nys homemade track press

Here is the track press I made for my JD 450B. The flat stock that holds the pipe off the H-beam will fit between track pads if you lay this in front of the idler so pads are open. Brackets hold jack for setup. If I do it again I would use a large grade 8 bolt for push pin. Some jacks made to work lying down some will if pump is on bottom. This is homemade setup no guarantees and I take no responsibility if you build something of your own. Sorry I forgot I was registered under sms

nys
Thanks for the picture, sure looks simpler then what I had in mind. Thanks again..
Jo

Work starts currently at 7 and ends at 3:30. I get home at 4 and dark very shortly after that. January the hours change and I get home by 1 PM.
I can relate to your lack of hours in a day. Weekends are jammed together non ending motion.
Currently I am violating my bed time curfew and tomorrow comes all too soon. I thank you for the pics. Looks much more cost effective and a sturdier design than what I had envisioned.
The only change I would make is a way to move it with the forks on the end of the tractor bucket.
Thank you for your time.
Hopefully life will slow down before we burn out.

I"m a self employed builder and this time of year is crazy as everyone tries to get those things done they put off all year before winter. We do mostly commercial work and sub to larger company and you cannot believe the work we have gotten since October. We have a good reputation and always have work lined up, hardly a break in fifteen years.

Have you tried it? It does not look near strong enough to work on a 450 track unless the track is worn and already has loose bushings and pins. But you didn't mention how big a jack that is. It it's a 50 ton, it might work. A guy near me converted a 50 ton log splitter so he could do his tracks on a 420 Deere. It worked (barely) but his tracks had been pin and bushed many times before and the bushings were pretty loose.

I tried to push a pin out of my AC HD6 track with a 30 ton bottle jack and it was useless. Did the same with a 50 ton jack and a little heat and it came out.

The track press we used for 450s (at our Deere dealership) was an OTC rated at 300 tons push force.

J.de, Did you give up on your plan to push out pins with your Log splitter. You was going to give it a try , Victor and I was waiting for your results, but you never posted back. Just wondering. LOU

I really only used it to press out the master pins on the 450 to do other repairs. I may have changed a couple links on my old 1010 also. I take my tracks to a pro to be pinned and bushed I worked in a dealership and saw how hard some of those come out even with a real press. I think this started by someone asking how to remove tracks not to do their own pins and bushings.

I gave up on the idea since that plan also involved making my own pins and bushings. I found a set of complete 1010 tracks that were like new. Still had the factory paint on them. Seems someone bought new tracks, the crawler died, and it laid in junkyard for many years. I traded three "parts" tractors for the pair of tracks and 10 rollers in good shape. Two Case DCs and one Case VAC.

It's a longer story then what I just told. The parts dealer tried to rip me off with a pair of worn out tracks he had cut off a crawler. I got ticked off and searched his parts yard -and finally found the good tracks. He then was going to cut THEM off! We got into an argument about the existence of master pins. And . .. this guy is a self proclaimed "expert" on the subject. He has one of the largest tractor salvage yards in NY. Smiley's in Freehold, NY.

One thing I discovered. My Deere 1010 is a crawler-loader. The tracks came off a 1010 dozer. The pads are 2" wider and would not fit a loader machine. Since the tracks were so nice - I did not want to torch off the ends of the pads. So, I moved the track-frames out 1.5" on each side and shimmed out the sprockets with hardened washers. It worked out great.

http://www.smileysequipment.com/

jdemaris,
Good for you,I wouldn't have been smart enough to do that,what I'd have to do is remove the pads and run them thru the bandsaw,cut off what was needed and reinstall them on the track. If you remember right, the pads that are on the OC46 now was too wide,and came off a JD350 (used).We had to cut them to width with the bandsaw, weld up the original holes,and redrill the mounting holes to match the OC chain spacing.
Anyway, I can tell you,right off the bat, anybody who wants to argue with you over dozers and crawlers is foolish and ignorant.Glad you got your problem solved without doing all what we had to do.
Regards,
LOU

That looks like way less work than the one we built for our TD20C. We use a couple plates, 2 sticks of all thread, and one HUGE threaded shaft on a 1" impact w/ the gear reducer on.

The old one was really rough and involved me standing on the tracks swinging a #12 sledge for an hour (or 2)

Years ago , I had an OTC 7000 track press.. I kick myself for selling it.. I have since built one , sold it off to a guy who straightens bent metal beams.. I have now started another a little stouter.. The base plate that everything attaches to is a piece of 23" X 51" X 4" thick steel.. It weighs in at around 1300 lbs alone.. 3 - 4" hydraulic cylinders and all the attachments in either 7/8" or 1" .. Made this one a little beefier than the first one .. A buddy of mine made several saddles and tooling for Deere 350-690-B and a couple of Cat sizes.. I haven't tried this set-up yet..My White 3000 lb fork lift is tune and ready to do the hard work. I have several sections of track laying around to test it out on.. Hoping for the best as I've recently had a back operation.. I'm going to do sealed but non- salt tracks.. I feel there is enough homeowner machines walking out of their tracks around here to make a little in addition to S.S. Also the techs around here don't like to run a track press because of the noises they make when pins and bushings are creaking and popping their way out..

that"d be all you need to drive out a master pin....think I might make one of those now lol