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Castelgarden Tcp102 chain problem

  • 14-05-2021 9:35pm
    #1
    boatbuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭


    Hi, the chain on my old Castel garden tcp102 mower has started coming off and I can't figure out why... it's an old 1999 model.
    The chain seems very loose...
    These tensioner things seem to flop around, not sure if that's normal? Theres a spring connecting the two arms that the two little white plastic cogs are mounted on. Seems to be spring tension between the two cogs pushing the cogs together.
    Can you shorten these chains? Maybe it has stretched?

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Comments

  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    When was it serviced last?


  • #3
    boatbuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭boatbuilder


    I have done all the work on it myself over the years...


  • #4
    boatbuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭boatbuilder


    The chain is part number 15189001/0
    They don't have a removeable link on the chain, so its not easy to shorten it.
    According to a local mower repair place, 1999 was the last year they used the chain. You had to just buy a whole new chain when it stretched.
    Might have to try bodging it by cutting a link off and refitting with a few blobs of weld.
    If anyone has any other ideas, let me know!


  • #5
    blackbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭blackbox


    Do you have the owner's manual. It looks like the chain ought to go below the lower small sprocket.


  • #6
    boatbuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭boatbuilder


    Yes the chain is in the right place. Those two arms are spring loaded, pulling the chain together. It's just that the chain is too long...
    I've removed a link and fitted it back together with two spots of weld... don't know if it'll hold or not!


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