srukke 18 #151 Posted April 1, 2015 What's wrong with your chain? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
getsmartt 1 #152 Posted April 1, 2015 What's wrong with your chain? Normal wear and tear, but nothing serious at this point, just determining the best way to replace/rebuild/refit the front sprockets, and keeping notes. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srukke 18 #153 Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Some of the chain you can recondition yourself. I used 1" schedule 40 steel pipe to replace the small protective sleeves or rollers over the joints. I cut the pipe into 1" lengths, cut them down the side, opened them up with a chisel and removed a small amount of material. Placed them over the pin joints and hammered them closed. Sounds like more work than it is. But it lengthened the life of the chain and protects the areas that were worn and eating into the chain itself. Of course you will still need sprockets. Edited April 1, 2015 by srukke 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eb in oregon 28 #154 Posted April 1, 2015 The closest thing I've found is here: http://www.websterchain.com/Markets/Foundry.aspx Master catalog, class H mill chain. I'm not going to replace four sprockets if I don't have to. And though the wear on my chain track is into the pins, I don't think I'll ever have to worry about wearing them out. My tractor is over 60 years old, it was used, and used hard. The 15 to twenty hours a year it will get used now won't mean a thing. Jason here did something a little different with thick walled pipe. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
