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

I have a Ariens 924108. My snow blower will not blow slush. I see other folks bragging about it. I also see some folks using there snowblower as as pump throwing water from the house. When I go into slushy stuff all It does is vomit out of  my shoot 3 inches. Is there something wrong? It blows snow poor too. 10 feet of heavy wet snow.20 feet of regular snow. My blower has  a 8 hp Techumseh. This snow blower is rated to throw snow 50 feet . What can I do to improve performance.

Guys ... I have only seen a few of these kits installed and working in front of me. I have seen a remarkable improvement in throwing wet snow... I consider wet snow lubricated snow, meaning it slides to where it wants to go.... The wet snow under pressure from rotating impeller is slung to the outside of the housing impeller, this wet "lubricated snow" is jammed to the edge where it slows down with the friction of the housing and easily slips between the impeller and housing .. This slurry just rotates not being ejected from the chute... The added pressure of the spinning impeller slams the wet snow flat into housing allowing the impeller blade to slide past without ejecting it... If you don't believe this happens, Try taking a 7-11 slurpie and cutting a hole in the bottom of the cup the same size as the gap of your impeller / housing .. The slurpie may stay in the cup static for awhile, then try spinning the slurpie at the end of your arm (like a water pail) and tell me how much you still have in the cup.. The slow spinning slush on the outside resembles the margarita in a blender, the outside spins slower than the stuff next to the blade... The impeller kit cleans the housing of all snow by wiping the sides clean with zero clearance with every blade pass.. The velocity of the wet snow is the same as the impeller blade tip speed... the snow is easily injected at those speeds, the auger has a easier time throwing snow to the impeller housing because there is less/ no slurry in the housing... -Friiy

I haven't put the Clarence kit on mine yet.   I have it but will install when the warranty is up.    I did a pulley upgrade that gave a substantial boost to the throwing distance.  I didn't get a real chance to test out in the slush last season.  It was a bad "no" snow year in the Pacific Northwest.

Second picture shows stick pulley.  I had to put a larger Husky belt cover on as well since new larger pulley rubbed somewhat.