Hi,
I have an old John Deere TR27 two stage snow thrower. It recently broke -- the engine is fine, but when I engage the auger, the auger doesn't spin and the impeller makes the smallest of motions, about 1/4" and then stops. It had been working fine and then I stopped for a moment, to adjust something and when I re-engaged the auger, it didn't spin.
With the snow thrower off, it is clear that the shear pins for the auger are intact --I cannot rotate the auger by hand and the pins look visibly intact. The impeller seems to move easily, however.
Is there some other shear pin I should be looking for? One associated with the impeller? I didn't hit anything when it stopped working, so it shouldn't have sheared anything. Perhaps something more serious is busted in the auger driver mechanism/transmission.
Now since the machine is 17 years old (!), I would happily just go buy a new one. However, after going to two power equipment stores and a Home Depot, I could only find a total of three snow throwers available -- two small toros and a probably-too-expensive 9hp Honda HS928. I guess it is too late in the season here in New England. If available I would probably get the Ariens 11528DLE.
Thanks for any advice,
--Jim--
This message was modified Feb 29, 2008 by jasdempsey
