Mike I just break the tracks at the door of my shop. I have plywood planks I lay under them too. Does not mess the surface of my floor up. I then just drive the dozer forward on the tracks laying on the floor. When going back together I take a chain and make a loop from the front of the track back to the rear sprocket. I hook the loop over a tooth on the rear sprocket. I then back the dozer up on the track. You have to stop and shorten the chain as you back up. I hook a chain binder to hold tension on the top track as I shorten the chain. I have a JD 650H and a JD 850J so I can not man handle the tracks on it much. LOL Too old. Old trick on those flat surface sealing plugs. Take a 2 Lb. hammer and hit them dead square on the face before even trying to get them lose. One good hard hit. They will then come lose real easy. That way you do not round out the hole. Is your over head crane air powered??? It sounded like it when your using it.

10:51 dirt got in his face and he did that phffff. So relateable😂😂

'Have fun with yourself' ROTFL! That was killer 😂

Nice having help, it makes the time and work go faster. Good job done!

Captain Kleeman would make a fantastic Hand model, he did a great job showing us the old sprocket!😀😀😀

hahaha "Have fun with yourself" that is priceless lol

Good too see the humour in this makes for the job to go easier than being serious all the time, good to see your co-worker take it in jest as it was meant this is what makes your videos great to watch.

Mike, it's always good to see an owner that takes care of maintains his equipment!!I worked for a guy that would only fix something after it broke.He had a JD 450 shovel dozer that the tracks were so bad they fell off a couple times a day, and we would have to put them back on. Until he was running it one day, the next day he had someone come in and replace all the rollers, pins & bushings.

Spinning the tracks and not going anywhere. You're trying to kill me with laughing. Another fine mess you have overcome. Yep another great video, many thanks.

Mike, you sure know how to have fun working on the D4G Cat. You grin and giggle a lot which makes the job go faster.

another great video Dirt perfect make it look so easy

Man you got great friends, lucky. 👍👍🇨🇦🐕❤️

Awesome job on fixing it thanks for sharing that was funny when you missed up on the opening

Good fix Mike.. I replaced all of them on my Dozer last year!

Yours looked more secure but just went last week for stitches from some heavy steel balanced on a floor jack ! Even small crawler under carriage parts are stupid heavy ! Watched some track company employees put segments , rails ,and shoes on our old D9 with a skid steer and a big jack (they didn't pressure wash it) minimal tools but lots of experience,made it look easy ! Good friends make for light work!! Thanks for the video!

OMG. Me and my wife are both laughing at me. I'm watching your video and where you said "Where is this track getting stuck?" I'm wearing my headphones and pointed at my iPad and said "right there " out loud. My wife died out laughing at me.

Nice work,thanks for the show it was helpful

I know who to in touch with when my jd needs working on!!

Nice work on the rollers. I got a tour of a shop for a large construction company when I lived in Tucson AZ and the had a D9 on Cat jackstands with the undercarrige out of it. That was impressive to see. There were 4 bays with rail road rail imbeded in the concrete to drive crawler equipment in the shop without damaging the floor. I have also seen shops have a 5 and 10 ton bridge cranes that run the full length of the bays for lifting.

Haha, y’all work good together, I mean your great at holding the camera, and he does great on the work side of things!! 😉😉😆👍 Love the vid as always !👍👍

@Dirt Perfect You are on the way to becoming youtube famous! Keep up the entertaining and interesting videos!

He knows how to do more than just spreading rock! (Sounds like he might also know a few stories that you might not want to get out... too!) Had to grin... got the part on.... holding it in place perfectly... where’s the bolts? Was building a treehouse this summer... 50% of the ladder trips were to get what I forgot to bring. Was lucky enough to have my wife hand me up something a total of one time! Enjoyed watching you two work together.

That was awesome......learned a bit.

another great vid!

Isn't anything like a little comradery to make a project more fun, great job!

