Fixing Frozen Track Links on a Bulldozer

[@dieseJL]

I built a 20 ton track press here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWrMqWZ9r9Cnl9U Check out why we didn't even attempt to use it for the TD20!

[@jacobbuckley8232]

not sure where in that video im supposed tobe looking. Ive seen guys on youtube put pins in the freezer and heat up the other parts and it worked? So not sure

[@frosteone1670]

JL, want to give you my 2 cents here, might help in the future. The pin presses into both sides of the wide part of the link. The bushing presses into both sides of the narrow part of the link. The only place there is movement is between the pin and bushing. Often heating the bushing will gain clearance on the pin and free it up. Maybe even drill a small hole in the bushing to aid getting penetrate/lubricant into the moving parts. Noticed it appears the head is coming off your new sledge hammer, might want to give that some attention before it flies off. Keep a close eye on the oil level, diesel in the fuel often comes from either the fuel lift pump or the injection pump seal. Judging by the smoke when you tracked it to the other barn the injectors, injection pump or both need attention. Contact Area Diesel, explain the issue, they may be able to lead you in the proper direction. Their advice is free! Fuel in the oil will cause serious wear and cost big dollars, I doubt you want to pull and rebuild the engine!

[@iantaylor9840]

Wow 10/10 for perseverance Tyler, that's some heavy work you guys are getting into. Great to see you finished up and good enough for who it's for. You should be proud of yourselves and great to see the look on both Luke and your faces at the end. All the best, Ian

[@dieseJL]

Thanks!!

[@davechristel5408]

So cool to see you and Luke at the end and Luke reaching for the controls.

[@MichaelMcconnell-cb8gj]

I really enjoyed watching your shows here you do great work you put your heart into it and I really love the family part with you and your wife and kid I also watched you rebuild that diesel Cat motor in your garage with contact parts I drove for Yellow Freight before they close in Miami Florida my area was Doral were contacts Parts was one of my customers talking into my phone sometimes don't work costex tractor parts

[@philstreeter9703]

Tyler, kudos to you and your dad for not giving up. She runs great. I love to see and your son at the controls. Awesome video!

[@dieseJL]

Thanks!

[@kirk467]

Tyler if you go to C&C Equipment channel and chat with Clint the owner and a great mechanic, he shows how to lance a pin or shafts using a piece of small pipe, maybe 1/8” inch with oxygen blowing through it! Our machine shop used to do it all the time when I was still working! Clint did it on one of his videos when he had frozen pins on a dozer! If you can get the pin molten metal and put the oxygen pipe in it then you can slowly push it all the way through the pin! I’ve never done it because our machinists would take care of that part of the job! I just didn’t think of when I saw y’all doing it on the other video!

[@dieseJL]

Yeah I need to research that more… I’m sure this wasn’t the last pin I’ll have to remove

[@tomparker7140]

Oxylances

[@bubbagumpion5705]

​@@dieseJLClint is working on a TD-25 now and has experience with that age of dozer. He may be able to assist with the winch question you asked at the end.

[@gutsngorrrr]

If you're going to be doing more work like this in the future, id look at makeing your own 100 ton pin press

[@dieseJL]

I think to break those I would’ve needed 300 ton which doesn’t really fit in a portable package

[@joerodrigues3816]

Happy to see you back again mate thanks again for sharing your experience with us all and hope you are all doing well

[@ponymanr]

That 20 pound sledge will separate the men from the boys in a hurry..! Nice job.

[@dieseJL]

Indeed, indeed

[@JohnSmith-nf6ig]

Welding the pin to the link then wondering why it won't pound out. I don't work on dozers but do know this is not how to remove track links. I love you guys, love your videos, can't stop watching them, especially this one on 'how not to remove a track' lol

[@russwabuda1556]

ty, it seems to me back in my days when i was your age, we built a track press to work on the wood-splitter. we used the jack-hammer and sledge hammer methods too. i wish that i could give you something i never got... a hug.

[@j.w.3345]

I got tired just watching you drive that pin in! Your son grabbing the levers gave me a good laugh. I was waiting for him to do that and be just like dad.

[@dieseJL]

Yeah man what a job

[@1armedguy4]

That piece of equipment has some serious pushing power and no computers to fail. Great vid !

[@dieseJL]

Thanks! It’s fun to run that’s for sure

[@kirk467]

Once you get the center out then heat the outside of the link red hot and drive it through, that’s where it’s seized and heat will expand it! The heat on the pins will get it moving but expands it at the same time, Tyler! I’m too late but if you ever have to do this again that would be the quickest way! I didn’t know you could cut the center out! The pins is only frozen on the ends! I wish I could’ve helped when yall first started but we over see how you did it and not while you’re working on it!

[@jetstreek17]

Good thing you have a young back... Well done.

[@billyhaddock5540]

Great Job finally getting the Track Links put-on and pins welded. cool that ur little Girl wanted a ride in the Dozer..

[@jorgesaavedra9158]

It's great to watch Luke grow up. Tough job, but it's done.

[@Justiceincorporated.]

Heat, beat, repeat

[@stew6338]

Welldone on getting the track fixed. I have watched other do this job. It is never easy. You did it. Cheers Stew.

[@morgansword]

The luxury of owning great tools means having enough money to retire with before you start today. Even as a young kid, I saved all of my tools, craftsman tools to start with and better tools later. We are talking sixty years ago. When I started, a nice big box, a carry tool box with tools, basic set of standard sockets in 3/8's and 1/2" tool sockets, a ratchet for both, a weird breaker bar, some screw drivers, allen wrenches, a set of feeler gauges, a couple chisels and I do believe three punches. There were scips in those sets, oh and a hack saw. Today that same set would be three hundred dollars, and I paid fifty dollars on the Five dollars down and five dollars a month. I was fifteen but had to have my dad sign for me to get credit. I am not sure what a air arc and welding gear would cost but about as much as you paid for this machine plus parts to get into a class of tools that will stand the test of time. I do believe that companies like Vevor will eventually bring some costs down on good tools. I had a half million in tools twenty years ago. That is without the building to put them in. Happy that you got it together and thinking new rails might of been the better start of this. I am assuming you are going to keep this machine for another twenty years to make it actually pay for its self. If a guy is starting out, I believe a good used machine that is paid for is the way to go. Interest will increase to so high that no one can have a great machine or tool set anymore. Blue collar jobs are still better than college and years to pay for going. Many arguments for either direction of course but people are broke. Its not going to get better if tampon tim gets into office either as his ideas plus Kamalas ideas are going to take us into war.

[@rirebel6029]

I ran a couple machines with a kink in the track like that from a frozen pin , the cat 345cl I was in jarred the crap out of me everytime that spot was on the bottom while traveling on pavement ..... one day I musta been digging in just the right spot and put pressure on it and it unkinked and was awesome after that lol

[@jazzerbyte]

That's some kind of record for struggles. Good to see it come out ready for service. It was cute to see Luke grab the controls.

[@dieseJL]

It will be cuter when he’s swinging the 20lb hammer for me

[@scottgilliland9411]

Of all the things you said, what sunk into me the best was you just go into the woods and pull out a diamond in the rough that you can just fire up and go to work with. Sage advice for the wannabe like myself.

[@dieseJL]

I am also a wannabe, lol

[@Larry-325]

Who needs Tonka Your son s going right to the real thing! Love it! 👍👍👍👍

[@dieseJL]

Yes 🤣

[@thesmallenginekid]

A lot of work for a few links. Makes me grateful to have a track press at work.

[@dieseJL]

Yeah big dozers are a lot of work

[@kerry2368]

Glad to see you back!!!! Thanks!!!!!

[@stanleysutton2123]

The homemade press is a handy addition to the tools

[@383MASSEY1]

Had several links froze up on a 951 cat. We parked it in a water hole every night and dumped used oil. Everyone of the link's freed up.

[@dieseJL]

Yeah people around us say park it in Lake Huron

[@williamdodd5113]

It's the kind of situation that would remind you never to attempt again, and that would be a disaster for old equipment waiting for a second chance in your hands, the likes of ye machine restorers have the heart and passion to get these veast back ticking over again. Praise to you Tylor and your Dad.

[@carloskawasaki656]

Thank you for sharing, always a pleasure follow you and your project, i learn a lot, great project 👍👍👍👍

[@dieseJL]

Thanks!

[@mattmilliken7347]

What soooooooooooo many people fail to see when watching this video is you're developing your skills and knowledge, both of you. Some many people want to just have the answer, or give you the answer. Men in todays world refuse to, and have not be taught what it is to learn. It's 1000% impossible to become skilled at anything without fucking up over and over and over again, while also learning and trial and error. You dont know until you try, and you keep trying until you figure it out.

