On Jul 16, 2020, at 3:00 PM, charlie9g@... wrote:

not a feed roller sorry it's a tensioner.

On Jul 16, 2020, at 5:37 PM, Brian Lamb <blamb11@...> wrote:

?It’s the friction wheels that drive the feed rollers. There are two, a large one and a small one. Best to replace both at the same time, the urethane tends to get old and brittle. Also, always leave the feed mechanism in the center where it’s disengaged when not actually running ?boards through the machine. The indentation on the urethane from the pressure against the drive wheel ruins the friction wheels.

Brian Lamb
blamb11@...
www.lambtoolworks.com

On Jul 16, 2020, at 3:00 PM, charlie9g@... wrote:

not a feed roller sorry it's a tensioner.

On Jul 16, 2020, at 4:01 PM, Allen Akin <akin@...> wrote:

Just replaced mine a few weeks ago. The most annoying part of the job is separating the machines. Replacing the urethane-covered drive wheel is straightforward.

Brian mentioned two wheels, but on my CF731SP I remember only one of the two (the large one) being urethane-covered. Maybe I missed something.

Allen

On Jul 16, 2020, at 8:21 PM, Allen Akin <akin@...> wrote:

Huh. ?I do have a two-speed planer, but I don't remember seeing a smaller urethane-coated wheel in the chassis. ?I don't see one in my parts diagram, either, and my sales guy didn't mention one when I ordered the replacement for the large wheel.

Maybe there's a model-year difference? ?Mine's a 2004.

Allen

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 04:31:03PM -0700, Brian Lamb wrote:
| If you have a two speed planer, you will have two wheels. I’ve replaced mine twice now. First set within a few months of new because of some motor issues that allowed the machine to stall. The second set lasted about 18 years… just replaced them six months ago.
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| Brian Lamb
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On Jul 17, 2020, at 8:50 AM, charlie9g@... wrote:

brian et al

thanks for the tip.? i always leave the planer with either the high or low speed engaged and thus shortened the roller's life.? i always also wondered what the middle notch on the speed adjuster is for, which by your explanation is apparent.? mine is a 2000 machine.? i will see if there are two rollers.? thanks all for the lucid explanations.

On Jul 17, 2020, at 9:37 AM, Allen Akin <akin@...> wrote:

Here's the page from my parts list. Looks a bit different.

Part number 55 is the urethane-coated wheel in my setup.

Allen

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 07:40:02AM -0700, Brian Lamb wrote:
| Could be I suppose, mine is a 2001 vintage machine and an AD741. Here is the page from my parts list, shows the two wheels.
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| Brian Lamb
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| www.lambtoolworks.com




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