Picked up a Deere 826 yesterday. The thing crapped out during the last storm with a brunt belt and the guy hurt is back shoveling so it got the boot.
Nice old buzzard rig but I can't find anything on it at the Deere site. Anyone know where I can an exploded view? I tried the usual places that have them and nothing on this one. It's ID plate has P826J, 127489. If I google P826J I get new models. Nothing on the other number.
The thing works fine after a belt replacement but it only tosses 3 - 8 feet with lots of low splatter. I tried a few different belt sizes and tensions, and even over tight to insure no slip. I can't see any slip with the cover off. It has good grab, no crud in the V's, no obstruction in the housing. It does have quite a distance from the arms to the lining, 1/2 inch. The impleller is a 4 blade 12 inch and it should toss fairly well, 15-25.
Does anyone have this model and could tell me what it tosses like? I can't see any problems so guess it's a design problem but at 3-8 feet hard to imagine they could make something that bad.
The motor certainly is not the problem, a Briggs Intek Snow 11hp a couple of years old. I can drive into any condition snow and toss the same distance without engine sag. Very impressive. Anyone have a URL to an exploded view on the engine? I can find one so I assume it a special for some maker. It's got a 3/4 shaft. 3BSXS 3422HT 275387. I can't get anything found at the Briggs site. Googling I get 275385 which is a 10hp but nothing for 275487. There are lots of hits for 3BXSX 3422HT but no motor like this.
This message was modified Jan 17, 2011 by trouts2
