jdboy9
ArboristSite Operative
Well as some of you know I bought a Olathe Drum chipper, PTO driven.
Anyway I was running it some and I noticed the one bearing on the drum was hot. I checked it out and the thing has about a 1/4 in play in it. The bearing is shot and the shaft wore away from spinning in the bad bearing. It probably took close to a couple 16ths off the shaft. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it now. I am going to see what a machine shop can do with it. Maybe weld and re-machine it, but its probably going to cost a bunch of cash.
Anyway I was running it some and I noticed the one bearing on the drum was hot. I checked it out and the thing has about a 1/4 in play in it. The bearing is shot and the shaft wore away from spinning in the bad bearing. It probably took close to a couple 16ths off the shaft. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it now. I am going to see what a machine shop can do with it. Maybe weld and re-machine it, but its probably going to cost a bunch of cash.