955C Flip Bushings and Pins

Shawn, a lot of places are charging nearly as much as what you can buy a new set of rails for on the smaller size tractors. That should be the D4 size undercarriage on the 955C where the 955E was on the D6 size. I don't remember the S/N cutoff.

Shawn, a lot of places are charging nearly as much as what you can buy a new set of rails for on the smaller size tractors. That should be the D4 size undercarriage on the 955C where the 955E was on the D6 size. I don't remember the S/N cutoff.

Sounds like I may just simply want to take a pad off and tighten it up that way. I'm guessing at this point I'm just using it until it stops working. Out of curiosity, if I do take a pad off to Tighten the track how long could I expect her to limp along (assuming decently worn sprocket and machine in general)? 50-100 hours?

Got no way of telling without measurements. It would have to be pretty bad to only last 100 hrs.

OM ,
what measurements will give me the best idea of how much track percentage I have left on the 955? Are we talking about the bushing diameter or measure from center to center of 5 pins?

A combination of the 5-pin dimensions, rail height, a picture of the sprockets and position of front idlers would give a pretty good indication.

A combination of the 5-pin dimensions, rail height, a picture of the sprockets and position of front idlers would give a pretty good indication.

The down side to taking a link out and running to destruction, is the out of pitch track will wear out the sprockets must faster. This may be OK if the machine is toast when the tracks are done but if you do plan on putting new rails on it in the future, it may be best to do it now if your sprockets are still in good shape.

A fellow ACMOC member we all know paid about $2500 to have pins turned on a D8 - and he delivered the reactor to the shop.