HD11 tracks too tight?
Printed From: Unofficial Allis
Category: Allis Chalmers
Forum Name: Construction and other equipment
Forum Description: everything else with orange (or yellow) paint
URL: https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=122986
Printed Date: 31 Oct 2025 at 12:49am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.10 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: HD11 tracks too tight?
Posted By: Ferdinand
Subject: HD11 tracks too tight?
Date Posted: 07 May 2016 at 11:21am
Just wondering if these tracks are too tight. Seems every dozer I've seen had a little bit of slack. |
Replies:
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 07 May 2016 at 1:16pm
| Need a little droop in them or they wear faster.Those are too tight in my opinion. |
Posted By: Lee Bradley
Date Posted: 07 May 2016 at 1:52pm
| Hard telling without the tractor moving; it may have been backed into there and all the slack is on the bottom. |
Posted By: Ferdinand
Date Posted: 07 May 2016 at 11:07pm
| Thanks. I know there's a specification on the amount of slack but, a trained eye can do just as well sometimes. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 08 May 2016 at 5:28am
| Also, check the number of links in the track. a common "farmer fix" is to cut a link out of a too loose track. You need to count the # of links, find the specification, and check. If a link is cut out, count on a new set of chains, and possibly a lot else worn out... |