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Who makes or rebuilds drive spockets ?

BigAl

BigAl

Gone But Not Forgotten
Good Morning fellow SnowCatter's:tiphat:

My Kt4 needs a set of drive spockets . I located a set of used ones but hoped to simply rebuild what I have.

This got me to thinking . All Kristi's use the same drive spocket . Does anyone know who might be able to make them , I heard of a place in Reno and I am going to try and locate them . I know these are a "wear item" so someone must rebuild them .
Big Al:wave:
 
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I'm not sure what they look like but I should think that any fabrication shop would be able to make some for you. Depending on whas worn on them it might be possible to build up the wear with weld like one does on a plough face. You could even use a hard rod to make them wear slower.
Do you have pictures of the actual part that you want?

The guy who has them is having a laugh, he knows you want them and he knows you are a snow machine owner so he must think you are an idiot, glad you showed him, well you are a Kristi owner so you must have some common sense, now them snowtrac guys, they woulda fallen for it and paid up :yum:
(hey, its about time someone took Al's side, well kinda :D )
 
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I don't know, but be careful of the material you use.

Snow Trac used BRONZE drive sprockets that were reversable so when you wore out one side, you just flipped it around and used the other side.

Bronze is hard but still softer than steel so it did not wear out the tracks. If someone were to use steel sprockets they would wear out their tracks in fairly short order. I don't know that sprockets could be rebuilt but you could obviously rebuild the sprocket assembly. Someone could make new sprockets and it should not be tough to have them machined from a new chunk of bronze. I'm not a metal expert, but you might want to look into the hardness factor (rockwell hardness) of bronze and compare it with the hardness of some of the newer aluminum alloys? You might be able to find a suitable substitute???
 
Mith said:
The guy who has them is having a laugh, he knows you want them and he knows you are a snow machine owner so he must think you are an idiot, glad you showed him, well you are a Kristi owner so you must have some common sense, now them snowtrac guys, they woulda fallen for it and paid up :yum:
(hey, its about time someone took Al's side, well kinda :D )
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Thanks

Here I sit typing ,while tears flow from my eyes . Someone cares ,,,they actually care !!! Thank You Mith . I can now die a happy man !
Before I die ,I thought I might add this note for Bob . My spockets are a Aluminum center with a steel backing and covered in a hard rubber . At least that is what my manual says ! I know somewhere I have information on rebuilding and making these things . Geez I need to organize!!!
And on a happy note , "Merry Mith" has been added to my buddy list ! Say buddy , "you got any Beer money "???
Big Al:tiphat:
 
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Snowcat Operations said:
Bronze was used because it is a self lubricating metal.
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SO mike ????
What you are saying is I can which over to a bronze insert on a steel spocket ??? The orginal ones have a big old hard rubber covering on them . Where they engage with the track it has a stainless steel u shaped cup that fits into the hard rubber spocket . I'll try to grab some pictures later on to show you . I thought I would need some type of a uranhane insert or something ?????
Allen
 
A bronze insert would be difficult to have made. If the current design is a steel sprocket with rubber Vulconized to it then I would simply use the same design. If the steel sprocket is in good shape I can find a place that can re -vulcanize it. Let me know.
 
Snowcat Operations said:
A bronze insert would be difficult to have made. If the current design is a steel sprocket with rubber Vulconized to it then I would simply use the same design. If the steel sprocket is in good shape I can find a place that can re -vulcanize it. Let me know.
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Hey Mike !
Do you have a rough "ball park figure " of what it may cost to rervulcanize one of these spockets ?
Thanks ,
Allen
 
A little known source that has surprised me with many older parts is located in Denver Colorado. They have or know how to re-urethane sprockets and may even have some rebuilt units available. They deal with major ski areas and are very responsive when I needed sprockets for an older Imp. Their prices for name brand track belting:thumb: on all of my requests has been very reasonable and the best I have found for name brand belting.

Fallline in Reno NV is another excellent source for parts. I believe they sell an import belting as they will not give a manufactures name on track belt quotes. I am not saying it is not good, I am just saying I want to know the manufacture of these products when I need a quote.:(

Okners Supply (Sam Okner):a1:
303-294-9291
800-294-3579
 
mtntopper said:
A little known source that has surprised me with many older parts is located in Denver Colorado. They have or know how to re-urethane sprockets and may even have some rebuilt units available. They deal with major ski areas and are very responsive when I needed sprockets for an older Imp. Their prices for name brand track belting:thumb: on all of my requests has been very reasonable and the best I have found for name brand belting.

Fallline in Reno NV is another excellent source for parts. I believe they sell an import belting as they will not give a manufactures name on track belt quotes. I am not saying it is not good, I am just saying I want to know the manufacture of these products when I need a quote.:(

Okners Supply (Sam Okner):a1:
303-294-9291
800-294-3579
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Thanks mtntopper !
Thats helps a lot . I knew "Falline" did some spocket work and also tire foaming ,but the belting source is a big help . They are about 90 miles from me and since I have to make a trip to Reno next week ,I think I will stop by and see what they charge . I'll report the prices when I get them .
Al
Al
 
BigAl I didnt know you needed new belting as well. Falline is great as well as Goodyear. They are in Sparks and can cut to any width and punch the holes for you. They were cheaper than falline. No matter who you go through make sure you bring them your belts. Let them figure out the hole pattern. This way if THEY make a mistake they replace it for free. If you make the mistake then your screwed! I have seen some belting thats was off by 1/16th of an inch. Now times that by 90 and you can see what I'm talking about. Call me if you need any help with the belting.
 
Mike, if you need sprockets from your Snow Master buy the originals. Christer Morelind, who runs the original Snow Trac site on the internet, and who is probably more knowledgable than all of us together, has ORIGINAL SPROCKETS available. If you need sprockets, you should probably just buy the original units directly from the best source! Christer emailed me and says he has the different types available.

You can contact Christer through his site: http://www.klovsjo.com/snowtrac/

I'm looking at getting a couple spares from him if the shipping is not too prohibitive.
 
I have some one here in Wisconsin that has recovered Tuckers Spockets & wheels.
J&J Enterprises Machine Shop Sevices
Jim Lardinois 920-468-8560 or jmlardinois@aol.com The only problem that clubs say ,:confused2: that they have had is that they last longer then the OME
 
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