Not too many times but a lot of other dirty grease muddy equipment. A hot 4000 psi pressure washer does the job with some effort. When working around bearings and close clearance parts as well as just seeing cracks and flaws it is so worth it. Not too mention how much easier it is to unthread parts. We also used a steam cleaner in years gone by. A cleaner machine also runs cooler and shows up leaks before catastrophic failure. Etc. Etc. Well worth doing. Take care. Doug

Love the video on that job .

Next time you need to remove that track, you could make a block of wood that spans that strut to hold the track up and away from it. With all your experience working in the dirt and rocks in the shop, you are ready to tackle field repairs. Just add mud to make it lots of fun.

Nice shop I am a heavy equipment mechanic love your videos

Jerry will be glad have his girl back with a better ride

when all you want to go do is chill with the crew. ya out of left field time to keep working. great vid

I really like your over head crane , you were really thinking when you built your shop.

Very interesting video. It was perfect, dirtperfect

Need to get you some of them new fangled ratcheting box wrenches driver. I sold my house last year and got the starter set from snap on. Don’t keep me as dry in the rain but man I’ll tell you what they come in handy

You gotta have him.on more. Hes hilarious

Dirt Perfect video Mike! Great camera angles, multiple views, funny commentary, and some creative engineering rigging. I wish you guys would consider some safety glasses, especially under the machine work over your head with all that loose "dirt"....lol I'm impressed with your methods doing heavy equipment repair. Work SAFE Doug@ the "ranch"

Here hold my beer!

You can also lay the track flat and push it under with skid steer, most of the way ,,,,I have also used the blade and power of its self to put them on ,

Having worked on FireFighting Equipment during my wrench bending days... I'm used to working on clean rigs. And I realizing that my compadres that work on Dirt Equipment are a unique breed. And I realize out in the field a Dirt Mechanics got to deal with DIRT... BUT dog gone it, don't yea all at least have a fire hose and nozzle to clean that dozer???

Watch it your enthusiasm is catching!!!!

You got all the good out of it that's for sure

Don't miss dealing with track undercarriages. Do miss running the machines!! Another great video sir!!!

Fun video Mike’s lol

Lesson of the day folks. Sleep helps you not look goofy. Lol God bless

Got another equipment auction coming to town next month .. Gona try and snag a dozer !!

I would have pressure washed the heck out of this thing if I had a pressure washer.

Put a chain on like you had it, then hook it to the sprocket, it will pull the track right back on. We use to do that on the D-11s we used to move in the coal mines. Good video Mike!

Best thing to do with those final plug or any of those oring boss plugs so they don’t strip the hex is give them a couple of good hit with a hammer. They come right out.

That was exhausting ;-)

next time somebody crys about dozer cost show them this video along with cost of parts my rule of thumb ten hrs in seat one hr with wrenchs sooner or later they need attention use anti sieze on everything especially those gator link bolts recheck torque on segements and gator link bolts after day or two running nice hoist good video

I keep thinking "hope that jack and stands dont fail"...

headlights dry them and make sure the gasket is seated properly no need to drill a weep hole. headlight restore kit ( that I used ) last about 1 year before redoing, have not tried a UV protectant clear-coat on them still don't want to replace a $125 headlight assembly if that wrecks it.

I'm curious about the track tension adjustment on a CAT. My Deere 450 calls for 2 inches slack/sag measured with straight edge across top of idler and top roller.

You sounded as excited to do that as I am to thatch the front and remove the moss that started growing.

Fog problems on car lights use toothpaste a spung and warm water works great and it's cheaper money wise😊

Great job boys and afew laughs while doing a dirty job. *****

Wow ! Someone actually uses Never-Seize besides me ? Crazy world. Thumbs up.

There always a ton of fix it work. No matter what equipment companies you own.

Doesn’t matter how you did it. Ya got the job done 👍

How about pressure washing after each job, would that save those rollers and sprockets?

