Stripping old chipper.

[jmac]

The flywheel bearings have gone on my Kwik chip 327 and I'm having trouble removing the pto gearbox from the shaft. My hydraulic pullers wont go round the gearbox and I have tried a 10 ton hydraulic spreader but it hasn't budged at all! Anyone got any ideas?

[treequip]

Consider any scope for unbolting the pillow block or even spiting the pillow block. Leaving the gearbox in situ on the shaft?

[aspenarb]

I would take the legs off your puller and wrap two pieces of chain around the box and bolt the ends together, slip you puller under the chain and push off of that. Worth a try.

 

Bob

[jmac]

I thought the bearing inside the pillow block would be one piece so I'd need to remove the gearbox?? I will check if it is a one piece.

Good shout with the chain on the puller I will give it a go if I actually have to remove the gearbox lol.

[jmac]

I've bodged up a bracket so I can use the hydraulic puller. Its got some scary pressure on it now and as you can maybe see in the photo has started to bend the bracket! Still not budged the gearbox though. I hope the gearbox holds up to this

[jmac]

Photo would help!