By Chris on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I have a question about the life of the chain tensioners on my Max. On my Buffalo, the chains are tensioned by a metal bracket with a plastic piece that pushes up on the chain. What is the life of that piece of plastic? It seems like the chain sliding over it would slice it in half in a very short amount of time. What are other people's experience with this? I think this approach is used on the Max 4 as well, not sure.

By Fred Sowerwine, Montana's Max Dealer (Fred4dot) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Chris, That white plastic is (I think) nylon, or a nylon combination that is really tough; it will last through several sets of chains.

My buffalo uses the slide adjuster on the two rear final drive chains (same as on Max II uses on all four) and the idler sprocket adjuster (same as Max IV uses on all four) on the two front final drive chains.

It is kind of important for good performance, to keep the slide adjuster grooves free of grit and dirt when you are going to move it. The two pieces need to be metal to metal to have good grip. I have gotten several machines in to work on with the owner complaining of the adjusters not staying in place. I usually just clean up the grooves if I see it before too much wear has taken place.