[el-guapo-loco]

Hey All

Not sure whether my chain guard on the left side of my aerator is warped or not. Yesterday the tines were rubbing into the chain guard and it prevented the tines from rotating. I wheeled it back to my truck and cleaned it up. I removed the cover and readjusted the chain tension pulley and put it back together. Aerator worked for about a minute and then the tines rubbed into the chain guard.

hoping someone else had experienced this issue.

This is the first issue I've had with this aerator in 15 years. I prolly aerate 30 lawns a fall and have never had any problems

 

[jc1]

Are you sure that the bearing has not failed for the shaft allowing movement?

 

[Ghopper3345]

Yep bearing is shot! I have 7 of those all about 20 years. Take the guard off only will get worse when the chain pops. Re build over winter with new bushing too