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

I purchased and installed the Commercial Skid Shoes on the New Honda HS 928TAS tracked snowblower.   If you are considering this, here is what you should know.  YOU have to locate, center-punch and drill  4 -  1/8" pilot holes, then open them up with an 11/32" steel drill.  The bolts and lock-nuts Honda supplies are plain steel, as in they should rust together fairly quick on the bottom front of the machine.  If you hope to ever adjust them again, or remove them go to www.allensfasteners.com and order 8 mm X 20 SS Hex Bolts, lock washers, fender washers, and lock-nuts also made of SS.  Then you can trash the Honda quick rust serrated flange bolts, and nuts the Commercial Skid Shoes come with, Honda Gypped me on the washers they were supposed to have in the kit, you'll havta buy your own.  I chose 8 mm SS fender washers to secure the shoes in place.

When the light decision is made, I'll let you know how it goes.

The Commercial Skid Shoes seem to be the better way to support the auger casing.  The uneven ground would cause te ends to scrape if I were to have used the rear mounted skid shoes.  On a smooth level surface they might be fine, but not on uneven gravel, and a slope which describes my driveway.  No need to use anything on stainless steel bolts and lock nuts once they are installed, they always work great.  I have a heavily plowed, heavily salted road that makes the snowblower vulnerable to the corrosive salt, hence my obsession with SS fasteners especially where the machine scrapes along the ground.  When I get the Mods finished i'll take a few pictures.