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Ariens 8524 Snowblower problem, won't go forward. Drive pulley wobbling. Advice?
Original Message   Feb 4, 2009 6:27 pm
I've got a 3 year old Ariens 8524 that's been used a whopping 4 or 5 times, maybe 2 hours total machine time.  Needless to say, we haven't had much snow in the past couple years!

It starts and runs great.  Auger works great.  But it wouldn't go forward.  I removed the plastic belt cover, and sure enough the belt had slipped off.  I managed to get it back on, and it will run in reverse but not in forward.  After tipping the machine forward and removing the bottom cover, I found the problem.  The pulley that the drive belt attaches to is loose and wobbles.  Looks like it's going to be a big pain in the arse to remove everything to get it out of there. 

I'm guessing a bad bushing.  Anyone have any advice or ideas?  Anyone had similar problems with their Ariens snowblower?

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Shryp


Location: Cleveland, OH
Joined: Jul 26, 2010
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Re: Ariens 8524 Snowblower problem, won't go forward. Drive pulley wobbling. Advice?
Reply #9   Jan 31, 2011 9:25 am
Ariens has all their manuals available for download:

http://www.ariens.com/corporate/Pages/OwnerManuals.aspx
jbwool


Joined: Jan 30, 2011
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Re: Ariens 8524 Snowblower problem, won't go forward. Drive pulley wobbling. Advice?
Reply #10   Feb 2, 2011 10:17 am
Thanks Shyrp.   Just downloaded it.
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