I worked on mini excavators for years, (up to 12 ton CASE) hardest part was putting tracks on when someone knocked them off and you had very limited access- a four foot wide machine in a four foot six passage about 1.5 meters in 1.6 meter (not as bad as having track off in a river though) Making pins and bushings was almost everyday occurrence, making new rods for hydraulic cylinders at least once a month. One of the shop guys even made new blades and buckets (almost as crude as the PK Trucks vids, at least we had a 100 ton press when needed) I even made a set of pins that would have cost over £1200 from manufacturer, EN8 steel bar and machining was around £200 (long time ago when EN steels were more common than BSI or ANSI
I worked on mini excavators for years, (up to 12 ton CASE) hardest part was putting tracks on when someone knocked them off and you had very limited access- a four foot wide machine in a four foot six passage about 1.5 meters in 1.6 meter (not as bad as having track off in a river though)
Making pins and bushings was almost everyday occurrence, making new rods for hydraulic cylinders at least once a month.
One of the shop guys even made new blades and buckets (almost as crude as the PK Trucks vids, at least we had a 100 ton press when needed)
I even made a set of pins that would have cost over £1200 from manufacturer, EN8 steel bar and machining was around £200 (long time ago when EN steels were more common than BSI or ANSI
Thank you for sharing you experience!
Excellent repair..
Thank you sir!
Very interesting. Thanks. Nice work sir
Thank you sir!
Good job. Wel done.
Thank you very much!
Build a line boring and welding machine.....
How hard can it be..??
It takes time but it can be a future project. Thank you Ken for your suggestion!