Deere 820-2010 Loader Backhoe final drive removal. Lots - O -Rust!

[jimmydiesel]

iowahill1
Master pin and clip look like the picture below.
You could jack the machine up and put 6x6 blocks under the tracks. Leave a space below the master pin big enough to remove the track shoe.

[iowahill1]

Yep, that looks like what I have. The tractor is on a paved slope, so I had to crib it up level with some 8 x 16 blocks. There's lot's of slop in the chain and I can lift the track up enough with my forklift to block and remove the two pads. Getting under to pull the clip is next, once the area dries out from the pressure wash. Thanks! -Tom

[Lavoy]

Plow bolts are a specific type of head, won't work on track. Grade 5, fine thread bolts, that is what it came from the factory with, OEM is locknuts, I personally never use them, lot less work with regular nuts, just make sure they are tight.
Lavoy

[dtoots1]

Uf you are blocking up with 8x16 cinder blocks or concrete blocks....NOT RECOMMENDED!!!....they will crush and come down on your head...
Best use solid wood blocks

[iowahill1]

I got some short wood 8 x 16 blocks from my next-door neighbor that is a heavy equipment operator. I'm also a retired union millwright who knows better, but thank you for the warning. Also, always put wood between metal-to-metal surfaces to keep from slipping (learned that the hard way when I almost had my truck slip off my drive-on hoist, metal chassis on metal hoist lift point). Perhaps others reading this thread will learn something that might save them from harm or death! -Tom

[dtoots1]

That is certainly a relief! Always better to get answers...THANKS

[iowahill1]

Got the master pin out and didn't have to remove the pad and it is 1 1/8" in diameter at the ends, relieved in the middle. Looks like someone had it out but didn't put the clip back on, or it was missing before. The track has 39 links and I assume to be the same as the 350 per a reply from Lavoy to another post. My s/n is 43157. The stock pad bolts are 1/2-13 x 1 3/4", grade 5 partially threaded. So now I need to source a replacement pin with clip. Several photos below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sjYT_u ... sp=sharing (pin location marked with red arrow)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18OLEZF ... sp=sharing (pin starting to move out with light hammer blows)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N2VesX ... sp=sharing (pin out far enough to disengage from link)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YN_Ifs ... sp=sharing (track off)

[Lavoy]

I couldn't get the pics to load, but if you have drive master rails, you can't go to a headed master with a snap ring. If you have rails designed for a headed master pin, I should have pins on hand.
Lavoy

[iowahill1]

This link should bring up one of the four photos of the pin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N2VesX ... sp=sharing.

That link is a Google Drive secure URL so you may have to log in to Google. I can't figure out how to post the actual jpg photo just yet. My headed pin looks like the one in the image above provided by jimmiydiesel in an earlier post with the clip. Diameter is 1 1/8" and about 5 1/4" in effective length.