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Originally Posted by daren007
Front wedgeÂ…at first I thought you were talking about something else. Replacement tracks are of high quality and the fit is excellent if you do not screw up the rivet holes in the backing plates. Use correct size rivets. Do not drive / buck the rivets as the tracks will move. Place in press, heat the tail and press the rivet tail. Why would you weld grind file when you can do the job correctly.
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For me "correctly" is a method that centers the shoes in the drum. (New shoes ground to match drum size)
I borrowed a pro tool that precisely displays the shoe location relative to the drum and alter the roller tracks accordingly.
If someone has success replacing the tracks so be it.
These days in the new normal I tend to trust my workmanship over repop parts.
Gary