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Tw 150 Rotor bearings - How much?


Rowan the Bruce
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I just had mine changed. I think it was about £80 labour and £20 parts at the local garage

 

Only thing to watch for there is that whoever does the job understands bearings and how to fit them correctly to avoid constant lateral loading, which is easy done on the timberwolfs if not fitted correctly :thumbup1:

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i took mine to orange plant at wetherby

very good would go there again

I stripped mine down left hopper ect at home so kept labour costs down

there is more to it than we think so take it to them that know:thumbup:

i had tried to do it myself but it never lasted long:thumbdown:

 

 

every man to his job i recon

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If it has ground to a halt, its more than just the bearings. The bearings will have been gone for a while. You are likely to need bearings, new nose shaft, poss a main shaft and housings. For this to be done the complete rotor has to be removed and stripped. Rear shaft removed, nose pressed out and new one pressed in. You will notice the fan behind the inner blade, if still complete, will have worn alot more than the outer one. To extend their life you need to swap them over when refitting. Once complete the rotor will need re balancing before being refitted. At a dealer for all this work I would suggest you budget approx £500. This should cover the worst including new fans. If fans are complete will be about £130 less.

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Mike

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If it has ground to a halt, its more than just the bearings. The bearings will have been gone for a while. You are likely to need bearings, new nose shaft, poss a main shaft and housings. For this to be done the complete rotor has to be removed and stripped. Rear shaft removed, nose pressed out and new one pressed in. You will notice the fan behind the inner blade, if still complete, will have worn alot more than the outer one. To extend their life you need to swap them over when refitting. Once complete the rotor will need re balancing before being refitted. At a dealer for all this work I would suggest you budget approx £500. This should cover the worst including new fans. If fans are complete will be about £130 less.

Regards

Mike

 

This pretty much happened with my old little chippit 18. Bearings go because of inbalance in the rotor. turned out one of the fins on the fans was missing. (pathetic soft alloy bolted onto the rotor) And you need to buy two cos they come in pairs to be balanced. About £60 each.

Instead of having a new shaft fitted though, I got a load of weld splodged over the worn bit and then re milled back to the diameter of the bearings (at a mates factory) for about £20. And it turned out to be very strong.

Overall, well worth the several hundred quid that it cost cos the chipper ran so smooth afterwards. Its amazing how much a little wobble can make a difference. After this, I made sure all the fins were there each time I changed the blades to prevent damage occurring again.

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