how do you tighten the front chains on an argo?

[mudbug3]

I,ve been running the ' Snap Idle ' chain adjusters on the T-20 chains of my Max IV, and they float back and forth in the direction of the chain.

[Aussie Iron]

Yes they look like the McMaster-Carr ones but home made. I also have them on my rear chains and haven't had any problems. They do float along the chains but they have found their own position and sort of stay there.

[Roger S]

The problem I see on the front argo axle is that floating adjuster wants to slide downhill toward the small idler sprocket.

[sparkola]

What do you mean "loose enough to move"Are you talking about so that the chains can move across the tension points? I would think that keeping your chains lubed well enough would allow for a little more tension without wear to the tensioner. Although restraining cables as you mentioned would keep 'em from "walking"

[coyoteugly]

Ive had those on my 8 wheel conquest and that is a problem with them for me < I used 1/16 cable to hold the top of the tensioner to the chassis ( must be loose though so it can move) and that works pretty well.

[sparkola]

Well one side of the chain goes one way and the other side goes the other way so the opposing actions would negate each other and the tensioner would sit where you install it. Does that make sense?

[coyoteugly]

what would stop those from riding along with the chain to the sprocket; something would be needed to keep them from moving forward or backward wouldn't it or am I missing something here.

[thebuggyman1]

Aussie Iron, yours must look like these: McMaster-Carr

[Aussie Iron]

heres one for the doityourselfer[ATTACH=CONFIG]5689[/ATTACH]

This is like I use for my front chain tensioner on my Argo , but instead of the rubber bands I have adjustable metal strips pinned through the nylon blocks. Works very well. It's 50/2 chain.

[mudbug3]

[ QUOTE ) ' When you drive in reverse, the pull on the chain will over ride that spring and pull the chain straight, and all the slack will go to the other side and flop around. '


Roger

I can understand your point, but you have no idea just how strong this torsion spring is. lol. You would need a crow bar for leverage to do what you said on this tensioner. I may be wrong, but I don,t think that when the chain tension is put on the chain tensioner side, its going to move this torsion spring that much. I guess we will see said the blind man. lol. If my idea don,t work, then the laugh will be on me. I talked to Monstercraftman about building a torsion spring tensioner like the one used on the Argo Centaur, and I was told on the phone that they could build one like this too.

[Roger S]

Those Monstercraftsman things would work ok if you mounted it on the slack side, and never backed up. When you drive in reverse, the pull on the chain will over ride that spring and pull the chain straight, and all the slack will go to the other side and flop around.

I think what you need is a copy of the ODG Centaur tensioner, which is a HD version of the older argo double sided floating tensioner.

[plott hound]

heres one for the doityourselferChain-tensioner-setup-assy2.jpg

[Robinhood02]

ahhh ,i saw those on a combine and we thought it was the bounceing , i bet it was the straw chaff comeing out that was dislodging it

[mudbug3]

[ QUOTE ] ' Can someone please explain to me why ARGO doesn't use something like that ? '


Paquette


One reason that I could see is having the space to fit this style of chain tensioner in. But,, as I have posted already,, these chain tensioners are outstanding and very simple to mount!

[Paquette]

Now those are neat. Can someone please explain to me why ARGO doesn't use something like that ?