How to tighten the steel tracks of the Cat 330BL excavator machine?

Though being one of the most vital components in the construction industry, heavy earth moving machine is sadly the most ignored element of all. The giant and small construction Equipment companies are all running a greedy race against time to earn money. All they know is to complete the assigned construction task in a given time frame or before time so that they can get another project and in this entire process, they miserably fail to remember that they need to give a full attention to an imperative segment which is the earth moving equipment. All the construction companies are totally dependent on mechanics whenever they notice any minor issue in their machines. This is not a bad thing at all but, depending completely on something can also lead to the major financial loss when you do not find the professional mechanics around to get your work done quickly and you do not have any idea how to get things moving smoothly without any hurdle in the absence of a mechanic. This can certainly leave you in a depressive phase.

So the fundamental rule is that you should take enough notice of your heavy construction machine and learn a few basic machine repair steps, which help you to fix things in the absence of an expert mechanic. One of the most common troubles is with the steel tracks of the Cat 330BL excavator equipment. The tracks come out way too often and you have no clue on how to get rid of this problem. Well, it is a fact that you will not be able to get rid of it completely, but servicing the Cat 330BL track excavator equipment in a timely manner will definitely reduce the frequency of the loose track problem. But when you have encountered an issue like this and you cannot find any person around you to help, then here are few important things that you can do by yourself to get it fixed.

Firstly, you have to make sure that you turned the upper part of the equipment so that the boom attachment is at a 90-degree angle to the travel direction. After this, you have to check that the bucket floor is parallel to the ground surface by positioning the arm attachment upright in the ground. Now, you need to press down the boom attachment so that the steel track is elevated on one side and then slowly and gradually it is completely suspended above the ground level. After this process, you need to make sure that all the dirt and debris come out of the track. For this purpose, you have to move the Caterpillar steel track by several times. Once that’s done, stop the track from moving and go in the driver’s cab. Ask your worker to measure the bottom of the steel track frame to the track shoe and evaluate it with the measurements given in the Cat 330BL track excavator user manual.

You may also have to insert grease in the small hole of the steel track frame and for this purpose use an advanced grease injector. This will assist to tighten the steel track. Once the Caterpillar tracks are tightened, use a wrench tool to loosen the fitting and get the steel track on the ground surface. Just in case you see any major issues and can’t figure out to fix it, then immediately stop and seek the help of an expert.