- Inspect the tracks and components regularly and listen to them work – high pitched noises/squealing indicate wear points.
- Check the tension of the tracks chains as per the manufacturer’s guide. Loose tracks mean exacerbated wear. crawler undercarriage. Adjust as needed.
- Clean the undercarriage to remove dirt, debris, and other contaminants especially around the sprocket and idler areas. Packing of debris will act like an angle grinder!
- Check track shoe,final drive,roller and sprocket bolts and nuts as per the service requirements laid out in the machine operating manual. A loose bolt will cause elongation and expensive damage.
- Feel for heat spots in track rollers and idler centres – these indicate loss of lubricant and imminent failure.
※※※Keep in mind that part numbers change, check with one of our professionals to verify part numbers and locate the correct part for your machine, part numbers used are for reference only and do not imply that these are parts produced by the original equipment manufacturer.※※※