LOVE IT! Absolutely love it! When you're out on the farm, going to town for a tool or part or whatever just isn't always an option and your pin press was an awesome display of ingenuity and creativity! And the ol Texas Tig with the gap on the washer welding was great lol! Awesome video, Frank! What a way to come back from a little youtube break! Thanks for posting! Looking forward to part 2!

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It’s good when things actually work out, they don’t always. Appreciate you watching and commenting, hopefully pt 2 will be out soon.

Nothing like having the right tool for the job! Good work!

Nice job Frank. You came up with a better plan than anything I had dreamed up when we considered changing that seal.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Wait for part 2, it gets better, or worse 😂

I built my self a pin pusher about a month ago not exactly the same but works really well. When working by yourself you’ve got to be creative. Great video.

Great video Frank! You're a very talented fabricator/designer of specialty tools for heavy equipment AND a fantastic operator too! Looking forward to part 2....Work safe. Doug@ the "ranch"

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Pt 2 is in the works.

Good Afternoon Frank, Thank you for the video!! It’s nice to see some shop work!! Take care and catch you next time 👍😎🇬🇧.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Good evening Wayne, thank you for watching! 😎👍🇺🇸

Really neat watching you fabricate that little spacer and then methodically going after the pin. Well done. Not only was Roxy sweeping the floor with her tail for you, she was clearly trying to show you where you should put your jack and press. What a dog! Looking forward to Part II.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks ! Roxie is smarter than the people she watches over for sure. Pt 2 is in the works.

Persistence is the key, great job!

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Too stubborn to say quit, too broke to hire a professional. Thanks!

Another day on the farm, improvise and overcome ! 😊 Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@scruffy6151

4 жыл бұрын

So true.

Great work Frank, cannot wait for part 2 have a good day.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It’s in the works.

A job well done. Thank you for the great video.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Frank I greatly respect your patience....I would have already lost my mind 🤦‍♂️😂

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

The beauty of editing! Lost my mind years ago 😂. Appreciate you watching.

Love the video Frank your very good worker .

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

I just did this job on an International TD7E dozer. It was my first experience. The master pin had a small hole on one end and a large one on the other. I used a 4 lb. one handed sledge and a torch. When I drove on the small hole end from the outside, nothing happened. I then moved the master to a position low and in front and worked under the blade. Driving on the large hole end (and also using heat) from the inside moved it right out. (Block up the blade for safety.) I froze the pin for re-installation, hit the small hole end to drive from the outside, and it went in really easy. The service manual doesn't say, but it seems like that pin was designed to move in only one direction. I wish now I had filmed it as there don't seem to be many videos on low-tech removal of a master pin. Great job designing your tool. I may try to build one myself.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

The press is easier in my opinion. If I’m not mistaken the td7 has a smaller pitch chain, it still sucks hammering the pins out. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for showing the importance of keeping the driving tool in the tracks. I have seen big tracks come flying and that is scary business. I have to pick on you a little about leaving those calipers on the bench when cutting😁

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

They ca get ya for sure! Yeah I’m bad about getting wrapped up in what I’m doing and forget the important stuff, my calipers have had a rough life. Thanks for watching friend.

Nothing quite like a good dose of brute force and determination

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir!

yes sometimes you got to make do with what you have great job sir well done still looking for bottom track rollers for my 500c

Great job 👍🇦🇺

Well done all the way around no broken bones or blood running out of your body at a high rate, that my friend is a good day. I hope all is going good for you and the family and more work than you can keep up to.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Very true! All is well, and the machine is running. Can’t ask for much more than that.

great video as always

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I admire the torch work. Things wouldn't be much fun if we already had a ready-made tool for everything.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of fun! Thanks for watching.

Fantastic creative machining on the go! But I was ready to take the torch to the track by the third time you put your press back on!! But you stayed the course!! Waiting on Part Deux

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the torch was next! Thanks for watching.

Nice work Digginok

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thank ya sir!

Necessity is the mother of all invention. Nice engineering. It pays to be smarter than dirt.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it works out! Thanks for watching!

Great job frank and great tooling also, be careful around those heavy parts mate

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I couldn't do that without cussing a little, I respect your determination and skill.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Magic of editing! 😂

Nice fabrication of the tool. When I did track work years ago I learned to wrap the whole track with a chain and a chain binder to keep the teack from unwrapping itself, and set the binder (screw type) about halfway so you can get some slack or tighten it or at least control it to keep from getting hurt. Just an idea, heavy equipment will kill you in a minute if you aren't careful, lol I worked with a few 9 fingered guys! Looking forward to part two.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim! Sometimes I get it right, so far I’m still hangin with 10.

Dozer Dozer Dozer Dozer Dozer Dozer Dozer Dozer Dozer Dozer Dozer 😂 Love it Sir I really wish I could be there to help out looks like fun 😂 Keep them coming thanks

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Wish you were here to help too!

That's always fun good vid man lay in there

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks friend! Lay in there

@MSLLOGGING

4 жыл бұрын

@@Digginok 👍👍

Much easier way t I get at pony wheel without having to split track. With some blocks under the frame attached to the blade and lift the front of the dozer so the front of the track is off the ground. Take out the grease fittings for the tensioner and with a piece of wood between the blade and the pony wheel and angle the blade to push the pony wheel all the way back until all the grease is pushed out. The track will be fully slack. I used a tractor with a bucket and attached a chain to the track in 2 places and attached it to the bucket as low as you can get. Slowly raise the track and the attach a come a long to the front of the track to bring it forward coordinating with raising the bucket. When it gets high enough back your tractor back until the track comes off the pony wheel about a foot. You may have to pry up on the track to get it over the lip of the pony wheel. You can now pull the pony wheel forward to get at the rod that has the neoprene seal. Put the new seal in place making sure that grooved part is facing towards the grease fitting end. Reverse the process to get the track back in place. You can use another come a long to help pull the track back in place. Replace the grease fittings and replace the grease. Very important to pump grease into each fitting alternating between between the 2 to make sure grease is placed equally on each side of the seal. Keep going back and forth until you get the track tension where you need it. I have a td7e and fixed both tracks this way by myself at a cost of 20 bucks for the seal.

