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Garandman


Location: South Boston, MA
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The illusive Woodruff Key....like Snipe hunting
Original Message   May 4, 2005 4:18 am
For my snowblower project I need a replacement #91 Woodruff Key and (2) #5 keys.  See below for what one looks like. They lock the spur gear to the axle shaft and the wheel hubs to the axle shaft.

They're $0.35 at the local "real" hardware store - but they don't have the #91.

They local dealer gets a mere $1.24 for it - but doesn't have it either.

So, it took me 30 minutes to mount the new motor and I drove around for an hour looking for a #91 Woodruff Key.....

I also need two "Feather Keys." The one place that didn't laugh at me or think I was snipe hunting only had them in Metric!

Once I finish this one I think I'll buy another to rebuild, because I'll have every cotter pin, Woodruff key and feather key required.....



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Garandman


Location: South Boston, MA
Joined: Mar 10, 2005
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Re: The illusive Woodruff Key....like Snipe hunting
Reply #3   May 5, 2005 2:57 pm
The local "good" auto parts store didn't have them. But LeBlanc's Hardware had a big bin of Woodruff keys - got what I needed for $0.30 and $0.45 each.

No such luck with the Feather Key. Had to buy it at the dealer for $2.37 each.  Got two Snow Hog tires for $35 to replace the originals.

They get $469 plus $60 labor to put on a new 8 hp Tecumseh, so I'm feeling pretty good about the under $300 for the 7.5 Intek and less than $300 for an Ariens ST824 with a 4 year old replacement Snow King, anyway.

Small Engine Warehouse has 11hp Briggs Intek Snow engines for $350 delivered, I'm sooo tempted to plug that one on in place of the 8hp. This hotrodding of snowblowers is getting out of hand.....


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Garandman


Location: South Boston, MA
Joined: Mar 10, 2005
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Re: The illusive Woodruff Key....like Snipe hunting
Reply #4   May 14, 2005 3:13 pm
Hmm. Three "good" hardware stores didn't have them. Nor did the industrial fastener distributor have that size.

Walked into a Homed Depot. $0.60. Whodathunkit?
AJace


I have an Ariens 926 Pro because I like Orange



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Re: The illusive Woodruff Key....like Snipe hunting
Reply #5   May 14, 2005 5:52 pm
Glad to hear you finally found it.  Maybe I'll check there more often. 

Ariens 926 DLE Professional; Toro S200; Craftsman LT1000, Echo ES-230;

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