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I found the problem. The stop on the track was broken causing the track to over extend. So the cylinder was pushing out as far as it could go. I welded the stop back on and all is well.

Yes I always lift the machine up when i try to expand/retract them

it does not move. I always lift the excavator off the ground before trying to retract or expand the tracks.

Hello everyone, I am new to excavators and just picked up an old sumitomo (IHI) uj18 mini excavator. As the title suggests this machine has widening tracks. they were working for a little while, then i sucked them in, and one of the tracks got stuck in the narrow position. I am really just...