lastcowboy32
Well-known Member
The reel stopped turning in the middle of mowing.
I figured it was the reel drive chain. No biggie. I had put a new chain on a couple of weeks ago, and figured that it had probably undergone its initial stretch and needed the tension adjusted.
Took off the shield and found that the little sprocket on the end of the conditioning roll, that drives the reel mechanism, was sheared off of its shaft. It appears to be sheared all of the way back to the bearing that holds the shaft in the housing.
What I did notice before was that the sprocket had a little wobble to it, as if someone had replaced it before and performed some re-engineering. Looked like there was something like a mangled cotter key behind it.
So now I pay for not pulling everything off and setting it straight. I did manage to get my first cut done, though.
My main question is: Does the sprocket indeed ride on the end of the conditioning roll drive shaft? Or, is the end of the shaft that the sprocket rides on somehow threaded into the conditioning roll?
If it's really the conditioning roll drive shaft that broke, then I'm stuck with trying to figure out how to weld on a new shaft end for the sprocket. Or looking into replacing everything all of the way to the conditioning roll (assuming that the drive shaft is some kind of spindle assembly that bolts onto the end of the roll).
Any tips, tricks or co-miserations? I'm off to work, I'll probably call the local Hesston dealer as well.
Thanks
I figured it was the reel drive chain. No biggie. I had put a new chain on a couple of weeks ago, and figured that it had probably undergone its initial stretch and needed the tension adjusted.
Took off the shield and found that the little sprocket on the end of the conditioning roll, that drives the reel mechanism, was sheared off of its shaft. It appears to be sheared all of the way back to the bearing that holds the shaft in the housing.
What I did notice before was that the sprocket had a little wobble to it, as if someone had replaced it before and performed some re-engineering. Looked like there was something like a mangled cotter key behind it.
So now I pay for not pulling everything off and setting it straight. I did manage to get my first cut done, though.
My main question is: Does the sprocket indeed ride on the end of the conditioning roll drive shaft? Or, is the end of the shaft that the sprocket rides on somehow threaded into the conditioning roll?
If it's really the conditioning roll drive shaft that broke, then I'm stuck with trying to figure out how to weld on a new shaft end for the sprocket. Or looking into replacing everything all of the way to the conditioning roll (assuming that the drive shaft is some kind of spindle assembly that bolts onto the end of the roll).
Any tips, tricks or co-miserations? I'm off to work, I'll probably call the local Hesston dealer as well.
Thanks