[@dieseJL]

This 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 It simply wouldn’t be good content if I knew everything and had all of the tools 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mattmilliken7347]

@@dieseJL Couldnt agree more. This is why I enjoy your videos. No BS just showing things as they happen, even when they aren't pretty. KZbin is great but there's times I wish it would disappear so people could just go out and actually learn. You were obviously taught and brought up well, and now you have the great honor of passing that same mentality onto your boy.

[@phillipchurch1851]

Best part of the video was watching Luke having fun in the dozer

[@dieseJL]

I agree

[@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc]

Man the way your little lad look at you when you turned it of like dad what you doing im moving leavers here could tell how proud you was by your grin

[@dieseJL]

Man it was great

[@kirk467]

It was a fight but good job guys! 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for sharing, Louisiana sending prayers and positive vibes to you and your family! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻💯💯💯

[@dieseJL]

Thanks!!!

[@williamdodd5113]

Tylor love your vids ,just know it's time for tea when I see JL.

[@davidfrost801]

A pin driver will usually do the job to get started by you need to roll the pin back under the drive sprocket on firm ground, the weight of the machine helps a lot to drive one out with a sledge hammer and pin driver, 12 or 16 lb helps, 20 if necessary, heat helps also.....been there too many times.....

[@dieseJL]

Yeah dang that’s a good idea. Next time!

[@bjduhon1528]

Fine job dude

[@alphonsotate2982]

Wow you guys are a bad bunch I am impressed I would have just had a crinkle track dozer I would have not bothered as long as the machine moved I will stay with machines with tires on them after seeing this show

[@gmcjimmy3580]

I you ever do this again freeze your pins a couple days before you go to drive them or dry ice works quicker but it really helps alot with driving them back in.

[@dieseJL]

Man I just don’t think getting them down maybe 100 degrees would’ve done the trick. Maybe liquid nitrogen but that’s tough to come by

[@leesharp7683]

It doesn't seem like freezing would help but it makes all the difference even a 100 degrees. 50 degrees is what most people get. Haul the pin to work in the ice chest after the freezer.

[@colinkuhnell5698]

@@dieseJL works for Marty T. Good work fella enjoyed the vid.

[@wadescheppert6465]

i sure dont miss those heating and beating days.

[@dieseJL]

Lol

[@ChrisShultis]

That TD 20 is a gem

[@dieseJL]

She sure is

[@colindgrant]

Cool shot at 1:35:56 when that burr sheered off! Lucky that didn’t wedge things further. Impressive work 👍

[@dieseJL]

Yeah I thought that was kinda cool too

[@junkboxgarageOG]

Been waiting a month for a new video from you. Thanks Brody.

[@dieseJL]

Been working my tail off just nothing done it seems

[@junkboxgarageOG]

@@dieseJL ehh, it all takes time.

[@dieseJL]

That it does that it does

[@leesharp7683]

I have been doing pins on cat track loaders , excavators, D9, TD 24, cable blade 8s, 22 @nd 24. Olivers, john deere. If you heat up the track and pin red hot shut off torch and dump on a bucket of cold water. Than it will easy drive out in a couple hits. 4 or 5 maybe. Do the same with those big dirty rusty nuts and bolt even old rusty log truck lug nuts and half the time they will trun off by hand. If you only heat it will move but very hard and will mess up threads. I seen people fighting that stuff for no reason all my life. Even seen them blast them out with dynamite. But you don't have to listen to an old logger.

[@leesharp7683]

Put a jack behind that track against the frame to Take out that bounce and stop the spread. Even jack opposite way on pin and pound on track.

[@leesharp7683]

Gezz i can't watch no more.

[@hokiedoo]

Holey crap you and your dad need to kick back and have a few beers after this nightmare!!! 🍺....GO LIONS!

[@SiboBushings]

Great works and great video

[@scottmyers226]

I'll give you one thing Tyler, you worked your ass off on that track!!!

[@dieseJL]

I sure tried lol

[@Michael_CS615]

Almost painful to watch ... TOUGH JOB. As others think - carbon arc gouging might have been easier??? Luke will want more!

