Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Appraising A Used Dozer: An Earthmover & Civil Contractor Special Feature
Appraising A Used Dozer: An Earthmover & Civil Contractor Special Feature
Appraising A Used Dozer: An Earthmover & Civil Contractor Special Feature
Sprockets are very difficult to assess, The idlers are out of the track frames
and the wear material on top of the Problem solved: Springs, etc gone and
as when they are worn away there are new wear part fitted to the idler
no real reference points to check with. track frames is okay. However, the
wear part inside the frames which the support arrangement. This can now
Some manufacturers make templates mesh with the new wear part on the
which you can hold next to the idler supports hook under is virtually
non-existent. track frames.
sprocket to tell you how worn they are.
This sprocket is worn, teeth are sharp
and the valley between the teeth is too
wide and deep. It will run out of sync
with good chains and cause adverse
bush wear. Note that we’ve touched up
this photo to make the worn teeth
easier to see.
Our pointer is indicating the excessive
wear in the idler support wear part, Uh-oh! The idlers are way past their
referred to in the previous photograph. allowable limit. We didn’t need to
measure to know this. Just for the
record, this is how you measure wear
on the track idler: Check both sides
and take the most worn reading. You
can have the idlers built up with weld.
However, our opinion is that in most
cases it pays to buy new idler shells.
You will have to make your own
assessment, depending on your make
This sprocket is new, the teeth are full and model.
and chunky and the valley between the
teeth is not too deep. Note one of the Now here’s the fix: new wear part Step-by-step appraisal
new carrier rollers now fitted. welded in place (indicated by pointer).