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Garandman

Location: South Boston, MA
Joined: Mar 9, 2005
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U Joints for Ariens snowblower shute crank
Original Message Jun 4, 2005 3:24 am

I've put together the tractor unit for the 1970 Ariens I've been refurbishing.

The new Intek OHV engine interferes with the original crank, which was a straight rod. Other Ariens blowers use tow universal joints to change the angle. Only issue is they're about $25 each at the dealer.

Any reasonable alternatives? For $50 I can probably find an entire parts snowblower.

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robmints

Joined: May 12, 2003
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Re: U Joints for Ariens snowblower shute crank
Reply #3 Jun 4, 2005 6:05 pm

http://www.mcmaster.com/

6445k3

About $8.50.

Garandman

Location: South Boston, MA
Joined: Mar 9, 2005
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Re: U Joints for Ariens snowblower shute crank
Reply #4 Jun 5, 2005 3:21 am

Great ideas everyone . One of the ujoints has to disconnect with a hitch pin (to drop the blower housing and change belts). So I'll try the McMaster Carr choice.

Garandman

Location: South Boston, MA
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Re: U Joints for Ariens snowblower shute crank
Reply #5 Jun 7, 2005 11:08 am

Got them today They're a lot more substantial than the OEM version, I might even replace the ones on our ST824.

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