My mate has a chipper/mulcher.

It threw a blade which bent the crank.


Removing the cutter disk from the crank, which is a taper fitting locked with an axial bolt proved extraordinarily difficult even with a gear puller. (bent the plate...)

The plate was off not long ago so I was surprised how difficult it was.

Even removing it after assembly (which was when the bend was found) was difficult.

He used grease on the shaft. Is this correct /ok/bad?



Russ


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