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steverons

Joined: Dec 23, 2009
Points: 5

Replacement of all springs as part of maintenance?
Original Message Jan 5, 2010 6:00 am

Does anyone replace their 6 or so springs on their unit as part of routine maintenance, say once every two or three years? Or do you guys wait until a spring goes?

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borat

Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Replacement of all springs as part of maintenance?
Reply #1 Jan 5, 2010 9:48 am

Springs? What springs? Never had a spring fail and never change them.

steverons

Joined: Dec 23, 2009
Points: 5

Re: Replacement of all springs as part of maintenance?
Reply #2 Jan 5, 2010 9:53 pm

What springs? huh??

Drive clutch spring
Auger clutch spring
Idler Traction Drive Spring
....

Catt

Location: Minnesota
Joined: Oct 16, 2009
Points: 196

Re: Replacement of all springs as part of maintenance?
Reply #3 Jan 5, 2010 10:15 pm

steverons,
I think borat's point is that we've never needed to change the springs and that includes many, many years of operation.. I agree with borat and doubt you would need to change these, but as soon as I say that
Murphy's law could strike.

borat

Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Replacement of all springs as part of maintenance?
Reply #4 Jan 5, 2010 10:39 pm

Catt wrote:

Ahhhh, yeah, that's pretty much what I meant.

fatboy

Joined: Dec 10, 2005
Points: 20

Re: Replacement of all springs as part of maintenance?
Reply #5 Jan 6, 2010 7:59 pm

Hi i'm Murphy

http://www.abbysguide.com/ope/discussions/44015-0-1.html

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borat

Joined: Nov 10, 2007
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Re: Replacement of all springs as part of maintenance?
Reply #6 Jan 7, 2010 1:18 pm

fatboy wrote:

Hi i'm Murphy

http://www.abbysguide.com/ope/discussions/44015-0-1.html

No kidding! We can go years with no discussion about springs then as soon as someone brings up the subject, we start hearing about failures?

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