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Inspection Reports and Test Evidence Explained

A hardness number without the scale, an impact report without the test temperature, a salt-spray result quoted in hours as if it predicted years — all of these look like...

Inspection Reports and Test Evidence Explained

A hardness number without the scale, an impact report without the test temperature, a salt-spray result quoted in hours as if it predicted years — all of these look like...

How to Inspect and Accept Undercarriage Parts

Quality is decided before the parts ship, not after they fail. A dimensional report, a material certificate and a first-article inspection are the three documents that turn a supplier claim...

How to Inspect and Accept Undercarriage Parts

Quality is decided before the parts ship, not after they fail. A dimensional report, a material certificate and a first-article inspection are the three documents that turn a supplier claim...

Machine-Specific Undercarriage Problems and Fixes

Some undercarriage failures are specific to a machine or a brand: a track tensioner that leaks on one model, a recoil spring that wears differently on another, a track frame...

Machine-Specific Undercarriage Problems and Fixes

Some undercarriage failures are specific to a machine or a brand: a track tensioner that leaks on one model, a recoil spring that wears differently on another, a track frame...

Undercarriage Parts by Machine and Brand

The same 300 mm rubber track is not the same part on a Bobcat and a Kubota, and a Komatsu carrier roller is not a Hitachi carrier roller. This page...

Undercarriage Parts by Machine and Brand

The same 300 mm rubber track is not the same part on a Bobcat and a Kubota, and a Komatsu carrier roller is not a Hitachi carrier roller. This page...

Sprocket Wear and Replacement: What Ruins a Dri...

Sprocket wear is measured at the tooth pocket, and it accelerates sharply once a chain starts riding high. A worn sprocket destroys a new chain within weeks, so the two...

Sprocket Wear and Replacement: What Ruins a Dri...

Sprocket wear is measured at the tooth pocket, and it accelerates sharply once a chain starts riding high. A worn sprocket destroys a new chain within weeks, so the two...

Excavator Sprockets: How to Choose and Match Them

A sprocket is matched to the chain pitch and the machine, and it is the one undercarriage part that wears fastest when the chain is loose. Tooth count, pitch and...

Excavator Sprockets: How to Choose and Match Them

A sprocket is matched to the chain pitch and the machine, and it is the one undercarriage part that wears fastest when the chain is loose. Tooth count, pitch and...