Caleb S

There is a man near me offering stoker coal for $10/ton out of his basement. Probably going to grab some tomorrow.

I was thinking of just making one, I made wheels for a belt grinder in a similar way. Thanks for the pictures that makes things easy for me

1 hour ago, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said:

How did you check the bearings?

There was no play in the shaft. Solid as a rock. Definitely not babbit it looks like a bushing could be bronze or brass.

Could anyone point me in the right direction for a motor pulley? From what I have found (please correct me if I am wrong) you're supposed to use a 2" flat belt not a v belt. I have a belt but not sure what to use as a motor pulley. All I have are v belt pulleys

I have a 3/4 horse. Looking for a 1 hp

Got it! You guys were right the LG staff knew the mechanism. It's a tapered pin so it just needed some force and heat to get the pin out. Hammer is ready for cleaning and reassembly!

Andrew thanks for clarifying terms once again. Yes this is exactly the conclusion I came to. I have contacted LG and one other resource about how the bolt acts on the shaft and spider. Hopefully Thomas and Frosty are right and I just need more time and a bigger pipe wrench but it looks like there is another piece connected to the bolt inside the bolt hole, otherwise the bolt would be free floating from the threaded end as the hole is oversized.

Correct the fourth picture shows the standard. I have been treating the bolt daily with penetrating oil about a week. Have been trying pipe wrench etc but it doesn't look like it ever had a hex head to begin with which makes me question whether it is meant to be turned in that way. I will see if I can get ahold of someone from that site but at first glance the contact info is to order parts and repairs etc.

This bolt is the only one I see. It has a round head and it seems like it's got a piece inside the hole there that it is also threaded through or connected to. Either way it will not budge.

5 hours ago, Frosty said:

 use the correct terms.

Thanks I didn't know the correct name.

5 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:

A better description of what you are trying to accomplish would help.

My goal is to remove the shaft from the hammer. Should all be smooth sailing from there. I have not tried to get in contact with Little Giant although I browsed that site for diagrams and part lists.

Just to clarify I need to remove the shaft from the hammer body so that i can replace the lining on the clutch and put a new belt on for starters. Per Frosty's correction, my hammer does not have bearing caps. It is a solid one piece construction. This is tripping me up because all of the information I can find online involves machines with bearing caps.

Do you mean the outer cone that engages the clutch? That all moves fine but i cant seem to get the shaft to budge.

Well I did find one bolt on the clutch assembly but I can't figure out what exactly it does. Will upload a picture and do some more fiddling. Thank you!

I recently came across a 25lb trip hammer made by Mayer that had been in a shop fire. It was locked up and it needs several minor repairs. I managed to get it turning and get most of it apart, however I am having an issue with the drive shaft assembly. While typically Mayer Bros is interchangeable with the Little Giant models, this one has a single piece solid cast body, with no bolt on mounting brackets. This means I cannot simply remove the assembly to change the belt and replace the clutch mesh and bearings. I cannot find any resources online other than the Little Giant models with removable brackets. I don't know if I should be able to remove the flywheel by just pulling it off? It is keyed but no set screw that I can find. Even once I remove the flywheel, the shaft would need to be pounded out or something to remove the clutch assembly. Has anyone else run into this model or one with similar issues? Any advice would be appreciated. I have included pictures of my hammer and the typical Little Giant assembly for reference.