Abby’s Guide > Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) > Discussions > Ariens 824 snapping shear pins on the wheels
Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions |
|
Emilio
Joined: Jan 27, 2011
Points: 6
|
|
Ariens 824 snapping shear pins on the wheels
Original Message Jan 27, 2011 3:40 pm |
|
Hello all, New member here. I seem to be snapping alot of drive shaft shear pins. These are the pins that are holding the wheels to the shaft. I'm getting the pins from Home Depot because the snowblowers place doesn't have the size I need. I think it's 3/16". Can any suggest why I keep snap these pins. Thanks
|
trouts2
Location: Marlboro MA
Joined: Dec 8, 2007
Points: 1328
|
|
Re: Ariens 824 snapping shear pins on the wheels
Reply #3 Jan 27, 2011 6:55 pm |
|
Your drive train could be loose, ok but looser than average for a machine. Taking up the slack easily, the axle could be going into the pin harder than usual. You can flip the machine onto it's bucket and check the slop by turning the wheels by hand. That' hard to judge though as some have great slop and are fine. But you may notice something. Take off the bottom belly cover and look inside while you rotate the wheels back and forth so just check in there for anything unusual. There could have been a non-Arriens pin in there. The originals are beefy. I've never seen or heard of one breaking. Other makers pins are another story but Ariens are tough. I've bought and used pins from the local hardware store and they are nothing like the Ariens pins. Grage 2 bolts are not strong enough for a wheel pin. The hardware store pins probably can't take a good hit either. Pins can usually take a lot of head on bucket hits by the cracks & etc stopping the machine. You may have hit things just right or had too light a pin in there. You may have hit someting just as your wheel had exceptional traction. Are you running on one wheel pinned and the other free i.e. one taking all the force? That's usually fine but may be a factor in an unusual hit. And of course, bad karma may be a factor - get exorcized.
|
Emilio
Joined: Jan 27, 2011
Points: 6
|
|
Re: Ariens 824 snapping shear pins on the wheels
Reply #6 Jan 31, 2011 1:27 pm |
|
Hi all, Thanks for all the suggestions. Went and bought some 1/4" Grade 5 bolts. Hopefully this should cure my problem.
|
Emilio
Joined: Jan 27, 2011
Points: 6
|
|
Re: Ariens 824 snapping shear pins on the wheels
Reply #8 Feb 1, 2011 7:08 am |
|
That's what I was thinking also. I believe I tried the 1/4" before and they didn't fit. Maybe the holes were not lined up just right.Thanks again.
|
Emilio
Joined: Jan 27, 2011
Points: 6
|
|
Re: Ariens 824 snapping shear pins on the wheels
Reply #10 Feb 1, 2011 3:04 pm |
|
Hi borat, Would using a stronger bolt cause any internal damage to gear box or anything else. I'm not to knowledgable about the inner working of the snowwblower.
|
borat
Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692
|
|
Re: Ariens 824 snapping shear pins on the wheels
Reply #11 Feb 1, 2011 3:46 pm |
|
Hi borat, Would using a stronger bolt cause any internal damage to gear box or anything else. I'm not to knowledgable about the inner working of the snowwblower.
I can't see how it could. The wheels are the only source of resistance. If they slip, they slip. So what? If the machine is put up against a wall and allowed to destroy itself, there may be a possibility that a chain could break but I doubt that would happen. Maybe others might know something that I'm unaware of but I solved my problem with a grade 10 bolt and never experienced any issues as a result. If you want to continue replacing bolts, go with the grade 5. If you don't want to be doing that, use a grade 10.
This message was modified Feb 1, 2011 by borat
|
|
|