this track back on i don't know if you can see in there there's not really good light but there is a a nut right here i don't know if i can show you this grease he's got to release the pressure so that the track can shrink up you loosen that and it relieves the pressure on the grease so that you can push this thing right here back to allow room for the track to pop back on a little bit of a process slows your day down a little bit but it happens so he pushes it in with the cat we actually have a new tool we're going to be testing out to put these on back now it should give us some extra room to pop the track on uh looking at the situation here we're going to have alex drive it forward so we can try to line the track up on the on the back side there and then i'm going to try to push over on the front side i don't know if it'll grab or not here so he's got to get both sides to line up we're going to we're going to be testing out a new track tool there's a tool us and uh andrew camaratti i think are getting it i want to grab this i get through [Music] you know these guys are actually lucky half the time this happens you're on the side of a hill [Music] and the day who likes the pop tracks and i don't know why it's just an older machine but these guys we barely got this job started and this happened it's just luck of the draw but it's actually good luck i mean if you're going to have bad luck this is the best kind of bad luck you can have wide open spaces easy to get at so tim's going to try to lift that up and over he's putting the pressure yep yep yep right there he's got it yep feel like i'm out there right now i'm like oh here we go yup yup yup go to the front he's gonna go to the i'd say go to the front and maneuver it back on let's see what he does yeah tighten that back up and uh start pumping grease into it why

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