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IMPELLER REMOVAL PROCEDURE
1.
Remove key from engine and disconnect battery cables.
2. Remove discharge elbow.
3. Remove pin lock and pivot top housing open.
4. Remove top housing exhaust half.
5. Remove belt guard.
6. Remove hydraulic pump. Leave hoses connected, just slide out of sleeve and lay on the side.
7. Loosen engine-mounting bolts and back off slide pusher bolts. Loosen belts and remove.
8. Remove pulley from impeller shaft.
9. Remove top and bottom clevis pins from front feed wheel lift cylinder if unit is equipped with this option.
10. Loosen horizontal and vertical bed knives and slide them away from the impeller.
11. Remove chip blades from impeller. (Follow procedure in service schedule, line item # 4)
12. Connect lifting device to impeller. (Use bolt hole for chip blade and KEEP IN MIND – WHEN CHOOSING A LIFTING
DEVICE, THE IMPELLER WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 700-lbs.)
13. Remove bolts from both flange bearings. Back off setscrews in bearings.
14. Carefully lift impeller out of machine.
15. Remove both flange bearings and all spacers from impeller.
INSTALLATION OF IMPELLER
1.
Connect suitable lifting device to impeller and set in machine. KEEP IN MIND – WHEN CHOOSING A LIFTING
DEVICE, THE IMPELLER WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 700-lbs. Be sure both shaft ends are clean and free from burrs.
Bearing must slide freely on shaft.
2. Slide bearing on shafts and start the four bolts, rear bearing, two front bearings diagonally.
3. Tighten four bolts on rear bearing and two bolts on front bearings diagonally.
4. Slide impeller towards rear of machine. Impeller hub should touch rear-bearing race.
5. Measure distance from impeller hub and front bearing race.
6. Remove front bearing slide shims over shaft to equal that distance. CAUTION: DO NOT ADD MORE SHIMS THAN
ARE REQUIRED . This could cause premature bearing failure. Reinstall front bearing.
7. With impeller shimmed and bearings tight, impeller should not slide front or rear.
8. Install all bearing mounting bolts with blue Loctite. Also Loctite and tighten bearing set screws.
9. Install all chip blades. Be sure to use new hardware and Loctite each time blades are removed and reinstalled. (Follow
procedure in service schedule, line item #4)
10. Set bed knives and lock in place. (.070 clearance between chip blades and bed knives)
11. Reinstall top housing and discharge elbow. Be sure to use roll pin to keep housing aligned.
12. Install pulley. Be sure to use straight edge to line up pulley.
13. Install belts and adjust to specs shown in service manual with discharge chute and impeller assembly.
14. Be sure to recheck pulley with straight edge.
15. Install pump and use Loctite.
16. Install belt guard.
17. Install front lift cylinder, if so equipped.
18. Check to be sure all guards are in place and all bolts and nuts have been installed and tightened to proper specs.
19. Connect battery cables and start engine.
20. Engage clutch slowly. Start impeller and check for noise or vibration.
21. Engage impeller and bring engine up to operating R.P.M. DO NOT START UNIT WITHOUT ALL GUARDS IN
PLACE.
22. Test lift cylinder feed wheel if so equipped.
23. Lower feed wheel and bring engine to idle.
24. Shut down engine and put machine in neutral.
25. Once machine has come to a halt, re-grease bearings.
26.
Send machine to work. It’s ready!
REMEMBER: REMOVE KEY FROM ENGINE, DISCONNECT BATTERY CABLES AND
LOCK-OUT UNIT WHENEVER PERFORMING SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE.