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

  I have a three years old Ariens St 724 E that i have a difficult time separating the bucket from the tractor.

     Every Time i split the two,the bucket jumps off the tractor, and I'm left with the bucket sitting on the ground.

   I don't know if this model is different from all others in that the bucket just rests in two slots in the tractor,and when i separate the two,the bucket just rotates in the slots,and  jumps off.   I only separate the two parts enough to to get my hand in to adjust/change the belts.

   Sure could use some wisdom here.

You likely have a 932,XXX unit. It indicates in the owners manual to drop the bottom cover before splitting the unit and then supporting the handlebars. Is that what you are doing? The impeller housing will decouple the unit if you don't remove the bottom cover when splitting the unit.

 Hi Snowman,

Thanks for your reply.    My snow blower is model # 932046 , spec #72560   

I'll check that out next time.

The way i was doing it was to push the bucket up against a set of stairs,and rotate the tractor back just enough to get my hand into the pulley/belt area while supporting the handles on a saw horse.

Hopefully the bottom cover non removal was the problem.