Blower Repair & Maintenance Manual #34-05198-6 v1.2 11.2014
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CAUTION - WHENEVER REMOUNTING BLOWER BE SURE THAT:
1.
Fig. 19 Belt Tensioning.
Remove support lugs
C
(where supplied).
2. Position blower on mounting plate, making sure that the Blower shaft and the midship shaft
are and remain
parallel.
3. Tighten the eight blower mounting bolts properly.
4. Lay the V-Belts loosely in the pulleys.
5. Install bearing and plate
F
on the Blower shaft
A.
6.
CAUTION:
During this step make sure that all three bearings on the blower input shaft
A
are in line with one another.
Fig.20 Bearing Alignment
It is important that:
(i) Lugs
C
have been removed (where supplied).
(ii) Belts are loose and remain loose until instruction #10.
7. Place bearing support plate
F
and check the hole alignment for the mounting bolts. It is
important that these bolts fit freely. If not, clean out holes with drill or file.
SPECIAL NOTE:
Failure to do instructions #6 and #7 could result in shaft failure, as it upsets
your blower shaft alignment.
8. Tighten mounting bolts to 90 Ft. Lbs. torque.
9. Where originally supplied, place support lugs
C
tight against the bearing support plate
F
and
weld them to the front of the frame.
10. Finally, the belts are allowed to be tightened by turning the hex bolt
E
. Make sure that shafts
A
and
B
remain parallel and that both pulleys are in line and parallel. Refer to the Belt Tension &
Alignment Section in your Agri-Vac
Operator’s Manual.
Fig.19
Belt Tensioning
Fig.20
Bearing Alignment