[@dieseJL]

Yeah I think so…. Next time

[@billycapshew2411]

Finally. Diesel JL has come back to KZbin!!! 😊.

[@dieseJL]

Been working my tail off just not finishing any projects it seems. Oh well more to come

[@billycapshew2411]

@@dieseJL my comment was like the Rock Does when he gets in the ring not a negative thing good to see a video again 👍

[@andykiciak5781]

Good that you got it done but crazy expensive and lots of hard work. If there ever is a next time……grab a cut off wheel and grind a slot in the top of the bushing to the pin. Fill with your favorite penetrating oil and bump the link around until it frees up. It won’t take much once the oil gets in there, then weld up the bushing slot. Grind it back if you want it to look pretty.

[@KentDiego]

What a tough job. Seems like you could make a press fixture to hold a 20 ton bottle jack to press the pins out. I am surprised there is not a specialty press made for this. Keep up the great videos.

[@HawksofOz]

there are presses to do this job, but they're not cheap. recent C and C video shows one being used

[@dieseJL]

I think I would’ve needed more like 150 ton

[@incubatork]

Nothing like Blood, sweat and tears to look back on once its done, nice job. Micrometres are not that expensive unless you go to the top of the line and you don't use top of the line equipment on a dozer track unless your measuring maybe the crankshaft or bearing seats, even the cheapest micrometres will measure down to 0.001" accurately the main difference in the expensive ones is they last for years if looked after and still measure exactly as they did when new because they are made from superior expensive materials. I have 2 different size Mitutoyo micrometres and 4 or 5 cheap ones for every day use, the Mitutoyo's will probably out last me but the cheap ones will probably not, at least accuracy wise. You can also pick them up second hand quite reasonable.

[@dieseJL]

That’s a very, very good point.

[@JayQ-p3i]

HEAT ON THE LINK, DRY ICE ON THE PIN.

[@steveevans6334]

Great patience…Watching in the UK

[@dieseJL]

Thanks 👍

[@RobbyRutherford]

58:51 clever idea and that’s not a bad price for those pieces cut and delivered

[@FJ40J]

After all of that work I had to give you a thumbs up! 😆 🤣

[@corysonsoucie6114]

Easily the longest ive watched somebody hit something with a hammer

[@dieseJL]

Just wait till our next video lol jk

[@corysonsoucie6114]

​@dieseJL I'll watch that one too

[@3cl1]

Do you have spare links? The vintage air compressor is priceless, make a video about it, please. Make sure you always use hearing protection. The ringing in my ears never stops.

[@dieseJL]

Yeah I need to go through it actually, but yes it is amazing

[@JoseRivera-ny3kd]

I hear you, bro. This hobby gets expensive quickly! But, it's still cheaper than a boat!

[@dieseJL]

Fair very true

[@TonyLoechte]

The sledgehammer with pipe welded to it can get thrown off a bridge 😂

[@forumbezoeker]

track pins are always slightly thinner in the middle. next time order from ITR. you can buy a whole chain for that money

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

That was a struggle bus ride for sure. I was ready to quit quite a few times and I'm only watching.

[@dieseJL]

Hahaha

[@aussiedirtmover]

Certainly attacking the pin by cutting the centre out in theory should work 😂😂😂😂Often FAILS Trick is 2 big heating tips heat both outer flanges till glowing red. Drive the pin out and back in same way dont let the flanges cool while driving the pins. I used to do this many times over the years until I made a portable hydraulic press to push them while drinking a coffee 😂😂😂great vid 😂😂😂😂 DONT LET THE RAILS SEPERATE AS THE PIN WILL JÀM ❤❤❤❤

[@dieseJL]

Yeah not bad advice for next time 🤔

[@michaelweeks6022]

Hi enjoy your show, you might want too watch a show called Mr Hewes thay work on tanks and are fun to watch. Keep it up your good viewing content and down to earth, good luck. PS and a beautiful little family !

[@dieseJL]

Thanks!!

[@MatWalter-q3h]

1:43:05 plant is Golden Rod and the bee is a Honey Bee. I just came in from tending mine. Given your fabricating skills I hope next time you build the over sized C clamp that holds your ten ton hydraulic jack. As you have seen you can do it like this but the fundamental problem is the next link wants to bend out of the way thus one way or the other "press them" On the other hand you did prove, on the first pin, if you really take care of each little measure heat and outer and FREEZE the pin they can go in so easy you wonder if now it is too loose but one minute later it is tight as hell. Invest the time measuring, heating and freezing or build the tool. The are both time and time is all we have.

