Woods Equipment TCH4500 manual Blade Clearance, DRIVE BELT Drive Belt Adjustment, Front Drive Belt

Blade Clearance

IMPORTANT

■Make sure that the clearance between the chip- ping anvil and ALL chipper blades is set to 1/16". All chipper blades should be rotated until even with the chipping anvil and measured.

Disk

Chipper Blade

Anvil

LA4

1/16"

Figure 7. Anvil Clearance

The chipper blades should clear the chipping anvil by 1/16 inch. Anvil is located directly under the chipper discharge opening. Follow steps to adjust the blade clearance:

1.Remove the discharge cap or optional discharge tube for easier access to the anvil.

2.Rotate the disk assembly until a chipper blade is even with the chipping anvil.

3.Measure the amount of clearance between the chipper blade and the chipping anvil from inside the chipper housing. The minimum distance between the blade and the anvil should be 1/16 inch.

4.Adjust the chipping anvil by loosening the 5/16 bolts holding the anvil to the disk cover and sliding the anvil inward or outward until the 1/16 inch clearance is achieved.

NOTE: If the chipping anvil is damaged or worn unevenly, remove hardware holding anvil to the disk cover. Rotate anvil to use one of the other three edges.

5.Tighten hardware to 19 lbs-ft.

6.Install discharge cap or optional discharge tube.

DRIVE BELT

Drive Belt Adjustment

Check the condition of the drive belt(s) annually or after every 25 hours of operation. Replace cracked, frayed. worn or stretched belt. Only replace drive belt with orig- inal banded type belt. Do not use single type belts.

To adjust belt: tighten eyebolt until belt deflection is 7/16" when a 20-lb load is placed against the belt. See Figure 9.

Front Drive Belt

Front Belt Removal

1.On a hard level surface lower chipper with 3-point lift arms to the ground.

2.Move engagement lever to the RELEASE (up) position.

3.Disconnect drive shaft, 3-point lift arms, and top link from tractor.

4.Place drive shaft in storage position up off the ground.

5.Remove belt shield from the chipper housing and save hardware.

6.Remove bearing support weldment from the chipper housing and save hardware.

7.Loosen the eyebolt to release tension on the belt.

8.Remove hardware and idler pulley from idler bracket.

9.Remove old belt from around both sheaves.

Belt Idler Pulley

Eyebolt

DP2

Figure 8. Front Belt Drive Assembly

MAN0458 (9/23/2005) Service 19