Greg123
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Hi. I bought a circa 1965 - 1970 New Idea manure spreader, Model 18, serial C42846 recently with the original metal parts in pretty good shape, painted up with a brand new wooden box. Somebody put a lot of effort into that. I have the instruction manual, but have never used a manure spreader.
The spreader's conveyer chain has jumped off the broad chain guide on one side under the front of the box, and I am trying to figure out how to take the old chain and bars apart, so that I can get it back up in the guide where it is suppose to ride. Right now it binds, trying to slip off the front sprocket drive on one side. For that matter, I can't see how to tighten the chain either, as it is old and has some slack in it.
This model does not seem to have adjustable sprocket drives, at either the front or the back, for the conveyor chain in the bed, so there must be some technique I am overlooking for removing the conveyor chains. The assembly instructions do not indicate how the chain is attached to itself when new, and the parts description seems to show a connector piece, but I do not see any such piece on the 80% of the conveyor chain I can see on the bottom of the box and under the box. The smaller drive chains seem to be made in the same manner (without the angle iron cross bars), but they are all working right now.
Thanks for any thoughts.
The spreader's conveyer chain has jumped off the broad chain guide on one side under the front of the box, and I am trying to figure out how to take the old chain and bars apart, so that I can get it back up in the guide where it is suppose to ride. Right now it binds, trying to slip off the front sprocket drive on one side. For that matter, I can't see how to tighten the chain either, as it is old and has some slack in it.
This model does not seem to have adjustable sprocket drives, at either the front or the back, for the conveyor chain in the bed, so there must be some technique I am overlooking for removing the conveyor chains. The assembly instructions do not indicate how the chain is attached to itself when new, and the parts description seems to show a connector piece, but I do not see any such piece on the 80% of the conveyor chain I can see on the bottom of the box and under the box. The smaller drive chains seem to be made in the same manner (without the angle iron cross bars), but they are all working right now.
Thanks for any thoughts.