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Central / West Texas | I will second tHe don't trust the bolt through the spring thought. On our 6d the front idler was going out. Pulled it into the shop one evening to investigate. Let all the grease pressure out of the hydraulic adjuster and took off a track pad above the master link. Took out the master link bolts and gave it a tap with a hammer. The track broke lose, flew up in the air high enough to get ahold of a chain fall that was near it. This chain fall was hanging from a bridge crane that runs across our shop and travels the length of it, about 60'. It hit the chain fall with such force that it propelled the bridge crane about 30' to,the stops at the back wall. Had anyone been standing in front of the track when I tapped the master link they surely would have been crushed! The master link was near the differential whEn this happened and the track had to fly up at least 12' to get into contact with the chainfall. | |
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CAT D6D Track adjuster
