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Leee

11-30-2005 05:30:54




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I am getting ready to repair a section of conveyor chain. Is it essential to have and use one of those cast iron link hand tools or can it be disconnected and reconnected with out one?




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dave from MN

11-30-2005 14:28:23




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 Re: Repairing conveyor chains in reply to Leee, 11-30-2005 05:30:54  
Buy the darn tool so ya got it. With tools readily available and fairly cheap, use the proper tool. I am sure if you think back the last 2 weeks, you as well as all of us, have pis(s)ed away $12.00 and have nothing to show for it. I have a chain feed system and with that tool a break down is less than 2 minutes to repair, with out it quite a bit longer, and I curse sooo much more I would end up giving that 12 bucks I saved to the Lord on Sunday!

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Jack-Iowa

11-30-2005 08:34:01




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 Re: Repairing conveyor chains in reply to Leee, 11-30-2005 05:30:54  
farm and fleet $11.99 and was worth it.



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Dellbertt

11-30-2005 08:01:39




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 Re: Repairing conveyor chains in reply to Leee, 11-30-2005 05:30:54  
I guess your talking about what I call flat chains. I never knew there was a tool. I always used two hammers.



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john d

11-30-2005 07:20:49




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 Re: Repairing conveyor chains in reply to Leee, 11-30-2005 05:30:54  
As previous posters said, you can do it without the fancy tool. However...if you have to do more than one or two links, you'll have more fun with the tool. If you have a helper, have him clamp one side of the link with some visegrips, and then stand on the visegrips or in some other way hold it so it can't move. If you're bangin on it with a hammer, you can't have it moving around.



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Nat

11-30-2005 06:39:03




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 Re: Repairing conveyor chains in reply to Leee, 11-30-2005 05:30:54  
It can be done with two hammers, one to tap the chain apart, the other to use as an anvil, to back up the chain as you tap them apart/together.

If you're "repairing" the chain, it's presumably worn badly enough to break, so it will probably come apart easily. New chains are a little tougher, and the chain tool does make the job go smoother.

You can make your own chain tool by cutting a slot in an old piece of plow iron, like a landside. Make the slot wide and deep enough to fit the link in, and put it fairly close to one end so the chain can be flexed enough to take it apart.

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dairyman

11-30-2005 05:58:16




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 Re: Repairing conveyor chains in reply to Leee, 11-30-2005 05:30:54  
you do not need to use one of those tools if you do not want to or if you do not have access to one. the links will be a little harder to work with but it can be done without the link removal tool.



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