I have a 2011 case 650L dozer and I am replacing one of the pins due to master Link breaking from hitting a rock... The new pin is lubricating and it came with a plug. Guy at dealer had no idea what to do. Does anyone have experience with these? He said probably just pour oil in pin and put plug. Is that correct? Is so type of oil?
Does the new pin look like the old broken one?
Yup I got it from the dealer exactly the same
With cat salt track you pulled a vacuum on pin and injected a amount of oil listed for that size of track cats have a rubber plug you put in first and a nylon plug you put in to seal it after the oil charge
That's interesting they did give me a rubber plug. The tracks are in decent shape but I don't think any are holding oil anymore. I have no way to pull a vacuum do you packing grease in is a bad idea? I figured it might hold dirt if any gets in?
I think If I were you I would move the tractor to the end of track opposite the end of the master pin you are replacing tilt track up as far as you can shot the pin around 1/2 full of oil with a oil can and put the plug in I think I would use 90 wt
Yeah thought about that too i think ill do that!
Hopefully not broken though...... * You did say exactly .
Also anyone have experience with aftermarket chains? When the time comes dealer wants over 8k per chain aftermarket is 1600. Will the oem really last 5 times as long??
I'm making a 50 ton press dealers wanted over 2k to come out and do a field service I said no way the new master link was $1100 lol
There are good after market brands that will last just as long as any oem .
Not a chance they’ll last 5 times as much in my experience.You’ll be lucky if they last 30% longer on a small dozer like yours
Which ones?
Berco for starters , I'll check the other brand I have when I can . Anyone quoting 8000 a side is a crook .
ITM is pretty good, DMC is about half the cost and they make some nice stuff.
The Case dealer I called said they couldn't get Berco
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Last time I priced berco it was more than what cat wanted.
I saw a NZ add for Berco stating "genuine Berco " , comes with being good , it gets copied . Price my son got for D4 chains from the cat agency for his 7U were over 2000 while local guy after market of not mentioned brand was 1800 a side NZ dollar @ .60 us$. Seeing a price of 8000 a side in US$ is pretty bad .
I'd suspect one price is just for chains and the other price is for the complete undercarriage, sprocket, rollers, idler, top carrier and pads with bolts.
I did. I called them and they said they couldn't help me unless I had part numbers.
Berco has priced themselves out of the market in a lot of places. Also hear some users saying the quality has gone down.
I know I'm not stranger to heavy equipment I know things are expensive but jist dealer parts to do an entire UC would be over 30k including new pads. Hard to pay dealer prices as a small company owner. I don't have multimillion dollar jobs here it's ridiculous
If you mean my comment no they said 8k EACH chain. All other parts over 30k total. I couldn't believe it man. This is my first case machine not a good start or impressed here
Stay away from them .
Yeah definitely. I didn't have much choice with the master link unfortunately so that sucked
Shop around. That dealer is really trying to rip you off. I think someone that sells Trek/DCF might be your best bet if you're on a budget.
I will thank you!