From someone who owns a Dewalt 735 13 inch planer. I need a picture of the sprockets and chain assembly. This is very easy to do. Standing on the infeed side of the planer look on the left side and you will see a plastic guard that covers the sprockets. There are 3 hex head screws that remove with the supplied T handle wrench that's in the hole in the top of your planer.

 

Remove that cover and take a picture and post it please. Also check and see how tight the chain is across the top of the sprockets.

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

Richard,

Just getting ready to leave for work. If no one has posted what you need by the time I return, I'll put them up here.

 

Lew

 

 

I'll have it for you in a couple hours, Rich.

Rich, this is a stock online photo. Will it get you what you want?

 

 

Rich, here's mine.

 

 

 

Deflection of the chain is barely 1/2" . It's pretty new, less than 500 LF through it. Don't know if the chain stretches with use.

OK, cool guys. Thanks a bunch!

I've been having some issues with broken sprockets. I broke a sprocket a couple weeks ago and replaced it with a new one. When I put it back together the chain was tight as a drum across the top and very loose on the bottom. Not knowing what it should be I ran it like that and it broke another sprocket yesterday.

 

Yeah, that bottom part of the chain is fairly loose. The deflection I measured was at the mid top.

The second broken sprocket I understand. What do you think caused it to crater the first time?

 

I'm not sure what's going on at this point. The first sprocket cracked in half and was over 5 years old. The second sprocket sheered off the little tit that fits in the sprocket shaft key way. At this point I'm think I may have put it together wrong because the chain across the top was very tight, no slack at all.