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

This is the third season with this snowblower, today was our really first snowfall of the season.,Cleveland Ohio, 6 plus inches. Went into the garage baby fired right up, my problem
is it don't matter what forward speed I'm in the thrower will just PUSH the pile then will catch up and try to purge it all at once!! Last year I tried the floor wax(no luck)
this year I waxed the housing and the impeller and today sprayed it all with silicon, it still pushes the pile. It was looked at by Sears last year and they said there
is nothing wrong with it. A few weeks back I had a friend of the family look at it also and he couldn't see why it would not throw the snow. He did state that the
2 stage snowthrowers are not as good as throwing snow as a single stage. Should I just kick this one to the curb and by a Ariens? Any info or ideas is greatly appreciated.....

Mike

Mike,
Did you get the new belt?

All I did was tighten it as best as it could be, everything turns fine, yesterday and today we've had quite measureable snow
6" yesterday, and today about 4". Being soo cold hardly any water content to the snow, and this blower is just throwing it
15-20 feet. My guess is that when the snow thickens up(water content) it has the problem. As in the belt, do I have to split
my machine to replace the belt ? that's what it looks to me, even though the manual(and we know manuals) is pretty unclear
as to changing the belt other than stating removing a couple of covers and sliding the belt off/on......