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the conveyor sides, where it will suffer tearing or
other damage.
BELT TENSION
The conveyor belt has correct tension when there is
clearance between the tip of any cleat and conveyor
backing plate. If too loose, the belt may slip on the
upper roll and the cleats may show wear from drag-
ging over the backing plate. DO NOT overtighten
belt, as this will cause premature failure.
To adjust belt tension, use the following procedure.
WARNING
DO NOT work under or around a raised hop-
per.
1. After following the procedure under Conveyor
Access, lower the main broom, conveyor, and
side broom.
WARNING
Contact with moving parts can cause severe
injury. Do not attempt repairs or go under-
neath machine with engine running. Use
extreme care when making checks or adjust-
ments that require the engine to be running.
NOTICE
All belt tension adjustments should be made with
no more than one-half turn of the adjusting nuts
at any one time. The conveyor should then be run at
least 30 minutes to check the results before making
another adjustment.
2. Loosen the jam nuts on each side of the upper
conveyor assembly (Figure SP-17).
3. As needed to achieve correct tension that is
uniform across the belt, turn both adjusting
nuts. Turn the nuts clockwise to increase ten-
sion or counterclockwise to decrease tension.
Turn each nut
only one-half turn at a time.
4. With the engine running at about 1200 RPM,
operate the conveyor for at least 30 minutes
between adjustments to check belt tension,
alignment, and direction of travel, if any, over
both the upper and lower rolls.
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