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chefwong
Joined: Dec 18, 2004
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My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Original Message Nov 12, 2010 1:46 pm |
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AA...as requested Tools Required – Grease (your greases of choice) Antisieze 10mm Wrench 10mm Socket 12mm Wrench 14mm Wrench · Remove support bracket that connects the Auger Transmission Housing. Four 10MM nuts/bolts on the top of the bucker and two that bolt direct to the Auger Housing. · Remove Blower Shear Bolt · Remove the Side Bolts that hold the Auger to the Bucket · Carefully slide the Auger Out · Remove Auger Shear Bolts and Slide Augers off. · Wipe old grease clean on the shafts, clean O Ring. · Apply Marinegrade Grease/Antisieze on both the shafts as well as the impeller shaft · Clean the flanges that hold the Auger to the Bucket. Thoroughly apply Marinegrade grease to the flange as cup of the flange. · Put flanges back on Auger Ends and bolt everything back up. · When putting back the shear bolts, I used a smigen if not less than a hairs breath of antisieze on the bolt. A little goes a looooooong way. I could not bear not being up to OEM spec so I am holding off on painting the scratches in the impeller till I get Honda Paint Color R136 Diana Red. While the Augers were out, I took the opportunity to do another heavy coating of sealant on the interior of the bucket. I also painted the Augers with Rustoleum Professional Black Paint. I like this paint as it is almost borderline industrial grade and has alot more solids in it.
This message was modified Nov 12, 2010 by chefwong
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jrtrebor
Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
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Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #11 Nov 12, 2010 10:20 pm |
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Nice job. Having a pin that releases the gear box from the impeller shaft makes removing the augers so much easier than the process for most other blowers. Thought you might like to see a photo of a HS928 that I bought from a city Public Works Department. They used it for sidewalks I guess. Wouldn't the tax payers love to see how the city took care of this piece of equipment. Hard to believe. If the augers look a little funny it's because they were bent all to hell. Parted out the machine.
This message was modified Nov 12, 2010 by jrtrebor
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chefwong
Joined: Dec 18, 2004
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Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #12 Nov 13, 2010 7:49 am |
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Trouts - The pics are semi hi res. Not 2560x1600 like my monitors but hi res enough that someone that was hesitent to do it would be able to see the details and not be hesitent to do it. The augers slid right off. There was some clear grease and white lithium inside. Bearing that this machine was not a new machine to me, I ~assume~ the machine was abused and give it a vigorous R&R. Stage 2 of this is actually to replace some rusted parts, brush some others, polish & paint some other area's and bring it back to showroom spec in the summer. I'm not sure what part of a 2 stager takes the most abuse but on mine, the areas that show surface rust/chippage is the wheel axle, the flat side on the impeller blades and inside the impeller area, there is a couple of long horizontlish scratches that are down to bare metal. With the Augers still out of the unit (3rd coat of paint was taking forever to dry), it should a be a breeze putting some blocks up to tackle the axle today.
This message was modified Nov 13, 2010 by chefwong
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trouts2
Location: Marlboro MA
Joined: Dec 8, 2007
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Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #13 Nov 13, 2010 7:10 pm |
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>>>The pics are semi hi res. Not 2560x1600 like my monitors but hi res enough that someone that was hesitent to do it would be able to see the details and not be hesitent to do it.
I have no idea what the sentence above says. High res is not the issue. Size is. Size blows out the formatting. You could crop your picture to the needed area or post a few pictures.
High res beyond what home monitors can show is useless. A 40K picture will be as clear and crisp on a 1024 home monitor as a 20 meg jpg.
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JGtravelor
Joined: Jan 14, 2011
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Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #16 Jan 15, 2011 12:30 pm |
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Thanks great information. Mine froze up the first winter because someone forgot to grease it when the dealer assembled it. I returned it and they took it apart and greased it. Seven years later when I break a shear pin I see that the auger spins perfectly. I'm thinking that once it has been done correctly there is no place for the grease to go so it should be good for life. Would you agree?
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Knee_Biter
Wicked Pissa
Location: just outside of BOSTON
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Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #17 Jan 15, 2011 12:55 pm |
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