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57jd420
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by 57jd420 » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:42 pm
looking to put some new track adjustment bolts on my crawler, previous owner was nice enough to have destroyed the threads with a pipe wrench. anybody know where any kind of replacement is available??
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Lavoy
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by Lavoy » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:56 pm
Do you mean the nuts? On a 420, track adjustment is by turning the nuts on the threaded rod, unless I misunderstood.
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57jd420
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by 57jd420 » Tue Nov 27, 2012 4:18 pm
oh sorry i was talking about the threaded rod. I just wanted to put new threaded rod on and get new nuts as well, since I have the crawler tore down as far as I do.
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by Lavoy » Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:26 pm
The bolts are ungodly expensive, or at least were, not sure they are even available any more. Normally I run a die over the bolts, and put on new nuts.
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57jd420
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by 57jd420 » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:35 pm
okay thank you i will have to try that then. i figured the bolts would be crazy expensive from JD. wasnt sure if anybody had any success with an "all thread" replacement.
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57jd420
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by 57jd420 » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:59 pm
do you know what thread those are? I know i dont have a 1" die so i will have to get one.
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jtrichard
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by jtrichard » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:21 pm
if you want to replace the threaded rod look at McMaster-Carr they have gr8 1" 8 thread per inch 3ft for $32 and 316 stainless nuts 5 for $9 plus shipping
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hydrogeo
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by hydrogeo » Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:55 am
I just made one up from a piece of threaded rod as suggested. On mine one rod had corroded very badly. The rod and nuts together were far less than the cost of a die, The rod was in stock at Tractor Supply.
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monzanick
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by monzanick » Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:39 pm
If you do replace bolts/nuts, be aware that stainless are less than a grade 3 bolt in terms of strength. generally o/k for sheetmetal but NOT recommended for any chassis/steering components. looks good, just not that strong. I would go @ least to a grade 5 hardware on tractor/crawler stuff.
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57jd420
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by 57jd420 » Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:42 pm
i agree and i'm replacing pretty much all the undercarriage bolts with new grade 8 botls. i know somebody else mentioned all thread from tractor supply but its only grade 3, i've been looking for grade 8 stuff.
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hydrogeo
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by hydrogeo » Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:22 am
I dunno, despite being only grade 3 the threaded rod seems to be holding up fine. Worked it all season without issue.
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jtrichard
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by jtrichard » Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:23 pm
as i stated above McMaster-Carr has grade 8.. 1 inch all thread
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