I bought a like new wood chipper with a Tecumseh HM100 that had a damaged chipper housing. I'm not interested in the chipper, but how to get the chipper head off of the crank. It seems to have a short pto shaft with a 3/8 fine thread. The hub of the chipper head looks like it sticks out off the crank about 1 1/2" with a 7/16 fine threaded hole. I'm thinking I need to thread a long bolt in here til it hits the end of the crank and starts forcing the chipper off. There are no setscrews or any thing of that sort. Has anyone worked on one of these?? Am I thinking right, or way off ??? That's the only way I can see to get it off, but would like to know for sure.
Yard Machine wood chipper???
- Thread starter jimh
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All you can see is the chipper. The guard is bolted to the engine. The chipper has to be removed to get to the guard bolts. The chipper to block distance is probably 1/4 inch, with the guard in between. The only thing you could see is the 2 threaded holes. Pics are worth more than 1000 words if there's anything to see. If I tried to photo the threaded holes, you would see a blurry round thing with a blurry hole in the middle.:smile:
I think I'm going to try the original plan. I thought I'd get lucky and find someone here who had done one. I'm 90% sure that's how it works, but that 10% bothers me a little. There has to be a use for the threaded hole in the hub. I just guessed it was to jam it off when it hits the end of the crank, or for a large dent puller type slide hammer. This engine looks like brand new, not even dirty. I want it for the Manco 3 wheeler, since it came with a Tecumseh I'm going to change it over to electric start though. Too much to be pull starting all the time. I'd have to go start it every time the wife or kids wanted to ride it.
Turn it...or mail it to me in a USPS flat rate box with return cost enclosed, and I'll turn it down to 3/4" and mill a keyway and tap the end for a retaining bolt.
A box just big enough for a crank used to be $9, but I think they just went up a little...should be about $20 total for both directions...but I work pretty slow, so don't expect it back in a week.
A box just big enough for a crank used to be $9, but I think they just went up a little...should be about $20 total for both directions...but I work pretty slow, so don't expect it back in a week.
Yes, except it's black and the handle/hopper and half of the chipper housing was missing. The engine looks new and the rest was real clean. It was pretty new, but fell out of a truck and damaged the handle/hopper and chipper housing. all I wanted was the engine. Also has a couple of Carlisle sawtooth tires. I couldn't passit up for $75
I had to srew a longer bolt into the end of the crank, leaving it out about 1/8" and give it a couple of licks with the hammer. The chipper head also was threaded a little bigger. I think I could have used a slide hammer screwed into that, but I didn't have one big enough. Pull the crank and get it turned to 3/4 and keyed.
