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JD Tat guy
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Post by JD Tat guy » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:54 pm

Is there instructions on how to put the track back on the machine, step by step?

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Post by Willyr » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:10 pm

I used a come along attached to the underside of the track. As you tightened the winch it supported the tracks. Then it has a simple matter of aligning the hole and getting the pin in.
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Post by krusty » Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:58 pm

I ended up taking 2 1" diameter steel rods about 14" long, 16" may be good too.

At each end I drilled a 1/2" hole and they are lined up in the same plane. I insert each rod through the next track link to the removable pin of the track.

Now in each of these 1" rods I place a 36" long, 3/8" diameter threaded rod. Attach a washers at each end and some nuts. Turn the nuts on the threaded rod and it will draw the two ends of track together so you can easily put the pin right in. Next time I need to do this I will take a pic.

Hope it makes sense. If you get wise you will double nut one end of the threaded rod and use your impact wrench to turn it and watch the track come together much quicker than ratcheting by hand.

I tried the com-a-long method but the hooks just got tangled up and would never draw the track together just right without releasing the track tension.

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Post by whiteclipse16 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:30 am

Does he mean he threw a track in the middle of the woods or something and wants to know how to put it back on with the track being together?
If so, there's really no specific way. Run your adjuster all the way in and get some big bars.
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Post by Craigk79 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:24 pm

The track come off and the center came off too the bolts that hold it on the from broke so then it all dropped.
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