Re: CAT 374D L
 

Looks great, nice work as always!

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Very nice parts, Ari! The pace of your build is amazing.

Stefan

Re: CAT 374D L
 

Wow,coming along nicely. The wear plates and teeth on the bucket turned out very nice.

Re: CAT 374D L
 

You do fantastic work! The bucket looks incredible.

Re: CAT 374D L
 

Got the chain drive housing done :)

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0286.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0280.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0275.jpg

Re: CAT 374D L
 

Where did you get that chain from?

Great job man, very tight fit there :o

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chain and sprockets are from here: http://www.conrad.com/Chain.htm?webs...167&ireusocl=1

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So clean, will look great assambled!

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Another fine job you are doing there........Conrad has alot of nice building stuff, but they dont ship to the U.S. of A

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Impressing as always! But it looks like you let the chain actually slide against the housing walls? Never seen that before. Don´t you think that will create noise and an aluminum slurry?

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Yep, your right about that Stefan. Due a small design error:mad: I made the housing little too small, but it doesn't keep any noise and hopefully with some grease inside it don't eat it self thru the housing:)

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I see, its a bug and not a feature :D Well, in any case, the chain plates might dig in a millimeter or so (actually half a millimeter if you have the 6 mm pitched chains), but then the rollers start rolling on the land between the grooves and the wear rate should decrease.

Re: CAT 374D L
 

Some progress with the undercarriage. The drive end is pretty much done but the front idler still needs to be done.

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0300.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0303.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0306.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0312.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...h_MVI_0302.jpg

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Sweet! You'll be digging in no time!

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WOW awesome work!

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Great work! Really impressive!

Do you have any more pictures of that motor cover or whatever is that called? You bent that radius or milled?

Re: CAT 374D L
 

That's actually a U-profile that's machined that way.

Got the idler wheel and track tension mechanism done:)

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0326.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0320.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0317.jpg

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Some progress:)

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0354.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0341.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k...L/IMG_0344.jpg

Re: CAT 374D L
 

Lookin good Ari, at the rate you're going you'll have this done in a couple months.:cool:

Reg

Re: CAT 374D L
 

Hi Ari

Great work and it is giving us all ideas.
Keep the update coming and thanks for sharing.

Regards

Mark