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Breaking and repairing chain

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Tom A

05-30-2003 12:23:58




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Broke the wadboard drive chain on my NH 66 baler. Dealer had 1 & 1/2 link repair links, so he said I needed 2 to keep the wadboard in time (sounded ok to me) otherwise there'd be 1/2 link problem.

Now I have to remove 2 more links in addition to the one that broke. How do you do that? I've always just opened the master link, but now I need to break the chain elsewhere...can somebody explain how, please?

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Tom

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thanks guys....

06-01-2003 04:38:24




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 Re: Breaking and repairing chain in reply to Tom A, 05-30-2003 12:23:58  
I did wind up replacing the chain with new, but used the old chain for "practice" breaking it.



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paul

05-30-2003 20:40:28




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 Re: Breaking and repairing chain in reply to Tom A, 05-30-2003 12:23:58  
I lay the chain across the vice, hammer a pin down, & use a punch to push it through. A big nail with the tip ground flat will work if you don't have a punch of the right size. Nail will bend/mushroom, but will work once... The pin will not want to move at first, as it is slightly mushroomed to hold it in place. You need to not make it more mushroomed as you pound it down, hit flat & sharply.

You can put them back together in reverse. Once you get the pin pushed back through, you need to mushroom it a bit so it stays together.

The whole new chain might be a much better idea, if this one is wore at all. You don't want slop, or a stretched chain to mess up the timing....

--->Paul

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Farmer Gene (WI)

05-30-2003 14:33:49




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 Re: Breaking and repairing chain in reply to Tom A, 05-30-2003 12:23:58  
They do make a special tool for breaking chain links, but I just take a grinder and grind the two pegs till they are flush with the side plate, then take a chisel and knock the side plate off. If the chain broke you might consider replacing the whole chain with a new one, might save you some grief later on.



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okla/kans Bill

06-01-2003 19:13:05




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 Re: Re: Breaking and repairing chain in reply to Farmer Gene (WI), 05-30-2003 14:33:49  

Reminds me, I got a 1 row IHC corn pcker. in getting it ready for the first time last year, I had a chain that went down the gatherer pickup that would come undone, bind up ect. I finally got tired of fooling with it and bought a new chain. This was flat chain. When I went to take the old chain off,. it would come undone at nearly every lnk of chain. Put the new one in and no more trouble

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okla/kans Bill

06-01-2003 19:11:51




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 Re: Re: Breaking and repairing chain in reply to Farmer Gene (WI), 05-30-2003 14:33:49  

Reminds me, I got a 1 row IHC corn pcker. in getting it ready for the first time last year, I had a chain that went down the gatherer pickup that would come undone, bind up ect. I finally got tired of fooling with it and bought a new chain. This was flat chain. When I went to take the old chain off,. it would come undone at nearly every lnk of chain. Put the new one in and no more trouble

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ErnieD

05-30-2003 15:42:11




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 Re: Re: Breaking and repairing chain in reply to Farmer Gene (WI), 05-30-2003 14:33:49  
Some very good advice here on replacing the chain.



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