[@art1muz13]

Greetings from beautiful, picturesque commieforniastan! I realized that yous guys rock a golf course. I grew up spending the majority of my spare youth, 'till 12 years of age at Alta-Vista, Imperial and Birch hills in the O.C. . You guys rock!!!!!!! 1:57:41 the look of amazement on Jr’s face was worth the whole video!

[@raymondurban3388]

Thanks!

[@dieseJL]

Thank you!! P

[@ChrisHarding-lk3jj]

That little victor 100 series torch never had a chance, you really need a thermic lance. All you need is oxygen and a car battery to run a thermic lance.

[@dieseJL]

Yeah that thing was a joke

[@stanleysutton2123]

That is a intferance fit, I have drilled them out as much as possible,use a metal sawzall blade cut through to the link,heat red hot hit it with cold water then it should drive out,for reinstalling freeze the pin it should be able to just drive it in fast,have all tools handy

[@rayfalcon777]

The chattering is 1 of 2 things the internal clutches on the winch are wore out and vibrating or 2 the hydraulic pumps/valve body is eating itself up internally someone probably used it when it tore up and couldn’t disengage it

[@seansysig]

400° F preheat before welding. I suggest silicon bronze for cast iron and cast steel.

[@teebugg66]

C&C equipment in Nashville Indiana has parts for that, probably new and used!

[@EWasteJILL]

Have you ever tried icing the pin down and expanding the link with heat? You could even try DRY ICE on pin...NO HEAT ON LINK??? Dry ice on iron can make it SHATTER if you get it cold enough then hit it. You can buy dry ice at Walmart. YES I UNDERSTAND you're working WITH THINK HARDENED STEEL. Just like your determination. As you swing the hammer I'm wishing you thought of using a JACK HAMMER. Just a little one. 💖 from Minnesota 😎

[@dieseJL]

Thanks for the support!

[@kirk467]

If you have an ice chest you can throw the pin in ice for a while and when you get the outter part heated up the the pin has shrunk a little in the ice! Just an idea, most people that have money use liquid nitrogen to shrink the pin! But I wouldn’t know how much that would cost!

[@kirk467]

Clint also has a special hydraulic jack for getting pins out!

[@dieseJL]

Big $$$

[@40beretta1]

AIS... $550 just to arrive... AIS will give about 10mins of parts search... unless you're equipment is in there shop.... then they'll put in hours of paid labor. Did you try putting the pin in the freezer then heat the linkage

[@Ngarepairercar1990]

Very good

[@patrickkelleyjr1020]

Try a thermal lance next time. You could slice that pin out in a couple minutes. To run a size 5 or bigger tip I always double bank my tanks to get enough pressure to use it properly.

[@dieseJL]

Double oxygen or propane tanks or both?

[@patrickkelleyjr1020]

@@dieseJL just the oxygen I should have been more specific. Not saying it’s the only way it’s just the way I prefer and have noticed better pressure and cleaner cuts when doing it that way. I am a welder who specializes in heavy equipment and have had to slice those pins out before. A thermal lance will blow through that pin like butter.

[@dieseJL]

So once I get a hole through it what do I do…?

[@patrickkelleyjr1020]

@@dieseJL usually I get a decent size hole in it as much as you feel comfortable taking out of it without blowing through the pin. Let it cool completely it will shrink the pin and break the rust bond. Should be able to drive it out pretty easily after that. I do align boring at work seized pins are very common for the kinda work I do and this is the method I use with great success.

[@dieseJL]

Where are you located?

[@melgoss64]

Proud papa

[@RobbyRutherford]

42:57 when I bought a 16 ton sledgehammer years ago it was revelatory.

[@ericblackwell9863]

Did a fine job I know it’s a lot of work but worth it in the end. The only thing I would have done differently is got a hold of some liquid nitrogen and put the pins in it before installing they probably would have went in a lot easier

[@alphonsotate2982]

WOW what got me the jack hammer with two men holding it did nothing to the pin WOW!

[@dieseJL]

We thought it was the answer

[@albert1991]

I can be wrong but you could bring the entire chain to dealer and got a proper repair in my opinion. You could save money too, because you had to replace only 2 pin and bushings . Your video are ansome.

