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

Is it really possible to install the snowblower augers backwards?  I replaced the bearings and decided to do a little preventive maintenance and clean and repainted the auger axle. Everything runs like new with one exception.  During the first snowfall of the year i noticed that most of the snow was being thrown outside of the snow bucket, not inward toward the impeller.    The impeller works fine, so I know that's not on backwards.

Because of the safety/lockout controls I cannot see the augers moving while the engine is running.  And I'm on my own. Maybe I'll wrap a bungie cord around the control that engages the auger so I can check.  Geezzz.

Yes it is. You put the right hand auger on the left side and the left hand auger on the right side. Turn them around and you will be back in business. What model is that?

AJ

ajallen wrote:

Thanks for confirming this. I was going to label them when I took them off but then I held them up next to each other and they looked identical.  I could have rotated them before installing them in the housing.  Its a Yamaha YS828 running on tracks.

Here's a photo of a low mileage yamaha for comparison:

How is the choke rod doing?   DId you fix it yet?

Friiy

The teeth on your auger blades look awfully worn.  Are they perhaps rubbing on the ground ?

Paul

friiy wrote:

The rod is jury rigged for now.  When I opened the JB weld tubes to "weld" it on one of the tubes was defective.   I have to exchange it.  Someone posted the owner's manual for the blower and it been a big help in setting things up correctly.  I did get to play with it in the snow this morning ,  too bad the augers are backwards.  We are expecting more snow on Friday. 

pvrp wrote: Yes the auger blades are worn. Some people don't believe in adjusting the skids.   That includes the previous owner. 

I took the bucket off and flipped them around last night. It took me the best part of 3 hours.  All is fine now. I would have considered all this a complete waiste of time but I found a mistake (another one) that I made the last time I assembled the bucket. So at least that is now fixed. All ready for the big storms (12")  we are expecting this weekend. 

Underdog wrote:
Well at least you didn't do what I did when I restored my machine a month ago.  After reassembling
everything and having a bit of difficulty inserting a shear bolt I determined that I had installed
the augers backwards so disassembled everything and switched them.  Only to find out that they
had been in fact ok the first time, so I had to change everything back again.  It was a long day.

Paul

Slowball,

It would appear so.