Now that you got er all fixed up I'll give you $7500 for it! LOL Soon as I sell my old Gehl skid steer. ;) Great video, you guys made a crappy job fun, makes the day go faster. Loved it.

The way to take care of foggy headlights. Get the 3M kit use as directed with the exception of.use a lot of water. After they are clean get a spray can of 3M clear coat for plastic. Make sure you get the one with UV protection. Clean headlights with denatured alcohol. Then spray on 2 to 3 coats. Will last for years. God bless

You got it there super socket operator good for another 5000 hours 😂

Nice job, retired heavy equipment mechanic here

try rubbing compound on your head lights

Don’t leave Capt by himself, I’m not sure he knows which end of the bolt the nut goes on..

If you want your machines to last any length of time, you really shouldn't let dirt accumulate like that. Accumulated dirt holds moisture against the surface, and I don't think I need to tell you how that might be a bad thing. At the very least, you should pressure-wash them before you start wrenching. If you're working on it, it's down anyways, so you might as well wash it. It takes all of 5 minutes.

not sure if this was a repair video or a comedy skit. cool vid

You guys had way too much fun, but successful 😁

I've got a guy with a TD7 with a leaking roller. His has full rock guards and probably cross bolts. I may use a torch and a welder since it's just one roller. Snip, snip. Weld, weld.

Welcome to my world!

people who design all our machine, never seem to make any effort to make them easier to work on!

We did that in the desert 100 plus degrees. Boy that wasn't pleasant at all. I miss the Marines I could do it all over again.

Little trick on them plugs ,hit them with hammer first be for you take them out ,them black the out slow ,cause finnal drive sometimes build presser in them

When get the track to the point where you used a prybar I just grab it and flop it over then drag it out with a winch

I think you guys said MSG - Mono Sodium Glutamate - used to be a chines food supplement years ago.

How's those asphalt millings holding up?

You better have watched that video "shake hands with danger"......

Crow foot wrench hooked to the impact. Easy.

Gotta wonder why the first step in any overhaul of most anything isn't a thorough pressure washing?? Take care. Doug

Good job I hate just watching I wish I was there helping you

If you will clean the headlights then polish them real good with some good wax thay will look alot better.

***Tip number 69 next time lay the bottom track close to the ground laid it out on the ground once you first un hookit spray a mark on it and the ground like a line how they mark tires for parking tickets so then you know exactly where to pull so the line match's up with the line. So you can start curling the other way to line it up and lock it in place. This saves a lot of guess work my friend, but good job keep up the good work stay blessed. Check me out on Instagram @joeyturnerdetails I do cool stuff to condemned houses thanks.***

MSG= Maximum slappy grab!!

MSG mono sodium glutomate

That is not a cheater pipe it is a wrench extension lol.

Why aren't you guys torquing those bolts for the rollers?

MSG - menstrual systems good? My sinces good? Men seem grumpy? Move signs greats?

Looks like you need a full time roller there to fix the driveway every time you got to track something in

socket spregments - say it right. IT's called a 'spoonerism' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism. and MORE double entendres - don't stop on my account.

23:40. Your fan count has drastically increased!

I have an idea next time you have a shop manager shop with a back up horn why don’t you unplug it while you have it in the shop that way you won’t have to listen to it.

11 people gave 👎🏻 11 people don’t like Dad jokes.

Always enjoy your videos. You can take the dirtiest, shitiest job and have fun with it.

seems strange to see a dozer like that without an enclosed cab like we have here in Canada

Hey Mike

The roller will probably come loose because you did not remove the paint from the roller and the rust from the track frame. From a qualified caterpillar undercarriage specialist.

If you washed it. It wouldn’t be dirt perfect 👌.

Mr. Dirt you have a pressure washer?? trust me the sprockets and roller bolts are encrusted with dirt and grime and makes your task harder than it should be.

You probably should have pressured washed that machine B-4 you pulled it into the shop. Would have been much easier and cleaner working on her!