I have a 94 brush bandit chipper with 7340 hours on it and now the knives and the little metal pieces that are welded on the disk are hitting the bottom of the metal right below the cutter bar. Any idea why that would be? The disk does not wobble that I can tell. I'd hate to take it to the dealer but I may have to.
Brush Bandit 250 Question
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lumberjack
Young man on the go
Some pics or a better description would help.
M
Mr. Sir
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How many hours are on the bearings? Are they greased regularly? Sounds like they may be worn out.
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NeTree
Guest
Sounds like bearings.
M
Mr. Sir
Guest
Something is definitely out of alignment, most likely worn bearings. BTW, isn't that a Model 200?
lumberjack
Young man on the go
How can you tell from those pics?
darkstar
Rockclimber/ treeclimber
Geese its a time bomb!
lumberjack
Young man on the go
It shouldn't be a big deal to change the bearings yourself.
Steve, that's an interesting point regarding the belt tension. I need to tighten my belts, but I'll loosen them first to see if I can dectect play in the bearings.
Steve, that's an interesting point regarding the belt tension. I need to tighten my belts, but I'll loosen them first to see if I can dectect play in the bearings.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
Who's part number?
N
NeTree
Guest
Don't get them from BB; they'll just cram it in yer ass for buying OEM.
Better bearings can be crossed over, for less money.
Bearings Specialty is about the best I've ever dealt with. They're in Worcester, not too far from me.
Better bearings can be crossed over, for less money.
Bearings Specialty is about the best I've ever dealt with. They're in Worcester, not too far from me.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
I get deals through Motion Industries. A guy I grew up with's father works there and they take it easy on me.
Steve, I wouldn't argue with YOU -You are a nice guy and a true Mr. Fix-it ,but I wonder about the people you dealt with. I have NEVER seen a belt, bearing or hydraulic part on any chipper that wasn't an industrial supply part.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
Same here. As a general rule, you can figure Rayco will charge you a minimum of 2x what you could get it for from an industrial supply house.
I use Rayco as an example since that's where my bearings seem to also go.
They purposefully made our RG85 with the old style poly chain sprockets so we'd have to go to them to get replacements. I found out that it would cost about $60 to change over to the new sprockets, and we'd save way more than that on the first change out.
I use Rayco as an example since that's where my bearings seem to also go.
They purposefully made our RG85 with the old style poly chain sprockets so we'd have to go to them to get replacements. I found out that it would cost about $60 to change over to the new sprockets, and we'd save way more than that on the first change out.
I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm just saying I got worn down Justin. I know if I would have hung in there I could have ordered them somewhere. But I tried our local Motion Industries and a couple of other bearing and power transfer businesses and got the same answer at all of them.
I had to drive to Livermore for the shaft anyway and I wasn't getting anywhere here in Modesto, so I decided to just get everything from them. They had both bearings and the shaft in stock and I had my chipper together the next morning. Minus about $1400 if I remember right.
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