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CATERPILLAR D7 "ALL DONE"
- Thread starter MrT
- Start date
CATERPILLAR D7
Looks swell!
Looks swell!
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
CATERPILLAR D7
Sweet!
Sweet!
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
CATERPILLAR D7
This looks really great!
This looks really great!
jeaton01
Well-known member
CATERPILLAR D7
Terry, your cable to the overhead frame is routed improperly. It should go from the drum to the outside of the top sheave, over the top of it then it goes down through a tube that is concentric with the rotating axis of the sheaves, goes under the bottom sheave and then up to the sheave on the overhead frame. You can see that if you look at the photo posted of the tractor that is pulling a scraper.
It can also just run from the drum to the overhead sheave, bypassing the lower sheaves altogether.
Great looking work!
Terry, your cable to the overhead frame is routed improperly. It should go from the drum to the outside of the top sheave, over the top of it then it goes down through a tube that is concentric with the rotating axis of the sheaves, goes under the bottom sheave and then up to the sheave on the overhead frame. You can see that if you look at the photo posted of the tractor that is pulling a scraper.
It can also just run from the drum to the overhead sheave, bypassing the lower sheaves altogether.
Great looking work!
CATERPILLAR D7
Update......added cab cover, overhead cable run, and front pulley frame.
Had to re-rout a cable damn near destroyed the unit in the process. Got most of it back together, but still picking up the pieces.
Started on the tracks. They look good so far.
B)
Update......added cab cover, overhead cable run, and front pulley frame.
Had to re-rout a cable damn near destroyed the unit in the process. Got most of it back together, but still picking up the pieces.
Started on the tracks. They look good so far.
B)
CATERPILLAR D7
Ah you got the Friels. Still wondering how to do the last link on that set.
Looks swell...
Ah you got the Friels. Still wondering how to do the last link on that set.
Looks swell...
CATERPILLAR D7
I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. They are probably on wrong anyway.
B)
Ah you got the Friels. Still wondering how to do the last link on that set.
Looks swell...
I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. They are probably on wrong anyway.
B)
CATERPILLAR D7
Easy, put it in reverse to go forward, next problem? :dude
Ah you got the Friels. Still wondering how to do the last link on that set.
Looks swell...
I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. They are probably on wrong anyway.
B)
Easy, put it in reverse to go forward, next problem? :dude
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
CATERPILLAR D7
Tracks look great
Tracks look great
phantom II
Master at Arms
CATERPILLAR D7
Looking good indeed !
Cheers, Christian B)
Looking good indeed !
Cheers, Christian B)
jeaton01
Well-known member
CATERPILLAR D7
Terry, yes, you have the tracks on reversed. The chain part is called the rail, the part bolted to that is called a pad, and the bar sticking up from the pad that provides traction is called the grouser. The grouser should be forward when the pads are on top of the undercarriage frame. I have these track, too. Have no idea how to put them together!
Terry, yes, you have the tracks on reversed. The chain part is called the rail, the part bolted to that is called a pad, and the bar sticking up from the pad that provides traction is called the grouser. The grouser should be forward when the pads are on top of the undercarriage frame. I have these track, too. Have no idea how to put them together!