Mitsubishi BD2G dozer track tensioner kit
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PILOON
Super Star Member
Many operators of older dozers simply extend their tracks using the blade mechanism to pull tight and then clamp a slit length of pipe or tubing to retain the extension.
Often that 'DIY cure' outlasts the remaining track life.
When the wear gets real bad some also remove one pad from each track to shorten it.
Often that 'DIY cure' outlasts the remaining track life.
When the wear gets real bad some also remove one pad from each track to shorten it.
I can pump the track up tight with my grease gun. It's keeping it there in about 2 hours it's loose again. If I would put a piece of pipe in there if you would get something hard in the track it wouldn't work the. spring in there would it. Is that going to break something else my dose are only has 500 hours on it.
CADplans
Elite Member
How about using a higher viscosity grease?
We used to use a grease to pack wheel bearings that was called fibrous grease.
According to Google,,,
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From a 1920 industrial chemistry manual: "Fiber grease is so called because it appears to be fibrous, especially when pulled apart; it is an anhydrous soda or potash soap (Class 1) mixed with mineral oil.""
That grease was MUCH harder to move than the stuff that you pump through a grease gun to lube your mower bearings.
You aren't using the grease as a lube, you are using it to take up space.
Hmmmmmmm,,,
I see NLGI #4 grease on Amazon,, that is similar to hard ice-cream,,
(You are probably using NLGI#2 grease now)
www.nyelubricants.com
We used to use a grease to pack wheel bearings that was called fibrous grease.
According to Google,,,
"
From a 1920 industrial chemistry manual: "Fiber grease is so called because it appears to be fibrous, especially when pulled apart; it is an anhydrous soda or potash soap (Class 1) mixed with mineral oil.""
That grease was MUCH harder to move than the stuff that you pump through a grease gun to lube your mower bearings.
You aren't using the grease as a lube, you are using it to take up space.
Hmmmmmmm,,,
I see NLGI #4 grease on Amazon,, that is similar to hard ice-cream,,
(You are probably using NLGI#2 grease now)
Determine Grease Consistency | Nye Lubricants
NLGI grades, calculated using a word penetration score, indicates a grease’s consistency and helps predict how it will migrate in an application.