Would a hydraulic wood splitter drive out track pins?

Case450 · Jan 6, 2015

Out of sheer morbid curiousity would a 20 hydraulic wood splitter (if modified to hold a track/chain assembly) have enough pressure to drive a track pin on a small crawler loader (like a D3 cat or 450 crawler?

I have always driven pins with a hammer and pin and now a slide sledge but was just curious.

Billy NY · Jan 6, 2015

Can't claim to have any experience with a track press, but there has been discussion of it here, even with smaller track chain and bushings, I would think you need more force. The other thing that does come to mind when contemplating things like this, given the forces at work, something comes apart, it could turn into projectiles/shrapnel, use care.
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Mr. T. Minnesota · Jan 6, 2015

C 450,
Have also pondered that same idea but, after watching bushing and pin removal on you tube, not so sure hydraulic by itself would do the job. A novice thought, hydraulic pressure along with friendly persuasion by pounding with a sledge hammer would help a lot. Think it will need a little shock treatment. Let us know how it works.
Mr. T. Minnesota

Case450 · Jan 6, 2015

lol!! I built one of those bottle jack rigs but the only jack I could get that would work laying on its side was a 12 ton bottle. Needless to say it didn't work.

As I would by myself I ended spending 900 dollars and buying a slide sledge. Heated my pin with the torch and slide sledge'd it out.

I think the bottle jack idea is sound, just need to make it heavy duty so it got me wondering about a wood splitter. lol

black60church · Jan 6, 2015

I think it takes about 50 ton pressure

Dennis K (WA) · Jan 6, 2015

The shops I worked in had two portable presses for removing master pins in the field, I believe one was 50 ton the other was 100 ton.
You needed a field truck with a crane to handle them.
Without the proper equipment an accident is about to happen.

Need to be very careful with sledge and punches also. I know folks that have been injured by shrapnel, one was an eye, from the pins and punches especially if the pin has been chilled for installation.
Take care out there
Dennis

AJ. · Jan 6, 2015

I would forget about that idea,you would just wreck your log splitter and may get badly injured as well.
AJ

jm. · Jan 6, 2015

NO we have two portable ones 50 ton for anything D4 down and I have seen some that strained it. And we use a 100 ton D4 and up. Getting the right tooling to not hurt yourself would also be a consideration .

JDemaris · Jan 7, 2015

I watched a guy pin and bush his Deere 1010 tracks with a 50 ton log splitter he made a custom track cradle for. It worked. But those tracks were beat and likely had been done once before. I doubt any log splitter could push out pins and bushings on a 'virgin" track the size you mentioned. And I don't regard a D3 or 450 as "small.' A Deere 420, 1010, Case 310, or Oliver HG, OC3 or HG - yes.

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