kupitz
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I am rebuilding my B2650 blower and ran into a problem.
The gearbox shaft that runs rearward to the drive has a bearing with two bearing plates right where the shaft passes through the housing. This is held with 3 carriage bolts. The parts assembly shows the bolts come through the housing from the inside, then into the inner bearing plate, through the outer plate then the nut. Herein lies the problem;
The housing is roughly 1/8" thick and the square portion of the carriage bolt is only a few thousands longer, I cannot get the squared part of the bolt far enough into the square hole of the inner bearing plate to keep the bolt from spinning and be able to tighten it. Now I know this is how it came apart, and the drawing shows it this way also. I have tried running the bolt through backwards, but the nut is too wide and the chute auger hits it. I have also tried putting the inner bearing plate inside the blower housing, but then there's too much room between the bearing plates.
Anyone have any experience with these and the trick needed to tighten these three bolts???
Any help would be greatly appreciated as my next step is to tack weld the bolt to keep it from spinning.
The gearbox shaft that runs rearward to the drive has a bearing with two bearing plates right where the shaft passes through the housing. This is held with 3 carriage bolts. The parts assembly shows the bolts come through the housing from the inside, then into the inner bearing plate, through the outer plate then the nut. Herein lies the problem;
The housing is roughly 1/8" thick and the square portion of the carriage bolt is only a few thousands longer, I cannot get the squared part of the bolt far enough into the square hole of the inner bearing plate to keep the bolt from spinning and be able to tighten it. Now I know this is how it came apart, and the drawing shows it this way also. I have tried running the bolt through backwards, but the nut is too wide and the chute auger hits it. I have also tried putting the inner bearing plate inside the blower housing, but then there's too much room between the bearing plates.
Anyone have any experience with these and the trick needed to tighten these three bolts???
Any help would be greatly appreciated as my next step is to tack weld the bolt to keep it from spinning.