[@michaelweeks6022]

I forgot to tell you that Mr. Hewes does show how to remove and repair tracks and the tools used in the process.Hope it help's !;=)

[@Nudnik1]

Excellent 👍

[@gmr2048]

How you guys manage to work on stuff like this without swearing like drunken sailors is beyond me. I'm swearing at my screen *for* you guys!

[@dieseJL]

I edit a lot, lol

[@maxieboy4]

They make a hydraulic device for pushing the pins in. I don’t know who makes it , but I would have saved you all that hammering

[@jazzerbyte]

Not sure if they make a 130 ton version of that for field use - if anything goes wrong, the shrapnel would fly quite a distance.

[@dieseJL]

Track pin press, big $$$

[@richardfulks2703]

Good job

[@dieseJL]

I tried

[@justinleary110]

Did you try running the dozer on real hard ground before going through all that work?

[@billbergquist4722]

Carbon arc gouging setup would have made short work of that pin. But you probably already know that.

[@TsunauticusIV]

I keep the arc air in the truck at all times. Works a treat.

[@dieseJL]

Yeah looking back I definitely would’ve gone that way. We kind of weren’t familiar with that at the time and then we also thought if we just burnt the ends out it would drive right out. That clearly wasn’t the case lol

[@krnsssdz]

Ainally a update for those dozers!!

[@plowkingf15]

You mentioned the labor rate at the dealer. We have mobile mechanics here that come to your door. Some are heavy equipment mechanics. One has a machine for pins and bushings. May be cheaper than the dealer.

[@dieseJL]

Yeah next time I would check for sure

[@rverro8478]

I could've told you what to do but, you're the ones beating the living sh*t out of those pins while me, I'm comfortably sitting down, behind a f*cken keyboard. A lot of elbow grease went out on this one. Great job.

[@dieseJL]

Haha, armchair mechanic I like to call it

[@BigIronTexas]

No way man, I'd weld that thing back up! What a pain in the backside.

[@dieseJL]

I’m glad we didn’t weld it lol

[@BigIronTexas]

@@dieseJL I get it but I could feel the beat down that thing was giving through the screen!

[@AsitShouldBe]

My friend, nice work, if you want some little advice; when you tap on something moving, use a mass resting on the other end as a counter-blow, otherwise the force will be dispersed in the movement. I in your place would have used an anvil behind or something heavy at least 30 kg, if possible always use some kind of screw puller or hydraulic clamp; hammer beating is not that powerful your son driving is a love, and the roof shot gave me an idea on how to build the roof for my tractor, a hug my friend.

[@ShainAndrews]

You've never separated a crawler track in your life.

[@dieseJL]

Thanks for watching!

[@JeffreyDelano]

Great video go blue

[@dieseJL]

Go green 🙂

[@johnboutchia2349]

How about putting a little grease on them before pushing in to help stop galling

[@jaygee999]

Tyler, we were drilling shots of Jack each time your Dad said "Uh Oh" -- Did you ever get that track shinndbo eepro dii iuiii iiiiiikk koo ooww WOW ! --- 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@EWasteJILL]

I'm thinking drink shots when Dad says cut twice measure once.😊

[@jaygee999]

@@EWasteJILL I like that too ! --- Tyler's Dad is a pretty cool guy, though

[@EWasteJILL]

@jaygee999 ABSOLUTELY. I just have to figure . kind of shots to take. 🤔🍷 OK I'll go with wine shots because I don't want to pass out. 🙃

[@jaygee999]

@@EWasteJILL 🤣🤣🤣 Times Are Tough -- Ya gotta pace yourself 🤣🤣🤣 Good Luck !

[@dieseJL]

You guys make me laugh lmao

[@oldfaithful4112]

Maybe should've tried freezing the pins for few days before you try to hammer it through it might shrink it just a very little bit it works with ball joints worth a try .

[@hokiedoo]

Can you imagine when you first bought this they were going to scrap this dozer! 🤦‍♂️

[@Military-Museum-LP]

On a CAT we push the pins out. I’ve never heard of burning off the end cap? We remove the track at the master link.

[@dieseJL]

Well we didn’t want to have to take the whole chain off otherwise we would normally split at master yes

[@leesharp7683]

You don't want to heat and swell the track. Only freeze the pin driving it back in.