Wheel debris ejector for tracked vehicle

In a work machine having a tracked propulsion assembly with an endless track belt disposed about at least one wheel to enable movement of the endless track belt, wherein the wheel has an axle hub and a cylindrical rim connected to the axle hub with a disc at an inner edge of the rim, the rim providing a track-facing surface configured to engage the track and a hub-facing surface, the rim also having an outer edge configured to provide structural integrity, the improvement comprising:

• a debris ejector attached to the hub-facing surface of the rim, the debris ejector having a leading face that is shaped so to slope from a base adjacent the hub-facing surface towards a ridge of the debris ejector and also slant from an inner end of the debris ejector adjacent the inner edge of the rim to an outer end adjacent the outer edge of the rim such that the shape of the leading face redirects debris so that the debris moves away from the hub-facing surface and away from the disk as the wheel rotates.