Bearing in vicon wagtail

adne

Any tips appreciated on changing the bearing in a vicon wag tail spreader?

dzer2

adne wrote: »

Any tips appreciated on changing the bearing in a vicon wag tail spreader?

Not a big job have done a few lots of easing oil first and take it handy on the bolts

td5man

adne wrote: »

Any tips appreciated on changing the bearing in a vicon wag tail spreader?

Do you know which bearing is gone?
Changing the bearing in mine today
http://mchc.ie/uploads/catalogues/Machinery_Parts_2013.pdf

adne

td5man wrote: »

Do you know which bearing is gone?
Changing the bearing in mine today
http://mchc.ie/uploads/catalogues/Machinery_Parts_2013.pdf

I dont see bearings listed in that document

loveta

Done them a few times IMO do the whole lot of them when you have it gutted cause its a pain in the arse having to do another one down the road.They can be a bugger to get some of them out, gas if you have some seriously eases up the job or if not i have used the welder to heat them up also a point if you can get the bearing No. before you start working on it it will leave your options open on where to buy them cause there can be a big difference in prices,hope this helps ya!!

td5man

adne wrote: »

I dont see bearings listed in that document

Look on the left go to spreaders then vicon
The bearings arent dear the aluminum housing/adjuster in the flywheel is.

Timmaay

Ya'll probably need the angle grinder to chop off nuts and bolts if it hasn't been stripped in a long while, the fertilizer corrodes them. I remember pricing up the aluminium housing before, mad money and it was only the needle bearing inside in it gone, so I bought the bearing separately in my local engineering workshop.

blue5000

200-250 amps on the welder and a no 10 rod is the easiest way to get them out, but you won't be reading too many numbers on bearings after it;)

dzer2

Timmaay wrote: »

Ya'll probably need the angle grinder to chop off nuts and bolts if it hasn't been stripped in a long while, the fertilizer corrodes them. I remember pricing up the aluminium housing before, mad money and it was only the needle bearing inside in it gone, so I bought the bearing separately in my local engineering workshop.

If you measure the bearing you can order direct from the likes of modern plant or reliance bearings.

adne

So what is best route to get at bearings.

From underneath or from above (within the shaker)

Timmaay

If I remember correctly, cant be done from underneath, only way to do it is to start by pull off the hopper, take off the 3 sided thingy in the middle to break up lumps (sorry dont know the name of it ha!), undo all the nuts on cover, which will then lift off, 1st part of stripping the actually assembly itself would be to remove the aluminium housing at the front, then remove the two big plastic screw on caps on each side, you can get access to most of the bearings then.

td5man

adne wrote: »

So what is best route to get at bearings.

From underneath or from above (within the shaker)

I turned mine upside down.
Hopper off plastic cover next 4bolts plastic caps off 17mm bolts out either side tap the fork from side to side bearings should come out

KILCRAGGAN

hi all i replace all three bearings on the wishbone,but after i went spreading again a few minutes later it broke off the spout with the vibrations again but all the bearings are perfect still,maybe some had this problem too,or am i missing more bearings thanks in advance

moy83

KILCRAGGAN wrote: »

hi all i replace all three bearings on the wishbone,but after i went spreading again a few minutes later it broke off the spout with the vibrations again but all the bearings are perfect still,maybe some had this problem too,or am i missing more bearings thanks in advance

Id say you didnt put it back together properly ?

loveta

moy83 wrote: »

Id say you didnt put it back together properly ?

Is you machine a vari-spread in so check the bearing there and the setting it is spreading two wide now that's why it broke it is going two hard on it self he the bearing is not gone something is up