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Originally Posted by smoker62
I changed the bearings and seals in the gear box and repacked it with grease and a new gasket. Now I am working on the chain tightener bearings and sprocket. I disassembled the shaft and noticed the side to side play int the sprocket shaft. It appears the sprocket is wearing into the right side of the tensioner . It is actually wearing a groove in the sprocket from the outer bearing race. What keeps this shaft centered ? There is a roll pin holding the sprocket on the shaft but what keeps it from floating to the pto side? Also is the sprocket on the auger replaceable? It appears not from the parts blow up. Thanks.
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The same thing happened to mine tensioner. It wore it so bad that it wore right to the needle bearings. Now I"ll be buying a new one now. After I receive all my new parts, I'll be looking what was missing or can be done to correct the problem. Maybe shims???
If I remember right . . . The sprocket is replaceable but is not available. I was going to replace mine because I'm replacing all the bearings, sprockets, chain, ect. Mine wasn't bad at all so I just left it in place.
If you fine anything out please PM me. I have taken photos of my Thrower rebuild and plan on posting it.
