Komatsu PC18MR-3, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
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INSTALLING THE RUBBER TRACKS
1. Raise the undercarriage using boom and arm and make sure
that the grease contained in the cylinder has been eliminat-
ed.
Carry out this operation shifting the control levers very slowly.
2. Install the rubber tracks on the sprocket by fitting the driving
blocks.
3. Turn the sprocket as if in reverse, then push the track to-
wards the revolving frame.
4. Using a steel tube, position the track and turn the sprocket
again.
5. Make sure that the track is correctly installed on the sprocket
and the idler roller.
6. Adjust the track tension. For details, see "4.9.1.g CHECKING
AND ADJUSTING THE RUBBER TRACK TENSION").
7. Make sure that the track tension is correct, that the track is
correctly fitted in the sprocket and the idler roller, then rest
the machine on the ground.
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