New holland compact track loader track install

[zkdiesel]

Figured I’d post the way I do these in about 15 min a side for install. This track weighs about 500lbs

Get the machine at a height track will just be able to clear the cleats on all the rollers.
Crane or forklift track over rear sprocket.
Force front edge of track over front track frame with a 5-6’ bar to get it close
Then lay in 4 12” 1.75 heavy wall tubing in the cleats on the bottom of the trac just behind front roller
Get in machine and start engine and reverse track slowly till pipes wedge on roller, and the front track cleats clear front roller
Then push, sledgehammer or ram with a forklift, chain come along front of track over till it’s middle of roller
Once overcentered drove more backwards with that track till pipes fall out. Tighten your track adjuster to spec and your done. Easy!

Suggest a helper better than mine. ****** wouldn’t even run machine, help pry or tel me pipe positions

 

[matt_i]

Very good. Curious how the belt is "tensioned" or is it a net-position once all components are assembled? Does the top sprocket get removed & replaced if one did it the traditional way?

 

[zkdiesel]

Has a hydraulic cylinder you tension with a grease gun that pushes the entire front sprocket foreward

Getting it on can be done many ways. Lots involves ramming it with forklift, big bars, cranes and struggles

 

[36truck]

When I lost a track on my excavator I would get the track over front idler then use a come along at the rear to tighten up track to the sprocket then use the drive to force it on.

 

[Jlarson]

I don't mind doing them in the shop or even in a lay down yard where I can get my truck up next to it, some guys just hate doing tracks. Never fails though I get about 1 a month that tosses a track, often with a smoked idler, in some muddy ditch up against a rock lol

 

[greg13]

Try doing out in the field on a customer's machine covered in frozen mud by yourself. it can take 15 min. just to get to the machine. gotta love solar sites.

 

[mikegt4]

BTDT on my Oliver crawlers. Here is the easy way, starts at 2:20.