By Bruce on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I noticed that one of my axles on my Attex super chief was loose. It would move in and out and would slide on both the outside and inside collars of the bearings. Each collar as two set screws on them and I found one set screw missing on one collar and one loose on the other. As I took everything apart to repair it, I thought that I would find that the collars "locked" onto the bearing and axle. Instead I found that the two set screws on each collar are the only things holding the axle. Is this how it was done on the old Attex's? it just does not seem like enough to hold an axle in place on a machine like this.

thanks for any help.

By Keith Clayton on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Bruce
On my 72 attex chief the collars hold the axle in place then also the sprocket sleeve has a bolt through it that bolts through the axle.When I first got my Attex two of my axles were broken in half at the hole and it appeared to be fine but wasn't even driving when the sprocket turned.On another axle the sprocket weld was broken and that wasn't driving either.In one day I turned my three wheel drive unit into a six.Talk about pulling to one side.
Good luck-it could be worse-your axle could be frozen and then you have to cut it to get it out.
Keith Clayton

By Bruce on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Fixed it today. I found that the sprocket sleeve was too short on that side. The set screws were loose, but the sprocket shaft should be long enough to fit between the two bearings. Mine was short by 5/8 inch. I welded on a spacer and bolted the whole works back together. ( it sounds way easier than it was!!) back running again. Thank for the help.

Bruce

By George on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I have to re-ask Bruce's question from last year. Here's the difference. I replaced many of the outer bearings with single collar bearings. The collar on these bearings are on the outside of the tub. Now I'm finding that two of my axles are sliding outward.

I presented my dilema to Richard Clark who suggested that the bearings need to have the collar hammered in to place, that they snap on to the bearing and that essentially locks the axel in place.

Any thoughts?

I was thinking I could take some extra collars I have and lock them down on the inside of the tub butting them up to the outter bearing.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.


Thanks,

George