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Old 01-25-2014, 05:28 AM
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Default Re: Dozer questions

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Originally Posted by Lmackattack View Post
You should try to power both tracks from the same end. You may find it will "walk" side to side when trying to go forward or backwards...


If by chain your talking the tracks....real dozers use a idle wheel at the front. Grease is pumped into a chamber that pushes the idler wheel forward and thus makes the tracks tighter helping prevent them from jumping a tooth or completely falling off the sprocket.
Thank you for replying, I thought I'd better ask that before I made any plans on where to place the motors.

So where a lot of the guys use springs to tension the idler wheel you can use grease instead.
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