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Smiley face for the day The right track is off.




Brian E.

1958 JD440IC
In central VT

Here's a pic showing the torn out metal on the Right Track Frame.
I looks like the blade support loosened up at one point in time and whoever owned the old girl just kept pushing dirt. And then broke out the arc welder to keep her running.

Well here's a closer look at the somewhat cresent shaped track tension spring. I didn't notice it until I took the cover off it and pressure washed the six inches of dirt out of it. I got one coming from Crawler Heaven

Here's a photo of the hack job done on the track frames. The bolts broke so they took and welded the blade supports onto the track frames. http://www.jdcrawlers.com/uploads/bladesupport1.jpg I guess this whole project will take longer than I thought. And notice the bent up, or should I say DOWN! Tra...

Well here's my new toy, cost me $1500 dollars and a few bucks in gas to haul her home. My 1 ton Dodge hauls her real well and this is a plus!! Started to tear her down a few days ago. Got the blade off and one of the tracks which are badly worn. I will post more as I go. :D http://www.jdcrawlers.com...

Andrew,

I haven't actually bought the tracks yet. This was only what the Berco dealer was telling me.

The price for the chains without the grousers was about $825.00 per side.

Are your Friends grousers Brand New?

Brian

Andrew,

I see you are a Vermonter

Where in VT?

Brian

Yep,

The chain they had was for 4 bolt pads.

Are the bottom and top rollers also hard to come by???? Is $1325.00 a good price for a 36 link chain with 14"grousers that I would have to cut down to 12" to fit my 440??? This price is per side. The weld on sproket rims are $105.00 ea. Still looking for front Idlers and praying to God that I won't ...

Hey everybody, I've just aquired a 1958 440IC and the tracks are shot! Ser# on the machine is 441958 From what I've been reading in the forum it looks like I'm going to have a hard time finding front idlers wheels and sprokets. I contacted the Berco dealer and he said I could get the chains and grou...

I have a 1958 440IC