Adjusting wagon elevator chain, AC Model 35

[JohnnyColeman]

Our (Vision Farms) corn harvester is working now but I'm not sure how tight to adjust the wagon elevator chain.

Johnny
Allis Chalmers, Model 35, corn harvester

 

[moll]

You can find suggestions on slack for a shorter chain but on a long
one like that its sort of debateable up to the point of being way too
loose or way too tight. When you have a long chain driven from the
bottom like that I would say adjust so that it droops no more than an
inch underneath in the center when its not running, when it runs with
a load it will pull up tight underneath and all your slack should be
on top. I think it will run fine with more slack but if it can jump a
tooth then its too slack.
That doesn't tell you much, but its all I got.

 

[Johnny5812]

Thanks. That is just what I needed.

Johnny
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