Putting Mini Excavator Track Back On With A Crowbar and String

[@ryanclarke2161]

Jesus Christ, undo the cover and back off the roller and fit the track loose. Then adjust roller to be tight. Good god this is like a video of how not to do it.

[@TommyPizzavonni]

I love the video, I like your drive to be better and learn. I would definitely suggest releasing the pressure on the tensioner for safety next time. The string method is very unsafe and can cost you your hand or fingers. Then you’re alone with your hand stuck in a track. Instead always have a socket wrench or thumb wrench, then some grease and a grease gun to re tension it. That would have taken you 30-45 mins and would have avoided risking your hand. Sorry for the negative comment, just would hate to see you get injured so I decided to speak up. All the best. See you in your next video! *** Edit: I just got to the end of the video. Imo happy to hear you did your research and will do it correctly next time. Happy digging!

[@dakotak8437]

Allways best to pry from the top to get track back on easier

[@DesertApprentice]

thanks for watching. thank you for the tip!

[@dakotak8437]

@@DesertApprentice most welcome 😁

[@PJ-ee5mc]

Yes, you got the track on, but everything is wrong with this video. Not to mention that the white rope was actually wrapped around your leg on rocky, uneven terrain with all of those loose loops of rope so precariously close to a rotating track. If you had slipped and pulled on the lever rope you could literally have had your leg torn off. There were a dozen ways that this could have gone very wrong. By the way, there is a method to get your excavator back onto level (or at least better) ground to perform this task when you have only one functioning track. Here's how: You move the boom perpendicular to the bad track and lift that side off the ground (as you probably had had already done). Then you actually move the excavator in the desired direction by driving the good track while slowly swinging the boom to compensate and maintain correct direction as the excavator slowly drives to safer ground. Of course you can only do this for a couple feet each time as you must reposition the boom every few feet but it does work. I once had to get my excavator across an 80 acre meadow using this method and it was a lifesaver. Best success to you moving forward and BE CAREFUL :)

[@Deezarehairy]

My old kubota has the outdated screw type idler pully pully adjusters. Yours should be hydraulic. Release the pleasure and the pully retracts. Not doing that only stretches the track.

[@DesertApprentice]

Thank you so much for the comment. I definitely will do it the right way next time!

[@Serious-Man]

Yeah, spending 10 bucks in grease every time you throw a track is going to add up. I don't blame you for reinstalling it this way.