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

I have a Craftsman snowblower with auto wheel drive.  When I press down the handle to engage the wheels, they do not turn.  My auger rotates with the other handle when engaged, but not my wheels.

Is this an easy fix or do i have to take it somewhere?

afbnoles1 wrote:
I think you better take it to the shop

He might have one of the newer models with the hydrostatic drive.  I looked at one before I bought the Simplicity.  Hydrostatic seemed nice but it would also be expensive to diagnose and fix. 

Hydrostatic is nice but unfortunately its simplicity of operation misleads some owners to abuse the transmission mechanism by failing to disengage the drive clutch prior to shifting into reverse, some don't even bother to stop the machine. In my experience too many dealers neglect to stress the importance of proper procedure and too many people just assume that if something can be done then it's ok to do it.

the belt  ????