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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lesgawlik" data-source="post: 72090" data-attributes="member: 4115"><p>I think the only tool is the Mk. I eyeball. Bobcat has a procedure for checking the track tension, which involves jacking the track up and measuring the sag. The tension tube is then extending by pumping grease into the fitting, or retracted by loosening the fitting and allowing grease to exit. I think they do it that way because if the track is on uneven ground, it may make the track appear to be under greater tension than it is. If the track is off the ground, the unevenness of the ground cannot factor in. I don't know of anyone who actually does it that way. Look at the top of the track, and see how much it sags. If it sags more than an inch across the run from drive sprocket to idler, give it a few strokes. You'll see it pick right up. If you don't, when you go to make a turn a get a little resistance, the track will pop off. That happens usually in the most inconvenient times and locations.</p></blockquote><p></p>