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   eddo234 | Sep 06, 2021 01:55pm | #1

   Both feed rollers are driven by a chain, the cutter head is driven by a belt. Go online, there are lots of YouTube videos on how to change the chains, sprockets, and belt. They'll show you how to remove the side cover so you can see what's up with the chain (maybe a link simply broke). Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34RsBtDJt1I

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   tenderfootbob | Sep 06, 2021 03:15pm | #2

   Thank you for your quick response. I did go on line to view how to change the belt. However, before I did anything I installed new knives and turned the planer on, and for reasons known only to ‘machine gods’ it started working again!

   Thanks again,
   Tenderfoot Bob

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   tenderfootbob | Sep 07, 2021 11:44am | #4

   Thanks for responding. Turns out it wasn’t the chain or the belt. I had change speeds without the motor running, which I thought was logical. Wrong!

   Tenderfoot Bob

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   john_c2 | Sep 06, 2021 04:24pm | #3

   Mine is a 733, so I don't know how they compare. I had the same thing happen, and it was a belt. Half the width had broken, the other half was intact. It worked for random intervals. Super easy fix.

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   tenderfootbob | Sep 07, 2021 11:50am | #5

   Thanks for responding. Turns out it wasn’t the chain or the belt. I had changed speeds without the motor running, which I thought was logical. Wrong!

   Tenderfoot Bob

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   eddo234 | Sep 07, 2021 11:55am | #6

   Although I haven't made that exact mistake, I've had my share of dumb ones. Thanks for sharing!