Jensen Feed Rollers

[Woodee]

Hi All

My Jensen A530 doesn't seem to be pulling in the brush as well as it used to I've changed the knives and adjusted the spring but it's still a little reluctant

Do I need to run a grinder over the rollers and do I need to remove them to do this? Any other ideas would be appreciated

[Mick Dempsey]

A careful touch up with a dremmel can work wonders, don’t go nuts though!

[dan494]

it you want to use a grinder its rollers out time, top roller easy enough and lifts out when you undo the wire holding it down, bottom is alot more involved

 

[James Atkinson]

How do you adjust the spring on a side note?

[Mick Dempsey]

7 minutes ago, dan494 said:

it you want to use a grinder its rollers out time, top roller easy enough and lifts out when you undo the wire holding it down, bottom is alot more involved

 

I beg to differ, we touched up a Greenmech with a dremmel to instant effect, did them in situ.

[WesD]

1 hour ago, Woodee said:

Hi All

My Jensen A530 doesn't seem to be pulling in the brush as well as it used to I've changed the knives and adjusted the spring but it's still a little reluctant

Do I need to run a grinder over the rollers and do I need to remove them to do this? Any other ideas would be appreciated

The springs and roller bearing are supposed to be changed every 500 hours, we have just done ours at a cost of roughly £180 and the difference is staggering. We also gave the top roller a grind when it was out and the bottom roller a touch up with the dremmel in situ. 

[WesD]

Oh just to add when we removed the old springs you could bend them quite easily by hand, the new ones wouldn’t budge!

[dan494]

11 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I beg to differ, we touched up a Greenmech with a dremmel to instant effect, did them in situ.

Dremel maybe, haven't tried one, angle grinder I have, couldn't get the right angle while on the chipper, need to come out really

[Mick Dempsey]

Well Dan, there you go, right tool for the job.

[dan494]

I did mine when was replacing the bottom roller bearing anyway. Next time will buy a Dremel