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

OLJEEPTEK2 wrote: Hi all, You guys sure know your stuff on these units. My dilemma is that I stripped the drive gear on my old Simplicity 560. I bought it new in 86 and it has served me well. The augers rusted to the shaft, unbeknownst to me until I hit a hidden stick and that was it. Where the heck can I find used or reasonable new parts for this old dog?

Seeing as he mentions augers rusted to the shaft and hitting a stick, I think by drive gear he means the auger gear case.  Also his original post was in the auger gear case comparison thread.

Hi all! Just to update the old post in case the info can be useful to anyone else; I am just now getting around to working on this old dog. I ended up having to use a high speed whiz wheel to slit the augers and relieve the rust-weld locking the augers onto the shaft. What a bugger. It was so tight heat and a very large puller wouldn't touch it.

It is a model 560 and the number on the rear is indeed 1690775. I did find a stripped bronze driven gear (worm wheel) that partstree.com and a few other sources still carry, although it's a little spendy at $100. (part number is 1666509), the cup and thrust washer at the end of the worm shaft are shot. (parts 1666424, $15; and 1670971, $2 respectively) The shaft has a little damage but I'm going to clean it up with a fine file and save the extra $85 being as it's steel and the shafts will now be polished and well greased within the auger case.

Ebay has the low temp gearcase grease for about $10.

Thanks for the replies. Sorry I didn't realize this got bumped here. I'll have about $150 into this when its said and done. But given the price of working machines around here of $500+ I can't see scrapping it and buying another one.
I could put up some pictures if anyone would find them useful.
Thanks again!

Holy stinkin' Hannah!

I ordered all my Simplicity parts yesterday online from Small Engine Parts Warehouse (sepw.com) and they were on my front stoop this afternoon! I wasn't expecting them till sometime late last week. They had everything in stock (obviously) and their prices were great. Now I just have to put everything back in and weld up my cuts.

Its a no brainer I'll be using them for all my parts needs. These guys rock!

   Nice save.  That's probably the most substantially built 5hp machine ever made.