Yes Gene, only thing is I am not familiar with the final on that model, but thought it good to mention, I know on my D7's those bellow seals often times succumb to age, especially if they sit a long while, something causes em to fail when you move the tractor, something dries out sticks I believe and the seal rips. Somewhere in the stack of books and military tech manuals I have on these old caterpillars I've seen mention of this, not sure if I recall correctly on all aspects, but the entangling of things like wire is a factor for some of these models, you might be able to see by inspecting the final housing/sprocket, if in fact something can get in there and do as I mentioned. I think there is a gap on some of these. If in fact a tractor has a leaking final, you just have to keep the lube full, and stay out of water, deep muck etc. as it can get into the final housing. Again, might be a myth with yours, but there is some truth to this for other models, and I'll always mention something like this I am aware of, even if it turns out to be "the boy who cried wolf" or if I'm in fact comparing apples to oranges, still good to know if true, and like you said, hired out, will cost you some labor to split the track pull those sprockets and replace the seals. I can remember clearing out sheet metal and other debris, after being told to do so on a D8K I was picking up to take to another job, boss saw there was a lot of junk caught in the undercarriage, though I don't think these had the same bellows seals, must have been a reason, just had a new U/C put on, sure was no fun to clean that junk out, had to get a torch, cutters and other tools, can't imagine what the old landfill operators used to deal with on this. Same tractor, dumb operator did not keep the carrier rollers clear, they were new, and soon ovalled out.
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