Volvo EC15B XTV - track replacement advice

[gardenshed]

Hi,

The tracks on my EC15B XTV are at the end of their life, they are starting to split and one lost a shoe today. I'm looking for advice on the best replacement tracks and confirmation on their size.

Trawling the Internet I think the specs of the tracks for EC15B XTV are

• width - 290mm
• pitch - 96mm
• links - 33

Can anybody confirmation of the above sizes and which are the best replacement tracks and where would I buy them from?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt.

[gardenshed]

Looks like I got the width wrong above, it should be

• width - 230mm

I'm not confident that the pitch and links are correct, any ideas?

[Muz]

All the suppliers you call will know the machine track size and pitch, its worth phoning a few like https://www.southernplantspares.com/, https://www.llrt.co.uk/ and https://astrakgroup.co.uk/ to get a good price. Ive been running EC15's for years and havent really found any ones better than others with the exception of Bridgestone ..... Another good one http://gtweurope.co.uk/

Keep us posted and welcome

[gardenshed]

Cheers, I'll give them a bell on Monday.

Thanks!

[v8druid]

greetings Shed ..... a guy on another forum has this week bought a new set for his 2.5t Neuson from Cautrac ..... who're normally known for how dear they are ... he couldn't better their price

https://www.cautrac.com/brand/cautrac/

could also give MST a try http://www.msttracks.com/parts?category=115

[gardenshed]

I ended up with buying JTrack from http://gtweurope.co.uk/

I'll let you know how I get on with fitting them.

Cheers,
Matt.

[Muz]

greetings Shed ..... a guy on another forum has this week bought a new set for his 2.5t Neuson from Cautrac ..... who're normally known for how dear they are ... he couldn't better their price

https://www.cautrac.com/brand/cautrac/

could also give MST a try http://www.msttracks.com/parts?category=115

MST were the cheapest by a mile last time I bought a pair two weeks ago... for a 5 tonner

I ended up with buying JTrack from http://gtweurope.co.uk/

I'll let you know how I get on with fitting them.

Cheers,
Matt.

Please do Matt .. always good to have something road tested

[gardenshed]

Volvo EC15B XTV - track replacement advice

Tracks now fitted

30 mins for the first track, 10 mins for the second track.

Pictures attached.
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[Muz]

Looking good .. now all ya gotta do is work out what to do with your old ones ?

[v8druid]

Looking good .. now all ya gotta do is work out what to do with your old ones ?

Cut 'em into 6" pieces and stick one in the rubbish once a week, wrapped in newspaper

[gardenshed]

Just for info, the tools I used for this were

• 24mm socket to loosen and tighten the track release nut
• block of wood to push the idler wheel in
• grease gun to re-tension the tracks

A good video of a chap doing a track replacement here -

[Mattir]

Hi there,

glad that you made it.

Have the same model, could share trouble / joy

mattir

[gardenshed]

Hi there,

glad that you made it.

Have the same model, could share trouble / joy

mattir

Sounds good!

My next mission is to replace the seals in the dipper arm ram :)