Track Pins

[The Bedford Boys]

Originally Posted by Rob Beale

I have made a few using 4140 steel shaft.

(Manawatu boys told me this years ago).

I knocked a pair of these pins out at the Wairarapa Airshow last month to adjust the brakes. They were fitted probably 10 years ago, and have worked fine to date.
Note these are for a LP2, so are plain shaft with lead plug retainers.
Rivetted pins will need heads welded on as described above.

Another long time carrier owner from the Manawatu told me of trying to ream out track to 12 mm diameter, and how hard the links were.
Maybe just fitting new pins will make an old track serviceable?
I have seen pins worn with a stepped shape, so new pins will take up a lot of slack when multiplied by 168 (or 176 on an LP2)

Rob

You can also just heat the end of the pin and peen it to form the 'rivet' style head. Just don't quench it or it'll go brittle and the 'head' pops off when in use. If you want to fit oversize pins, you'll go through a few drills due to the make up of the track links, but it can be done. Bloke from around here has done it successfully.