Hey guys, I have a late model d7e (48axxx) and I had a front bearing (I believe) bust out on me in the front idler. I do have a post up on acmoc regarding it http://www.acmoc.org/bb/showthread.php?25398-D7E-Front-Idler-Issues Anyways I have taken apart a few things and Im trying to see if I can replace the bearing without splitting the track. I have it to this point And I cant seem to budge that "block" that is around the shaft. Im just looking for clarification if I may be able to remove that block, and replace whatever is broken at the point I am at now, or if I would still need to split the tracks. I dont have anything taken apart on the inside of the idler either, just on the outside. Any help or advice is appreciated!
You will have to split the tracks that block is pressed on and not sure but that idler could have bushings in also.
Not what I wanted to hear, but at least I know which direction I am heading in now haha, thank you sir!
Second that. You need to split the tracks and remove the idler as a complete assembly before you can start to disassemble it.
Yair . . . Preppypyro. The folks over at ACMOC set you pretty straight on this one. It won't be any different here . . . things are what they are. You should not need to remove the "C" frame but it must be chained up and made safe. Cheers.
If nobody mentioned it there's a tapered pin that locks that block on, goes in the hole on one side, has a bolt to draw it tight on the other end. But yeah, you gotta take the idler out to do that job.