Bolt broken off Toro snowblower but from where?

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Bolt broken off Toro snowblower but from where?
Original Message Feb 13, 2010 8:32 am

To be honest it looks like it got sheared off. It's zinc plated so it's gold and a 10mm bolt but I cannot figure out where the heck it came from. It's not a shear pin in the auger. My 1028OXE has 8 shear pins and they are all there. Looked all around the outside of the machine but nothing is missing. I have no idea where it could have come off of and it looks like the head was snapped/twisted off. But I've been all over teh machine except under it and nothing is missing. any ideas? Could it have been an extra bolt from when they made it?

Any ideas?

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England." "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."

samdog

Joined: Feb 9, 2010
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Re: Bolt broken off Toro snowblower but from where?
Reply #11 Feb 15, 2010 3:00 pm

Got a flanged, zinc-plated 3/8ths bolt at the hardware store for 57 cents. The thread size/pitch is 1/4 and 20.

This is a grade 8 so it's much harder and more shear resistant than OEM.

I would recommend putting one in as I found the belly pan tends to droop and will scoop in snow without it.

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