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zippo2008
Joined: Sep 3, 2008
Points: 6
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Do Ariens snowblowers have Hydrostatic drives like Honda snowblowers ?
Original Message Sep 4, 2008 12:10 pm |
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Hello,
A friend of mine has a Honda with a hydrostatic drive, and from what he explained to me, this enables you to change gears on your snowblower, without having to stop moving with the machine, in order to change the gear, and then get that movement going again by pressing down on the gear lever ( on your right handle bar )
Does anyone know if the Ariens brand of snow blowers use this hydraulics system for gearing ?
I'm looking at the model: http://www.ariens.com/products_snow/s_deluxe_1130dle_features.aspx
also, if anyone know where to find an online manual for any of the Ariens brand snow blowers I'd really appreciate any info
Thanks for any info.
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pvrp
Joined: Nov 14, 2008
Points: 151
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Re: Hydrostatic drives
Reply #20 Dec 5, 2008 10:13 am |
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pvrp: What kind of machine are you operating that you had to change two friction disk drives on? I could understand maybe once in twenty years of heavy use but twice? Sounds like something must have been out of whack. I thought this as well. The speed selection rod, which has a cotter pin right on the end passes very close to the friction disk when changing speeds and I thought at first that the cotter pin was chewing up the rubber. There were big chunks of rubber taken out of the disk. Try as I might I was not able to get the two parts to come in contact manually. The second disk suffered the same fate. It may be caused by shifting on the fly, something to be avoided I've since read. I don't usually shift speeds while moving (certainly never between forward and reverse) but I have dragged the speed down from a higher speed on a couple of occasions, not often. This year I'll be a bit more careful and see if it makes a difference. What usually happens it that everything is fine, no sign of wear, and then all of a sudden traction goes to hell and when I look the disc has self-destructed. Takes about 4 years. Paul
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Clay
Location: Wis
Joined: Dec 3, 2008
Points: 111
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Re: Do Ariens snowblowers have Hydrostatic drives like Honda snowblowers ?
Reply #21 Dec 5, 2008 10:22 pm |
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Very nice pictorial essay. Your cables are farther to the side than mine are. My cables cross right over the top of the muffler. I didn't have the small zip tie on those cable like you do either. I did notice a couple of nice things that it looks like you did after you bought your machine. One is the keeper wire on the engine start key. I was wondering what I would do if I lost that thing. I also noticed some white grease on the auger shaft. Did it come greased or did you do some preventative maintenance on your new machine. I also noticed some blue grease on one of the zerts in the photo.
One of the hairpin hitchpin clips came out of the drive control connection and I thought that I broke a belt or a shear pin. I was glad it was just a missing hairpin hitchpin. I bought a package of 10 of them for $.99. I have the service rep coming to the house tomorrow - Sat. Your picture layout makes me think that I should document my machine as well. I'll try to take some pictures before and after on the cable routing. Any ideas on what is the difference between the 917.881063 and the 917.881064? For that matter what is the difference between the 60 and the 63. I see that the 60 was advertised as having 8 speeds, 6 forward and 2 reverse and the 63 comes with variable speeds. I wonder if the 64 changed the location of the cables slightly and they knew about this issue with the muffler. Rick
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