Salsco 60" Shaving MIll, Operator And Parts Manual

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units mainframe, this will allow the mounting frame to 
slide. Loosen the jam nut on the pusher/puller bolt and turn 
the pusher bolt to slide the rear drive assembly to tension 

the main drive chain. As long as the chain doesn’t touch the 

deck you are fine. Lock down the jam nut on the 
pusher/puller bolt, the bolts holding down the rear drive 
assembly and replace the guards and you will be ready to 
go. 

C.

Belt tension

, there are two belt systems which are typical to the 20”, 30”, 40” 

& 60” shaving mills.

a.

Cutter head to engine belt system. 

i.

First remove the guards.  This will make it much easier to tension 
these belts properly. Start at the cutter shaft and work towards the 
engine. 

ii.

(Note: Use the following procedure for each of the jackshaft 
assemblies.) 

Loosen the jam nuts and pusher bolts on the engine 

side; loosen the bearing mounting bolts so the jackshaft assembly 
can slide. Now, use the pusher bolts on the cutter shaft side to slide 
the jackshaft to tension the belt using the 3/8 rule. Lock down the 
cutter shaft side jam nuts and pusher bolts, bearing bolts and 
engine side pusher bolts and jam nuts. 

iii.

Now that you have tensioned all of the belts from the cutter shaft 
up towards the engine, tension the last belt that runs from the last 
jack shaft to the engine by sliding the engine. Loosen the engine 
mounting bolts, the jam nuts and the pull/push bolts on the front of 
the engine mounting area to slide the engine and tension the belt. 
Be sure to use the 3/8 rule when tensioning this belt. 

 
Note: While these guards are off check the tension of the 
blower drive system. 
 

iv.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU REPLACE AND SECURE 
ALL GUARDS PRIOR TO OPERATION OF THIS UNIT. 
RUNNING THIS UNIT WITH OUT GUARDS IN PLACE 
CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

b.

Blower assembly belt tensioning. 

i.

First you need to remove the guards.  This will make it possible to 
tension the belts properly.  

ii.

On the back of the actual blower loosen the bolts holding it to the 
drop out trough. Loosen the pusher bolt on the top right corner of 
the blower. This will allow you to relieve the tension on the belt 
running from the blower to the jackshaft. 

iii.

Now to tension the belts from the cutter shaft to the jackshaft use 
the same procedure in step C.a.ii.