Place a pipe/bar in every other center bar space, I typically use 4 pieces. Now find you some steel pipes or solid round bar stock that when fit between track center bars it is just slightly higher than center bars. The track was trashed so I used fork lift to lift track and retract front idler.
I simply put a piece of clear vinyl tubing on the fitting and opened the fitting with a crowfoot wrench.Īs grease came out of the tubing, simply let it flow into a cardboard box. On this Bobcat T190, the grease release valve was just like a brake bleeder fitting. Now I avoid making messes when possible, and grease from a track adjuster can be a real mess. Open the grease fitting on track adjuster. Support the machine off the ground just enough for center bars to clear bottom rollers and no higher. There is a simple and easy trick to do this with little effort.
Although the rubber tracks on skids are relatively small and not terribly heavy, the tall center bars are a slight obstacle in removing and installing the track at the front idler. Rubber tracks on mini excavators are a little different as the steel center bars are made different. Here's a trick I use to remove and install rubber tracks on skid loaders and crawler dumpers.
