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Steve_Cebu


Joined: Dec 17, 2009
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Need Help for my Toro 1028
Original Message   Feb 27, 2011 11:38 am
It seems that I have some oil leaking out of the right wheel. It might be a wheel bearing or something, I'm not sure. I did check the oil level and it's ok. The other thing is I am noticing that with even less snow it seems to be down on power running the engine at full rpm's and 1st gear it just seems to have a lot less power eating into even 6 inches of even mild snow. It was not doing this during the last storm and this storm was only 6 inches. I'm wondering if something might be wrong with the friction disc?

Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England."  "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
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Steve_Cebu


Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Need Help for my Toro 1028
Reply #19   Mar 4, 2011 9:27 am
Thanks for all the help guys, everything is now back to 100%! Somehow a small branch got inside the unit and was causing problems. It probably came off the wreath. The gas was also an issue and probably had water in it, damn ethanol!

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England."  "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
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Re: Need Help for my Toro 1028
Reply #20   Mar 4, 2011 12:50 pm
Steve_Cebu wrote:
Thanks for all the help guys, everything is now back to 100%! Somehow a small branch got inside the unit and was causing problems. It probably came off the wreath. The gas was also an issue and probably had water in it, damn ethanol!

That's great.  There's a big storm coming your way.  :)

Steve_Cebu


Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Need Help for my Toro 1028
Reply #21   Mar 4, 2011 6:25 pm
aa335 wrote:
That's great.  There's a big storm coming your way.  :)


Yeah, but it's all rain.

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England."  "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
Paul7


Joined: Mar 12, 2007
Points: 452

Re: Need Help for my Toro 1028
Reply #22   Mar 5, 2011 8:47 pm
trouts2 wrote:
...Are you sure all the wire was gotten out?   There may be some wedges in by the auger ends which can bog the auger down...

trouts2 - Good diagnosis 

Steve - Glad it's back to normal.  The deepest snow we ever got in PA was in mid-March so it's not quite spring yet.
Steve_Cebu


Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Need Help for my Toro 1028
Reply #23   Mar 6, 2011 12:37 am
Paul7 wrote:
trouts2 - Good diagnosis 

Steve - Glad it's back to normal.  The deepest snow we ever got in PA was in mid-March so it's not quite spring yet.



Hi Paul7, yeah Trouts2 was right on the money and very helpful, everyone was and I really appreciate it.

I'll still have teh dealer go over everything for next year in case I missed something. So far it's warm and everything is melting but we could still get blasted by more snow. Either way it's ok by me.

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England."  "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
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