Kevin Godshall
01-27-2010, 11:08 AM
I inherited a F/B 985 from my FIL, with a pile of moulding cutters. Been working OK, but he didn't keep up on maintenance and stuff, so I've been tuning it up and getting it back to 100%.
One big problem I'm having, and not finding any help: The V belt that runs from the cutterhead and transfers to the feed roller sprockets is very loose. The belt is not dry rotted or frayed, just loose. The manual says to "adjust" it but I dont see any adjustments, and it doesn't give any further info on it.
The replacing of the belt is not intuitiavely obvious either. Looks like the whole shooting match has to come apart to even loop another belt over it.
Does anyone have any experience with this machine and with this issue? Would really appreciate some guidance. Thanks.
One big problem I'm having, and not finding any help: The V belt that runs from the cutterhead and transfers to the feed roller sprockets is very loose. The belt is not dry rotted or frayed, just loose. The manual says to "adjust" it but I dont see any adjustments, and it doesn't give any further info on it.
The replacing of the belt is not intuitiavely obvious either. Looks like the whole shooting match has to come apart to even loop another belt over it.
Does anyone have any experience with this machine and with this issue? Would really appreciate some guidance. Thanks.