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   dieselpig | Jul 04, 2005 05:39am | #1

   I can't offer any help in getting it back on... but I can offer my sympathy.  Mini-X's are a total blast.  You probably had a sweet little weekend planned for that bad boy.  Bummer.

   Looks like there's nothing left to do but have a few cold ones and set the back yard on fire with some fireworks.  :)

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   Hangnails | Jul 04, 2005 05:54am | #2

   Hey dieselpig,

   Grim indeed.  But I still have the CAT 225 skidsteer to practice balancing on the front two tires for the weekend.  I know, totally irresponsible.  I guess I'll use the down time to start a thread on my basement project.  Pictures to follow.

   Rob

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   dieselpig | Jul 04, 2005 06:11am | #3

   It's only irresponsible if the kids are watching. 

   ;)

   All kidding aside.... be safe... but definitely have some fun while you're at it.

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   Sphere | Jul 04, 2005 06:27am | #4

   deflate the tires and reinflate.

     Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Iffin ya cain't spell it, don't eat it

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   Hangnails | Jul 04, 2005 06:38am | #5

   Those must be the auxillary tires that were optional!

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   Sphere | Jul 04, 2005 06:44am | #6

   Last Bobcat here had tracks that fit over the tires as an add on..sorry for the cornfusion.  Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Iffin ya cain't spell it, don't eat it

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   Hangnails | Jul 04, 2005 06:51am | #7

   Yeah, I've seen those.  Just giving you a hard time :)

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   Sphere | Jul 04, 2005 06:56am | #8

   ok..slowwitted 2nite.  Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Iffin ya cain't spell it, don't eat it

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   Dinosaur | Jul 04, 2005 08:27am | #9

   I assume we're talking rubber track here, not steel?

   If that's the case, you might be able to drive it back on.

   Get it on the freewheel end completely, then slip the other end on the drive wheel as far as possible so that when the drive wheel turns it'll tend to stretch and pull the track onto itself. Start 'er up and go reeeeeel slow. (Oh, yeah: jack up that side off the ground so she doesn't move while you do this....)

   Dinosaur

   A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...

   

   But it is not this day.

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   zak | Jul 04, 2005 08:30am | #10

   I've dealt with this a number of times, but i've always used kubotas. the procedure is probably the same: there is a cover that unbolts right in the middle of the track. Underneath the cover is a grease fitting that can be taken out to relieve the pressure holding the front track guide out.
   Once you push that guide in as far as it will go, you can use a rock bar, crow bar, or shovel handle to push the track back over the wheels while running the track motor back and forth. Kind of a two person operation. it's not real easy to get those things back on.
   Once it's on, put the grease fitting back on, plug a grease gun onto the zirc, and fill it until the track tension is about the same as the other side.
   Hopefully your excavator is the same, and i've helped you some.
   Zak Steigmeyer

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   Hangnails | Jul 04, 2005 05:48pm | #11

   Thanks a lot, there is a plate and grease fitting.   I'll try fiddling with that.

    

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   GregWerner | Jul 04, 2005 06:01pm | #12

   Zak has the same answer I was going to give. Don't know about mini's but thats how you fix the big ones. Good luck to ya.Greg Werner- Werner Building & Remodeling

   Huntingdon PA