Wish I had a press to push those pins out. I've beat on a few in my days. Bought a JD highlift and the under carriage was a mess. Replaced the sprockets, rollers, chains and carriers. The rails were a mess and had to do lots of welding to get them salvageable to use. The only thing I kept was the pads but got all new bolts. After that was a good machine but then had to tackle the final drives. Wish I still had it. I'd would rather have the smaller machines like those, plenty of work for them and get in places that are tight, don't need big stuff to move them and you can get them in a small shop to work on them.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Lot of hard work sounds like! I enjoy working on them, and I hate swinging a sledge more than I have to. Thanks for watching.

I just did the adjuster seals on my Case 550e so much better design, no need to split track 6 bolts and it was out. Took less than 30 minutes to do it all!

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Dang it! Should have bought a Case. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Very Nice Indeed !! Looking Forward To Part 2 7018 Thumbs Up

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hi Frank, The best way to get those master pins out is rotate the track to where you can get a good swing position with a sledge hammer. Then get a good sized "C" clamp and put a good squeeze on the track link to keep it from separating while you are hammering on the pin. Heat up the pin bosses just a little to allow you to drive the pin out half way with a sledge (8 lb. minimum) and a pin hammer. Once the pin is half way out, cut it in half to break the track chain apart. I came up with this procedure on my own after much blood sweat and tears. It works and new master pins don't cost that much.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

My dad and I have hammered a few out, I’m not a fan of sledge hammers. I’ll keep your method In mind though, appreciate you watching and commenting.

@davidmorse8432

4 жыл бұрын

@@Digginok You're welcome! I just repaired the track adjuster on my JD 550G last week. Those rails had a split master link. That is a wonderful invention indeed. They come standard equipment with sealed and lubricated rails.

@desfunslow762

4 жыл бұрын

12lb sledge and a pin punch does take 2 people done it this way for years on dozers up to td 25s

@davidmorse8432

4 жыл бұрын

@@desfunslow762 Yes, two people, one very trusting. Did you ever try the, "cut the pin in half method"?

a whole lot handier with that torch than what most folks is also!!!!!!

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice dozer

@Digginok

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Awesome press I like it ! ; Can you turn the jack bottle so the pump handle is vertical ? Gotta like it when a plan comes together ,I`ve heard them sound like a shotgun when they let go I`ve ran lotsa cats JD 40 - 450 JD up to a D9T , Ps when you rolled in the shop looking at the wishbone reminded me of the time in 35 below zero welding them in the bush we were skidding giant Fir on a blowdown area .

@Digginok

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You have to keep the pump under the oil, it would work better with a good sized portopower ram. Don’t think I could handle 35 below!!! Appreciate you watching

Hi Frank. Glad you purchased an TD8E. I have one and by watching your videos I'll be better prepared to make needed repairs. I'm curious about the press you made. What size hydraulic jack (tons) did you use? Would you have preferred a smaller/bigger one? What size all thread did you use? Thanks for the videos.

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that! Glad you are getting some good out of the videos. Here is a video on the press, good timing with your comment! Homemade track press kzread.info/dash/bejne/rGV7o9Oyqsiefto.html

looks like one of my operations

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Just bought a dozer like this with track problems. gonna make me a press tool like that what kind of rod were you using for that?

@Digginok

3 жыл бұрын

This is called coil thread rod. It is 1 inch. I bought mine at Maxwell supply. They are a concrete supply company.

@JakeNBake

3 жыл бұрын

@@Digginok hey thanks for reply can't wait to run this dozer

All welds on that pin press were 100% xray and passed, correct?😁 That looks like a clean little machine!

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

I trust my welds more than the Chinese jack I’m using. 😂. Thanks for watching

Nice work Frank. Was that 6010?

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and yes.

Nice job Frank! Not fun i replaced my track adjuster on my dozer & excavator.. Thanks

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Not fun at all, pt 2 is worse. Thanks for watching!

Frankly sir, I don’t give a damn... that it took a little while for you to put this together. It was entirely worth the wait. I enjoyed the pin press build as much as the pin extraction battle... mighty clever. Watching Roxey nosing around... you didn’t happen to accidentally wear your fried chicken eating gloves to work.... did you?

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Always just let the grease out take the excavator or backhoe and roll it of with a chain usually about a 45-minute job doing like that

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

My backhoe was out on a job too far to make it worth the trip. Seems like that might take a bit of skill to roll them back on.

@southerndirt9589

4 жыл бұрын

It's not bad take backhoe bucket and push the track as far as you can aver the idler get on the dozer and walk the track forwards and it will fall right on

Frank, I want my hat lol!!!! Great video you goddamn genius👍

@Digginok

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Email me, cunningham2442@gmail.com

No zipper on that track.......ohoh

where did you get your engine side covers?

@Digginok

3 жыл бұрын

They came with the dozer. I think broken tractor on line sell them

@chipps1066

3 жыл бұрын

@@Digginok Thanks !

You don't have the break the track to pull the track adjuster

Border collie?

@Digginok

Жыл бұрын

Yep, #farmboss