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djoc
Joined: May 23, 2005
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Ariens 1124
Original Message May 23, 2005 9:43 pm |
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My snowblower is two years old and I went to move it in the garage. The wheels are locked in place. Any ideas?
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bbwb
Less is more...more or less
Location: NE Minnesota
Joined: Feb 23, 2004
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Re: Ariens 1124
Reply #10 May 26, 2005 10:19 pm |
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Hi djoc: I bet I have the answer here....If I had to bet, the excess slack in the chain is bunched up and caught on the bottom cross member. To check this out, tip the snowblower up onto the auger housing with the wheels in the air. Take out the two bolts that hold the bottom cover plate on and remove. Take a look inside and I am willing to bet this is the problem. I too had this happen to me....Ariens claimed that I am the ONLY one that this had occurrance. In my case, I wound up making a new tensioner because of the rinky dink original design. If you do a search for "Redesigned chain tensioner" you will see how I did it. I think it is on page 12 now. Let us know what you find. bbwb |
djoc
Joined: May 23, 2005
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Re: Ariens 1124
Reply #13 May 27, 2005 5:41 pm |
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Thanks for the ideas. I will check it out once I can get my mechanically brother in law over.
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