Track links minimum number ?

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

I think proper track clamps will be better than the ratchet strap set up. Normally there are 167 links in a new track and if a track has less than 160 it is deemed as unserviceable.

The Cdn manual quotes 168 links new, reduced to 167 after 50 mile break in. It then mentions a total reduction of 10 links at which time the track is scrap. Personally, I'll go with 157 links before I really start to make correction. But I always wondered if they meant a minimum of 157 or 158 links.

I will second the use of a good track jack. Although I have a NOS original, any track repair I do is by using a modified M113 track jack. The pulling power of them is enormous, and I don't worry about breaking an irreplaceable UC track jack.