Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Today i picked up an older John Deere 1032 snowblower. The unit starts on the first pull and is pretty clean with minimal rust. When you put it in drive it goes with no problem but when you engage the auger there was a terrible noise like a metal grinding. My first thought was the bearing in the auger housing was bad so i removed the tractor from the auger housing. The auger turns smooth and there is no play so that proves the bearing is fine. I found that the idler pully that puts the tension on the belt when you engage the auger is mounted to a little bar that moves up and down and at the bottom there is a weld that holds it to the shaft. The weld has a crack and the idler is off kilter. The brake looks worn like it was not disengaging when it was supposed to so i think that was the loud noise.      The unit seems to be like an Ariens the way it is set up. My questions are, How do i get info on this unit to find out the age ? The only numbers on it are 1032. I am going to weld the pully and try to bend the bar to get it in line with the belts again and replace the belts. The numbers on the old belts are worn so i need info on the unit in order to purchase new ones. I will try and get pics up this week. Thanks in advance for any help.

I don't know if they're an Ariens OEM but gates lists belts for it:

Auger FHP Medium Power V-belt  6836
Traction FHP Medium Power V-belt  6836

Looks like it's the same belt.  Part # 6836.

i will try and locate the belts tomorrow. thanks for the quick replies. anyone know how to find out the year ??

Your so luck, Knee. I havnt seen many decent older Deere units in Ct in a while.

Hi...

Call a Deere dealer with the serial nimber... should be able to tell all you want to know... parts should be available... probably can even get manuals for it... ask who manufactured it too...

Dave...

http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/servlet/com.deere.u90490.partscatalog.view.servlets.HomePageServlet_Alt

Deere has a very nice parts look up. Maybe click Model Search then type 1032 in the model number. your exploded view parts catalog index will come up. Hopefully.

Thanks for all the help. with the links you guys gave me i found the part #s and local dealer and picked up the belts today. I fixed everything that was in need , replaced the belts, oiled and greased everything that needed, and now it runs smooth and everything seems to work as should. here are a couple of pics

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That looks like a great machine, clean.  I see it also has a differential.   What are you going to do with this one?

I think im going to sell it and use the funds for some other ope i want. if i do not get any good bites i will keep it as a backup. how do you lock the differential on this machine ? it looks like a large wingnut . do i just tighten it ?

Did you find out who the OEM was? Or did Deere engineer it themselves?
When was it made?
Boston craigslist is pretty good for selling that stuff.

Oops - disregard I see you've already discovered that....

The john Deere dealer told me it was John Deere made with input and design by Ariens. They did not know the the year. It is made just like an Ariens except for the dash controls. Garandman wrote:

I'm really not sure, I know mine is like a knob and you just pull out and turn.  I think Kevin has one, and I'm sure others here will know exactly how to engage it.  Maybe loosen the nut and move the plate?  Report back as I'd like to know how it's done. 

Hi Knee. Ajace has a good memory. Mine is the 726, but it looks about the same vintage as yours. That  wing nut gets tightened to put the diff lock on, loosen to turn it off. Only problem is that some of these stay locked and have to be "worked out" somehow. Mine is stuck on the diff lock, but thats ok with me. Mine also has that noise when I engage the auger, but seems to stop after its running a bit. Two winters now and it runs real good. Heres a pic I posted on here last winter. It was throwing the dry powder nice that day.

Kevin

 

 Vangellis,

      I can't wait to look like your photo!!!!

                                              Fred  

Thanks for the help. How does yours do with wet heavy snow ? I had an old Ariens 8hp 32" last year that would not throw the snow 3 feet. It was horrible. If this thing can toss the wet heavy stuff good i might just keep it.  Vangellis wrote:

I knew it was done someway, I just didn't know exactly how.  Again, great picture.  Were the belts tight Knee?

The belts were tight and everything was functioning as should except it would only throw snow a few feet at best. I was baffled.  AJace wrote:

Ariens 8x24's throw snow like crazy, maybe the engine is tired?

I'm going to put  Impeller kits on mine this year  - http://smllengns.tripod.com/

I have an antique Ariens just like yours 7hp 24" that throws unreal, also my ariens 1128 which is great. The old ariens 8 32 was running strong with no signs of the engine struggling at all, the belts were new and tight, the auger was spinning smooth, the fan was spinning fast but if i put my hand in front of the chute when it was running i could not feel powerfull wind coming out like i do with all the others, and it dribbled the snow instead of shooting it. the fan was in perfect shape with no bends. it baffled me to the point i gave it away. I might pick up one of the kits in the link and give it a try on my Deere if i decide to keep it. Where in southie are you ? have you lived there a long time ? I have some old friends there. Garandman wrote:

Hi Knee. The first snowfall last year was a wet one and it clogged all day. I tightened the belts before that pic was taken. The next two storms after that were wet and I think it only clogged once or twice. Of course this was after I bought a Sno-stick to unclog it. LOL
For now it does the job for me. I'm sure these were made by Ariens.

Jubol, it has been a pretty warm summer here so far. Just looking at that pic cooled me off a little, but I'm in no rush for winter to get here. Think of a scene like this.

Kevin

I posted a message on another forum and it was claimed they're made by AYP for Deere?

Garandman wrote:

I would not know for sure even if the pictures were larger. The new Fronteers might be AYP?

What question did you post on the other forum?

From memory, and maybee SNowmann knows, But deere for a long time was Genuine Deere, then Ariens was making the Deere line, now Frontier ( For Deere) is made by Murray.

MountainMan wrote:

It is my understanding the above is correct, except with Murray now in bankruptcy, I don't know the future of the relationship, but that wont affect who made machines in the past.

I asked, "Do they make their own, or are they OEM'd?"

Got two answers:

- "Ariens made them for a few years but did not supply JD with the sweeper attachments."

- "I forget who makes them for JD though. I believe it is AYP."

yours looks very much like the ariens built unit.

somewhere in that timeframe ,perhaps a bit later deere sold a unit that looked very much like a roper blower.it was also a tank not to be confused with some of the more modern ...ah stuff.

from there they progressed to somthing made by ..you guessed it MTD and from there i just dont know.

they are just different enough that its hard to get parts for them.(the mtd one that is)

i have noticed that the older ones with the rounded front on the auger housing seem to be the ariens built or engineered units.

the control panel or dash is its own design but it does work real well.

in my opinion they are a KEEPER.

later chris

 

TheKneebiter wrote:

Auger noise:

My auger drive belt was in good condition, but streached.  This allowed the break to wear and grind on the drive pulley.  I replaced the belt and the noise went away.

Hi..

I have the same issue with my John Deere 1028 I pick-up for  $200 and when I took it to the local small engines guy out here he quoted me $350 to get it  functional again.My unit has the 10 hp Tecumseh engine and I was told that it was 20 years old.Should I spend the money to repair the unit???It runs fine and not much rust but the drive gear box and the auger gear are shot not to mention I need new skid pads etc. 

Garandman wrote:
I realize that many things have changed over the years since this post,but now (2010-2011 ) John Deere snowblowers are  built by Briggs and Stratton,  Briggs took over a number of brands including, John Deere, Simplicity, and Snapper , also Murray when they got into financial problems. Many of the models that they build under different names are nearly identical except for their color.