troylee
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Best picture I could get by myself. Will have the wife hold a light for me when she gets home.
Found the first weak link on the 35 ton DHT splitter
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Best picture I could get by myself. Will have the wife hold a light for me when she gets home.
Cambium
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Reading through this thread helped a little. Hope you can get things going again.
I did a search on couplers but didn't see anything pertaining so I started a thread before seeing this thread.
This comment worries me now. Wondering if I got mine too flush.
I did a search on couplers but didn't see anything pertaining so I started a thread before seeing this thread.
This comment worries me now. Wondering if I got mine too flush.
The holes in the pump mount are slightly oversized so that you can obtain a proper alignment between the shaft of the pump and the engine. Troy it looks like you took them apart then put them back together when you took the last picture. When the new coupler goes on you'll need to align the shafts.
Reading through this thread helped a little. Hope you can get things going again.
I did a search on couplers but didn't see anything pertaining so I started a thread before seeing this thread.
This comment worries me now. Wondering if I got mine too flush.
That is too tight...or deep however you look at it..
troylee
ArboristSite Guru
troylee
ArboristSite Guru
Why didn't you post that comment two weeks ago? LOL
troylee
ArboristSite Guru
Well your gonna need to repost that monthly, first Tuesday, like the storm sirens.
Jim Timber
1/4 bubble off
I was thinking I should go over mine when it came out of the crate. Just instinct I guess. 
I'll be doing that before I gas it up.
There's some other designs besides the traditional love-joy. I've got one that uses a plastic intermediate coupling between two metal dogs which wouldn't touch if the coupler failed. So it's an alignment device and a fusible link. I forget what they're called - it was in a lot I won at an auction.
I'll be doing that before I gas it up.There's some other designs besides the traditional love-joy. I've got one that uses a plastic intermediate coupling between two metal dogs which wouldn't touch if the coupler failed. So it's an alignment device and a fusible link. I forget what they're called - it was in a lot I won at an auction.
Love-joy's can last for a very long time, but alignment is critical. It's something I check occasionally during use just in case something shifts a bit.
To be fair, you, as a new owner, should go over ANY splitter you buy. Some of the assembly work on Speeco splitters at a local farm & ranch store defies belief. One had an obviously kinked suction line that would never prime for whoever bought it. No...not Speeco's fault, but the local assembler did a horrible job.
To be fair, you, as a new owner, should go over ANY splitter you buy. Some of the assembly work on Speeco splitters at a local farm & ranch store defies belief. One had an obviously kinked suction line that would never prime for whoever bought it. No...not Speeco's fault, but the local assembler did a horrible job.
I've had exactly one Love Joy coupleing fail in 60 years of using them on various pieces of equipment.
Zeus103363
ArboristSite Operative
this is a step up from the love joy. They work good and do allow for some misalignment.
It's called a rexnord Omega. the smallest size element would probably work, just match up your shaft sizes.
Thanks
It's called a rexnord Omega. the smallest size element would probably work, just match up your shaft sizes.
Thanks
I was thinking I should go over mine when it came out of the crate. Just instinct I guess.
There's some other designs besides the traditional love-joy. I've got one that uses a plastic intermediate coupling between two metal dogs which wouldn't touch if the coupler failed. So it's an alignment device and a fusible link. I forget what they're called - it was in a lot I won at an auction.
I used Magnaloy on mine. You can get various fusible links that have different strengths for the amount of HP/drag you are putting on them.
James at Splitez recommended it to me as he says he has less issues with them as opposed to other brands.
Jim Timber
1/4 bubble off
My alignment was good, but there was no gap in the two couplers. It's now 1/8" like it should be. Seems like an odd oversight by a pump components manufacturer.
Far too much. See the specs here for a L090.
http://www.lovejoy-inc.com/resources/installation-instructions.aspx
troylee
ArboristSite Guru
Are you saying the coupler on our splitters are lovejoys?
Jim Timber
1/4 bubble off
mga
wandering
i use vertical shaft engines on my splitter and i align the couplers with a thin piece of sheet metal wrapped around them with a hose clamp. once i tighten that clamp, i bolt the engine down tight.
never had a failure yet and i've changed quite a few engines just to try out different HP's on my splitter.
i've never worried about that 1/8 " gap i just gently push them together by hand then tighten the set screws.
never had a failure yet and i've changed quite a few engines just to try out different HP's on my splitter.
i've never worried about that 1/8 " gap i just gently push them together by hand then tighten the set screws.
NSMaple1
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I'm seeing more like 1/16"?
