Botton rollers

[cdunn]

I am about to replace the bottom rollers on my 350 straight dozer. It appears to be a tough
job. At present, I have the tracks broken, working on steering clutches and track adjusters. It has rock guards with numerous bolts many of which will probably break off when trying to remove. All this being done down low on ground and under the tractor. Would it be easier to remove the front idler and then remove entire track frame so it could be turned over and be easily accessed to do whatever needs to done to get bolts or pieces of bolts out. Has anybody done it this way? Is it tough to remove the track frames compared to crawling around and under the jacked up tractor??

[lurch85]

My 2 cents is take it off (going rate is about $0.017 lately) ...
the better access you can get to any of those bolts the better, especially if they havent been off in a long time.
Then you might find a few more broken bolts to take care of too... (make sure you check the crossbar to frame bolts especially)

[lurch85]

Especially if you have a strong friend.. or even better.. 2!

(you can also put a piece of 2x6 along all of the rollers to give yourself a place to put a rolling floor jack.. or slide it off wood on wood being you are working on dirt)

(I do way too much heavy work by myself... lol)

[jsal]

recently replaced a few rollers on my 350 with tracks on I used a floor jack and made a u shaped extension cradle to support the roller worked fine if you slide tracks out a floor will work fine.was necessary to remove rock guards and Idid not replace them .

JIM