unseizing track

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Tracks in rolls. Must have been on a vehicle at one time as each end of the rolls had links that were blow torched which I still haven't removed yet.


Took quite awhile to force unroll and break into sections. Driving out pins was real fun with all the rust and lack of proper tools


Stacked in stiff sections on top of spare Weasel tracks.


After dipping, I laid the sections out on plastic and coated them with a marine grade spray grease. I know they run dry but the grease was to prevent rusting since this project might easily span a few years. No plans to paint the tracks so the grese won't hurt anything other than attracting dirt initially when I reassemble and run them on the vehicle but that will quickly rub off with use.


Showing the cleaned tracks and how easy they roll up. Should make final assembly on the vehicle a lot easier.

And more importantly, there shouldn't be excessive wear on the drive axle, transmission and motor from trying to break heavily rusted tracks free.