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bus708

Location: Maryland
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Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Original Message Oct 10, 2010 2:21 pm

In theory it should work. I don't undrstand how it realy works. Snow blower housings are NOT perfictly round. Only the low spot (spot with the closest distance with housing )will get wiped. All impeller blades will be worn to this low spot during the brake in period. So in reality it is never a clean swipe , Only the low spot gets wiped clean. The other areas will still have a gap. How big a gap will depend on the out of roundness of your housing. This area the impeller scrapes clean also scraps off your paint . Your housing will then rust away. Then what. Buy another housing or

BLOWER !! I believe Hondas pump so good because there housings are rounder and there impeller clearances are tighter from the design of the unit.

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Shryp

Location: Cleveland, OH
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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #3 Oct 10, 2010 4:58 pm

DavidNJ wrote:

Are the Simplicity impeller housings round?

I believe they are square.

Steve_Cebu

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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #4 Oct 10, 2010 5:01 pm

Shryp wrote:

I believe they are square.

Don't be silly they are triangular, a Simplicity exclusive. LOL

"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."

Shryp

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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #5 Oct 10, 2010 5:03 pm

Steve_Cebu wrote:

Don't be silly they are triangular, a Simplicity exclusive. LOL

Ahh, my bad.

3 isn't as good as 4, but it is still better than 1.

DavidNJ

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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #6 Oct 10, 2010 10:12 pm

Posting a question here is a bit like asking a question in a third grade class for the slow kids.

Round, in contrast with 'out-of-round'. That Is one of the tolerances on impeller/housing clearance.

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aa335

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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #7 Oct 11, 2010 9:22 am

Yeah, does a third grader know how to read between the lines?

Steve_Cebu

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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #8 Oct 11, 2010 9:27 am

aa335 wrote:

Yeah, does a third grader know how to read between the lines?

The guy really is a Drongo, an Aussie term I picked up while living overseas, lots of Aussie friends where I lived.

Here is the definition as best as I can define it. It's a tough one like the meaning of "Maldita" in Bisayan

Drongo: A person who couldn't get a clue during the clue mating season in a field full of horny clues if he smeared his body with clue musk and did the clue mating dance.

aa335

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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #9 Oct 11, 2010 9:49 am

The problem is that they don't have Barry White.

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DavidNJ

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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #10 Oct 11, 2010 7:15 pm

Steve_Cebu wrote:

an Aussie term I picked up while living overseas, lots of Aussie friends where I lived.

You have friends?

bus708

Location: Maryland
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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #11 Oct 11, 2010 10:08 pm

CAN WE PLEASE STAY ON TH SUBJECT

JimmyM

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Re: Does Clarances impeller kit realy work as designed? I don't think so
Reply #12 Oct 13, 2010 10:38 am

I believe it WILL improve performance even if the impeller isn't exactly centered in the housing. Set the rubber wipers so they just touch at their closest point. You have still reduced the gap considerably, even if there's still a small gap somewhere around its circumference.

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