Sorry to hear about your troubles rockman. Maybe the words I add here will somwhat reflect the thoughts of a number of members; I haven't added anything to this thread because I have no experience with tracked NH skids, and only very limited experience with wheeled NH skids, they're just not that popular in my area. Nevertheless, I'm curious as a cat about your problem.
What we have learned so far: You have a dealer that is not supporting you. To say "your the only one who's had that problem" is not a solution to your problem. Poor dealer support.
New Holland are aware of the problem , they have come out with a strenghten track-frame since midway through 2009 , thats what I chasing to have onto my machine .Mr wonderful dealer wants to "have a go and see what happens , if that dont work we will see where we go from there" . Second, you said the "undercarriage" leans in in your first post, then later you said "the track frame" leans in, either way, if you say it's leaning, then it has to be visible to your eye.
Sorry , I thought the undercarriage was the track-frame , my mistake If it's that visible,
If you look from the rear of the machine towards the bucket , you cannot square the tracks up with a straight edge of the bucket .It can be noticed over the wear on the tracks , there is a difference of nearly 10mm . then seems logical the source of the problem would be equally visible.
The track-frames are either bending at the mount point or the mount point is bending in Get the machine off the ground, yank the tracks off of it, then start inspecting components. If it's bad enough that you can see the lean, the source of the problem should be able to be found. You may have to get out the straight edge, square, and some measuring instruments, but you or a competent mechanic should be able to identify your problem. If you can't afford to get out of the machine, then i don't see where you have a different alternative than fix it.
After spending near $100k and 250hrs I dont think that I should be the one fixing it , do you ?.They have been mucking me around for nearly 9 months now , I have had a gutful of the lie's and dodging the fact that they have to fix it .I have spoke to other dealers and they have all said that they have fixed all there machines and even supplied new full undercarriage to the machine to try and keep the customer happy . That is, if the dealer ain't gonna do his job and take care of his customer. Hope it all works out for ya, and do keep us informed.
