Feed Rollers not rolling

[IINoddyII]

Hi,

have a Triton TPT15 thicknesser that I've had for ages, but hasn't had much use so am reluctant to sell it for parts..

About six months ago I heared a big clunk and everything stopped. The blades rotate, but not the feed rollers.

Opened up the thicknesser and found a few of the sprockets where broken.. Managed to get new ones from Grizzly in the US, however the issue persists.

Here is a short vid of what is going on.

(noise turned off :D )

https://vimeo.com/206781446

Seems most likely to me that perhaps i've broken part 72 https://d27ewrs9ow50op.cloudfront.net/partsdiagramthumbs/1000/g0477_pl_3_1000.png

https://d27ewrs9ow50op.cloudfront.net/partsdiagramthumbs/1000/g0477_pl_6_1000.png

Does anybody have any recommendations for a machine repairer in Canberra, or should I give up on the likelyhood that I am going to be unable to fix it ?

Cheers

[A Duke]

Hi,
What part of Canberra are you in?
PM me and we may be able to work something out so that the thicknesser and I are in the same place so I can have a sticky beak and see what can be done.
Regards

[elanjacobs]

It looks like the key that's meant to engage in the top sprocket has broken/come out. If you're game to try pulling it apart yourself I think it would be a fairly simple fix, looks like an allen key and some circlip pliers are all that's needed. You can't make it more broken :rolleyes:

[IINoddyII]

I dunno... the amount of spare parts I have when I put something back together is a sight to behold.. reckon I could save the manufacturing industry a lot of money with all those useless parts that obviously serve no purpose :C

[Bohdan]

Looks like key has fallen out. Should be held in place by a grub screw in the drive cog. Get a new key, try to insert it and look for the grub screw. It may also have fallen out.

[IINoddyII]

Thanks to everybody and especially Hugh who dropped by today.

It appears the sprocket I put on didn't have a key.. so either need to get the correct one from Grizzly or have a key hole put in the sprockets I do have.

Thanks again all