Hi All,
I am new to this site, but sure glad to know it exists.
My son drug this AG home, and thought it would be something for Dad to play with. However, it wasn't quite stock. You see, somebody thought it would be nice to replace the original motor with a 350 Chevy V-8 along with a truck four speed trans. Looked like something out of the "Monster Garage".
I have since pulled that engine trans combo out and installed a VP4D Wisconsin air cooled V-4 engine. The specs for the dozer show the original horsepower to be 37 or so. The Vp4D is rated at around 32 hp so I think this is a better choice considering I don't have a Cletrac motor kicking around.
My question is I am looking for a set of tracks to replace the sad set that are on it, and was wondering if anyone out there knows if John Deere, Case, Cat or whatever can be used on this machine. I think it would all boil down to pitch and rail width, as lengthening or shortening could be done fairly easy.
Thanks for letting me air my delema.
AL
Hi Al,
I was looking for replacement rollers and measured up an International Drott T5. They are within 1/4 inch in width and diameter of an AG6. It might be worth the time to measure the tracks if you can find a local parts machine.
cheers,
Ed
My left track and rollers are in good shape. The right side is quite worn and comes off occasionally. Would it be a good idea to swap right and left tracks?
I have absolutely no idea. It sounds like an awful lot of work and it would probably just come off the other side. It may just wear out your good rollers faster and you would need a whole undercarriage instead of half of one. Talk to the guys at Zimmermans. They have the parts you need although it will be a fair amount of money. Your other option is to keep looking for a parts machine. You can put a Cletrac notification on an e-bay watch list. Everytime a new Cletrac item is listed, they will e-mail you. Good luck,
Ed
Does anyone have any experience with swaping sides with the tracks or rollers? I really do not want to get a new track and rollers.
The last time I had a track off, I used a $20.00 come-along to pull the track back together to put the pin in. I used some short pieces of angle iron with a hole drilled in them for the hooks on the come-along. I also had to jack up that side of the crawler. To swap, you will probably want the whole thing up in the air. There are track pullers available that look like big coil spring compressors, but they were expensive.
Cheers,
Ed
Just out of curiosoty, How many ton press does it take to press pins out of the track? I know that Wagner Cat in Denver used to have a 100 ton unit but I did not get to see the track shop on my tour.