Posted by tjdub on July 07, 2011 at 13:20:44 from (208.28.88.253):
In Reply to: Darned Baler! posted by Allan In NE on July 07, 2011 at 06:24:26:
I bought my 855 for $1000 with a couple of bearings out in the tailgate sprockets. The previous owner had just got done putting new airbags in it and was so mad he just wanted it gone.
I replaced the bearings and two others on idlers that were noisy and haven't had a lick of trouble with the machine for the 3 years I used it.... until this year. I had a connector link on the chain come apart and it wrecked two tubes. Then I had one of the bolts that holds to the tube to the chain break.
It's a tough decision on rebuilding the old girls. I think I may just buy new chains for mine and leave all the old bearings and idlers on it. As soon as you go whole-hog on rebuilding something else will break.
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