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

Since I had the auger assembly apart to replace bearings & bushings, I thought I would try my hand at fabbing an impeller kit. Already had all the materials laying around. I still have to put everything back together, but I can hardly wait till I can try it out. I used some 1/4 rubber sheet I had and hope it will last a while.

Don't know if will make any difference, but I thought it might be a good idea to bevel the leading edge to help shed the snow.

Most of the old engines that had a charging circut  also had a lead of un-rectified voltage to use for a headlight assy.  The voltage was about 15 max if i remember right..

I guess so you could run it through a bridge rectifier  and still have charging power for a 12 volt battery..

Hey  Borat,  I never worked on a thrower in the desert,   I noticed the impeller has a curve to it  (like a boat prop).  wouldn't it be better extend the wiper/ rubber the full length of the impeller? Or does that area extend intothe first stage and grab snow? (meaning it is not in contact with the housing of the second stage)

Friiy

friiy wrote:

I don't think that 15 volts would be too much for heaters.  They're not that sophisticated.  The rheostat that controls the heat might have problems with it.  One would have to check the voltage tolerances to be sure.

Not sure what you mean about extending the wiper the full length of the impeller.  Don't think that would be possible to extend into the auger side.  The curved ends of the impeller that face the auger appear to be designed to cut off/gather and pull in snow fed by the auger.  The critical swept area would be the span inside the impeller housing where snow is ejected through the hole to the chute.  The closer the tolerance on either end of the impeller vane  inside the impeller housing as well as a close fit to the circumference of the impeller housing will create the best seal.  From reading previous posts, about this modification, the results are quite impressive if done correctly.   From the pictures here, looks like he's done his home work.     

Did you ever seen my home video about clarence impeller kit check it out and had fun here,s the link

http://www.abbysguide.com/ope/discussions/24448-0-1.html

borat wrote:
Ahh..  that's a nice touch by simplicity, I thought you may have painted it when you were at the axles and so forth.

There is only one hole in my chute and its at the top where the deflector covers it. Its a square hole and I don't know why it would be there. Must be for some other model and has a different attachment. It is on the opposite side of my deflector cables. Down bottom I would have to drill holes to make this work. Its a thought for future project. Maybe when I put the impeller kit on this machine when the warranty runs out.  Canadian tire has the karpet here, but its blue.. I would like to get my hands on a black out, or even better orange :)

Side note, have ordered the Deluxe snow cab. Did so a few weeks ago actually. Wish I done so when you did with the dollar strong. Going to cost me about $50 more I think. I ordered from two different places. Canceled the first order as I was getting a run around and bad service. The second order when much smoother and if it was not for the original order mistake I would probably have it now. Christmas is slowing it down too.  It is now in Canada and on its way, expected one day before first major snowstorm is predicted. Have not used my thrower this year yet.

Hi Mr Denis

I see u from Mtl and u have french name..

I suppose u talk french too. because my english is poor and have a couples of questions

to impeller kit..

Its possible to post my request in french here or do u have email can i write to u.

Thx..

Roger

Our French here is horrible...  Try going to Google and Using French to English Translator...

Hope we can help,

La Friiy

GtWtNorth,

Curious to know how your home made kit made out. Did it hold up? Wear out? Balance issues? I am going to install something like that on one of mine, just wondering if you would do it again or go with Clarence's kit.

Thanks

John

JohnnyBoy,

They seemed to work very well although I can't compare before & after since I never used this machine before. No balance problems either, I tried to make sure all the parts were the same size to avoid imbalance. Not much wear either, when I installed, I tried to have them touch the sides, but only a minimum.

On a side note, I did move the rubber to the back of the blade when I did the final install. Had to use a second strip  of rubber to act as a spacer to clear the foldback on the lip of the impeller.

Cheers

Thanks for the reply. I'll likely put mine underneath as well. There's a clown in my neighbourhood who delivers bundles of store flyers. He seems to have been born from the genetic pool that Joe Montana and Stevie Wonder would create. Great arm, but not much accuracy. I find those bundles of flyers everywhere, lawn, bed of my truck, roof... nowhere is safe.

If I put it underneath, I might buy a little room for jamming instead of pinching the rubber backwards and creating worse mess.

Thanks again

John