Hi
I have inherited a 15year old Masport belt drive chipper shredder fitted with a 5HP BS engine.
A standard engine service, ie carby rebuild, spark plug , air filter and oil change has the old engine running fine.
Now the fun bit the rusty, bent and badly worn mess of flails, shafts and spacers in the shredder wheel.
I am having trouble getting it apart and am tempted to cut it out as i will have to replace the spacer and flails anyway.
OK finally to the question...
Are these spacer and shafts just mild steel? That I can get from the local steel supply and cut to size? Or do I need to find something harder or try and order genuine parts?
The local Mower shops only stock the chipper blade and flail blades.
Also are these flails interchangeable with any of the similar shredders on the market as the masport ones seem expensive @ $6-7 each for a flat blade with a hole ate on end (especially when you need a set of 9 flails)
Thanks in advance
