OC/ HG what for master track pin retainer?

[440roadrunner]

Unfortunately  we've lost the pictures,  my "unknown"  model  Toyota powered threw a track today,  the master pin had been retained by  nails.   What belongs in there?   I don't have a couple of "huge"  (1/8?  3/16?)  cotter pins.   Of course for now she's back on her feet with   TWO MORE NAILS  in the pin!!

[Blake Malkamaki]

I found most of the pictures, but they are not identifiable by their current file names. If you want me to look for yours, give me a description of what to look for and I will. Blake

[ianoz]

 Hi 440Roadrunner, I don't know for sure ,but i would suggest  a Roll pin .Ian .

[440roadrunner]

I found most of the pictures, but they are not identifiable by their current file names. If you want me to look for yours, give me a description of what to look for and I will. Blake

Hi Blake, sorry for all the malfeasance here lately.   I would like to get the pictures back up on my "buildup"  thread

http://cletrac.org/forum2010/index.php?topic=2321.0

If this turns out to be more trouble than it's worth,  I probably still have most/ some of them and can repost them  when I get time.


So far as the master pin retainer,  a roll pin?   I'd thought that would be the last choice,  I was thinking probably cotter pins.   I was thinking of welding a nub on one end to eliminate 50% of the problem.

[Blake Malkamaki]

Hi 440Roadrunner, I don't know for sure ,but i would suggest  a Roll pin .Ian .

If you're looking for just a regular pin that is used to hold the master pin in, it should be just a piece of steel rod that will go through the hole with a bend on each end. Usually S-shaped.

[440roadrunner]

Wow,  OK.   I'll have to find something  that fits good and is as large as possible.   Maybe a nail wasn't so bad after all!!


This is the first time I've  lost a track since I was a kid.    My Gramps used to have a Lindeman--Deere, which we were using to put up his  "snow fence,"   sections of fence on skids  to prevent drifting in the winter.

[Jack in NB]

I've used 1/4" mild steel rod and/or 4" spikes, bent to the "Z" shape to lay flat against the chain boss.