What are the 2 plastic pins for on the back of the spreader

Hi Pat:

Sometimes the spreader plate mechanism will have a bit of material left in it after use, and that will swell up from moisture in the air. Try giving it a really good hosing with your garden hose, and then manually try to work the mechanism back and forth to loosen it up. Be gentle and patient. Some of these devices have plastic gears that break easily.

You will need to know what make and model spreader you have as a starting point.

The design is quite simple with one wheel driving a bevel gear in a gear box. If the wheel turns the axle shaft and the center pin in the spreader with the retainer/cotter pin does not turn it is likely something has failed in the gear box.

If both wheel spins and the axle does not turn than the drive wheel has disengaged the axle shaft and the cotter pin in the drive wheel needs to be replaced.

The compounds used in the spreaders are corrosive. Usually the gears and axle become bound due to corrosion. By oiling the bearings and wiggling the wheels they will free up,
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Hope this helps?.

Use a plastic spreader & slide under the side of indicator,you will feel a bit of plastic just slide spreader further until it realises the indicator, remove indicator twist out bulb holder ,change bulb, then just slide indicator back into place.

Cyclone spreader parts can be purchased from amazon, take a look here: Amazon com Cyclone spreader parts. Wish you best of luck

I am sorry to hear about the problem with your spreader. Sometimes we have replacement parts for our spreaders. Please give Scotts a call at 877-465-5160 at your earliest convenience to check part availability. Hilary @Scotts

I would think it is either it is stripped or loose gears or the roll pin which holds the impeller to the rod is missing. those things happen on the industrial spreaders I use at work.

there should be a sheer pin on the shaft, chech this and see if that's the problem.

Hi,

I have looked for spare parts but you can buy a brand new spreader off of Ebay for £29.99.

Regards
Alan Hood
ami-man
UK

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