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

I have an Ariens 10M7D I picked up used last winter. At the time, I didn't know much about snow blowers so I didn't check the augers. Well, today I checked them, fearing the worst. Fortunately, the left side spins OK when I remove the shear pin. Unfortunately, the right side is *almost* stuck in place. I say almost because I am able to, with a great amount of force, rotate it around the shaft.

My question is, should I just grease it up real good and keep using it or should I see if I can get the auger off and try to clean out the inner bore as well as the auger shaft?

Thanks for the advice. I have some replacement zerk fittings so maybe I'll just pull out the existing ones first to get more penetrating oil in through those holes.