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1 year 8 months ago #246599
by Jdz
I am getting ready to replace the track chain on my excavator and was hoping to replace it with a split link master link, to avoid the fun of beating the pins in but I was told by the salesman that they only use the split link masters in dozers and not excavators. I can’t think of any good reason why. Does anyone out there know why they don’t use split links on excavators?
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1 year 8 months ago #246603
by Wombat
As Rome says, an excavator puts different pressure and stresses on tracks compared to a tractor, as a result the split links don't cope well. There is not a lot of pounding pins from my experience, the interference fit is not that big and many excavator master pins also have locking pins to make the fitment easier.
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