jgvarno Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I have a Champion 400 blower. It had a bent crank and made some noise, after checking I found the front bearing cone is busted in half, thus was causing noise and some lockup. All else looks very good, is there any hope in getting a threaded cone or do I have to use it to sell as parts? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-D Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I had the exact same problem a number of years ago (actually, it was quite a number of years ago, about 1980). I'd only paid $45 for the Champion 400. I took the shaft and the "bits" of the bearing cone to a machine shop. They could readily make it, but wanted $125 (at that time). Considering I'd paid less than half of that for the blower, I didn't get them to make it. I sold the blower to a friend that had a 400 as well, for $25, and looked for and bought another blower. So, you can certainly get one made, the question is, "is it worth it?". If you want a blower that will not give you problems, and doesn't have hard to replace parts, get a Caneday Otto (sp?) blower, they have bushings, not bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SReynolds Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Time to get another blower and make two into one. I have been doing that for years. if I find one that is quite but broken in some way I buy them and keep em on hand. I Canedy I have is well worn out. It will require all new bushings and I hope to re-use the gears, but that is iffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo T Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Lots of people are looking for specific parts to refurbish their 400s. If I had it to do over, I'd seriously consider buying a new blower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDW Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I need the shaft the fan goes on or else I need to part out one I just got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennA Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I need a grease cap for the sides / ends of the shaft the bronze gear is on. (Champion 400) The caps for the input / crank shaft is too big. I could also use a new fan ( my blades are badly rusted away). I'm going to try & repair the blades (sheet metal blades) with JB Weld ... any thoughts on this ? Will it work ... or fly apart & kill my dog ? Anyone ever try to reproduce the tin blades & re-rivet them to the cast center spokes ? Thank for any replies ! Hillbilly Newbie here ~Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsoldat Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I picked up the tap (1/2x 24tpi LH) at Lordco and turned a cone on my lathe. Seems to have done the trick, it's still working. May be worth checking into someone close by with machinist skills and maybe make a swap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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