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

Thank in advance for any info on my problem.

I don't have a copy of the owners manual, just trying to figure out what is cuasing the problem.

I have a Ariens snowblower, model #924082, that worked great last wednesday storm. but today, impeller is turning but augers stops whenever snow accumulates in front of the snowblower. I put the snowblower on reverse the augers start turning again.  I move forward, working great, then slowly the snow accumulates then the auger stops again.

Is there a torque that keeps the auger from turning whenever there’s too much snow going in the auger?

Your "Differential" is the auger gear case.  When people refer to a differential in a snowblower that are talking about something that is on the axle at the wheels.  It allows the wheels to spin at different speeds and make turning a lot easier.  Newer machines have the power steering or trigger releases for the wheels.  The old ones had mechanical gears and you can either lock or unlock them with a pin on the left side wheel.  Cheaper designs have wheels that you can unlock from the axle to make turning easier, but they become completely unpowered and you loose traction and i have heard they become hard to keep straight.

Your nut just holds the shaft to the outer housing.  The shear bolts should be in the center of the augers.  The augers are the big corkscrews.  The shear pin just looks like a nut and bolt.  That nut will spin if the shear pins are broke.

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With a shear bolt in there they should have a little play in them.  If they don't move at all that means the auger is rusted to the shaft it rides on.  That is basically the same as not having a shear bolt at all.  It is very bad for the gearcase.  If your augers have grease fittings grease them up and spin the auger before putting the new bolt in.  The shear bolt is just the weakest link in the front end and designed to break if something gets stuck in it.  If they are rusted on and can't break as intended you can damage the gears in the gearcase and that is expensive to fix.

You may want to check out a place called Cormier Equipment at www.c-equipment.com  They have lots of aftermarket Ariens parts online and delivery is quick and easy.

Partsman,

Good link.  I checked out a few prices and they are pretty good.