fixing a reel round 3

This week I got to fix a reel again.  On this occasion the person who pulled the gun cart out pulled it too far and ripped the hose off of the reels drum.  To fix this we removed the broken section of hose that was still attached to the drum and then attached a chain connecting the rest of the hose to the drum.  We then used the reel to suck the hose back in close to where it needed to go.  We then attached a come-along to the hose and drum to suck it the last little bit into place.  We then use a propane torch to heat up the end of the hose that was to attach to the reel so the plastic was a little less rigid and sucked it right up into place.
45 hours this week
335 hours total.

fixing a reel again

This week I fixed a flapper on a reel.  All of the seals and bearings had gone out on it to the extent that it would no longer function at all.  It went fairly smoothly except the seals that I had to insert didn't have a nice metal ring to tap on to seat them in place they were just hard rubber on the side that I had facing out.  So I hunted around the shop and came up with a narrow piece of flat bar that I tapped on with a hammer to seat the seals.

50 hours this week

290 hours total

timing chain

    

Over the last two weeks I have been doing a lot of attachment setup and oil changes but the I also got to do this.  On my bosses quad one of the guides that keep the timing chain on broke and allowed the timing chain to slip off. So I got to tear it apart and replace both of the guides and both the timing chain and oil pump drive chain.  We also had to make a special tool to remove and reattach the centripetal clutch.  

105 hours for the last two weeks

240 hours total