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

Hi, I bought this snowblower from HD last year. Used it about 3 times. This year it started right up but the auger didn't turn. I took the belt cover off and saw that both attachment belts were destroyed/shredded. I bought two new belts, put them on, and I see that the attachment pulleys on the engine shaft do not line up with the attachment pulley. I see no way of fixing this and the manual is worse than useless. Can anyone help?

Thank you,

Pete

I wonder if the lower pulley ( attached to the impeller) is on backwards. If the top two are in alignment then its probable they are in the correct position.

If you cna't fix it yourself it sure looks like a waranty issue.

nibbler wrote:
The lower pulley is definitely not on backwards. It goes on one way only. Since I bought it at Home Depot, I called them. They told me it is past their 60 day warranty so its up to the manufacturer. I have to contact Ariens, I suppose. It'll be summer before I get this straightened out, I suppose. There has to be an easier way. Maybe I dismantle the whole thing and start from scratch?

I noticed something on my 9526 DLE that may be pertinent to this thread.
Like kinger's 1027 LE my machine has one drive belt and two attachment
belts, with the engine pulley being a single piece with the three grooves
turned into it.

Because of the way the traction is engaged the groove in the engine pulley
will only line up with the drive plate/pulley when the traction is engaged, as
this pulls the driveplate back (to rub on the friction disk).  Kind of strange
in my mind.  It means that whenever the engine is running but the traction
is not engage, the engine pulley, belt idler and drive plate/pulley are very
much out of alignment.

The result is that at idle there is no way that all the belts, pulleys and
idlers can line up properly and may seem to be out of adjustment when
they're not.  However, in kinger's case, it seems that his engine pulley is
not positioned properly since it lines up ok with the drive plate (which it
shouldn't) and does not line up ok with the attachment pulleys (which it
should).  Seems to me that moving the pulley forward (somehow) should
solve the problem.

Paul