Bobcat E50 excavator tracks come off

[jackrussell101]

Hi all,

Just hired one for the weekend to dig some tree stumps out in a wood and typical I've just gone and knocked a track off when driving over one...

How do you get them back on? They're rubber tracks, I assume you use the digger boom as the jack to lift it up? Is there anything you have to do on the machine?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[del_boy]

On the side of the track carriage usually in through a hole covered by a plate you'll see the track tensioner, not sure on your model but most are tensioned with grease through the nipple, take the nipple out or the bleed screw to take the pressure off, get a bar and pry the track back on then pump some grease back in to re tension

 

[clbarclay]

If you have a blade then lifting the digger up on the blade and boom works.

When retensioning, with the track lifted clear of the ground, the track should end up hanging down about 3" under the middle most roller.