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

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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.

Ouch. I picked up a couple of threads/users with similar seized issues and that was what prompted me to get the lube in now rather than put it off.
After taking a look at the assembly/disassembly and your other post....it is a walk in the park getting things greased up.
If I had to guess, just short of taking notes and taking pics, one could remove, clean, grease and button it back up in 30 minutes.

All the shafts got lubed right. My impeller was factory mint. Not even a hint of oxidation on it.

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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JGtravelor,

Just stick with your Ariens snowblower.  Looks like a really nice snowblower on the video. You seem very articulate on the video. 

MN_Runner wrote:
Where's the video?

I don't see the video or link either.  Can you post it again?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5jnyu5Muc0&feature=related

That link took me to an Ariens Sno Tek snowblower demo video.