Hi KoO,
Looks like some serious surgery to make repairs on the outer bearing housing attachment bolts. You're all to eager for that torch heat. LOL
Looks good:D

yes old magnet, heat is good, i got smart this year and put my portable welder inside the shop and ran a 14 foot exhaust pipe to the wood stove chimmey. talk about warming up the shop, plus doing some nice welds, LOL

now we start the OTHER side, it is not as bad since it didn't get damaged when the cat was dropped, LOL

also it is the spoke idler which is bigger, i got 6 spare solid ones and only one spoke one. that is thrusday project.

i here it is cold in california, not got fro the ladies in their bathing suits, LOL

thansk

well another day on the D6 9U known as THE HOOD. i got the mess all cleaned up and welded properly from the torching the fellow did. but today it was get rid of the bird sh*t welds that were holding the front idler guide tightener thingy inplace plus the front spring placment. so a little air arcing and BYE BYE booger welds and will be putting in the thick plate to cover the mess and give strength. the thickness will raise the front of the cat up some since it has sagged from 50 years of wear and tear. (humans sagg too after 50 years that is why the invented belts and bras, LOL)
one thing that makes these cats winter freighting cats is the leaning front idlers, you only see this in winter frieghting cats because they travel for miles with the blade up and speed is involved. so after 50 year they look knocked kneed. so the quickest and easiest thing to do is cut the track frame and get everything straight and reweld. this spot is the easiest to torch and weld. don't worry about the length, i need the pratice on welding, LOL i never would have thought there would be water in the track frame, but after 3 years under water, water gets into every where.
on friday we weld and weld and weld, that heats up the shop very nicely at -24C.

thansk

PS old magnet, i think i'll move to california because the cats are in better shape just like the ladies. but then again it would make life boring, LOL when you think about it, this cat was under water for 3 years, dropped from a 50 ton crane and is knocked kneed, LOL other then that it is in mint shape, LOl

Hi KoO,
Hey, some of them old California broads have about the same description. LOL
About the pics, first and last one are straight forward but what the hell is the second one with the rasty looking water and piece of angle iron. I don't recognize where your aiming on the D6:o . Wow, new adjuster guide, hard bar pad and major reweld:D
At least you don't have to worry about sagging front spring. Looks like the shops going to be warm for a couple of days.

the angle iron is laying on the top of the track frame where it is the flatest and the longest. instead of cutting the track frame up where there is 2 round pices and have to climb under to weld. this area was the easiest (remember i have one more cat known as the BISMARK to do, he had a blade too. where as the third one known as ROLLER-LESS had no blade or winch. let me know when you are really confused, LOL) on friday i'll post some detailed pictures of the welds.
also i can't believe how much water was inside the track frame.

thansk

today we welded with the 3/16 MANLY rod using the ranger 250. i welded the plate on and then did free hand on the front idler build up. it looks pretty good for not laying out a pattern, LOL

thansk

Weld repairs look good. Why the buildup on the center of the idler????
No wear going on there except at the edge of the flange. What rod are you using for build up?

I was really curios, how do you exhaust the smoke from the stick welding process, those repairs certainly will be strong and I'll bet your glad to get em done, those 9U's ought to serve the kingdom well once they each pass through the un-obsolete processing station, I mean your shop !, but boy I'm worryin about the wear and tear on the King over here, I remember doing a short quick weld repair on one of my trucks shock absorber mounts, using 7018 stick and just small bead or large tack weld, literally smoked the place out in no time.

thansk, old magnet i used 7018 licoln excalibre rods, good rods and not expensive. as for welding the centre of the roller, it doesn't take long and it sure makes it easy for putting the track back on when it pops off. the centre of the roller is very slippery when you are in snow and ice. the cross welds give it traction so the track climbs back on.

billy, we open the shop doors and a little vent door. with the welder running (exhaust piped to the wood stove) the shop gets very hoot, so door open airs it out. i will only weld like this a couple of time in the winter, other then that it is all down outside.

thansk

here is what i did today and everything is nice and tight and even straight, LOL

thansk