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

     I was just wondering if many operators have had to replace the shear bolts( pins) in their snowblowers.  

I had an old Craftsman, 32 inch   13.5 horsepower Tecumseh. snowblower that I used for 15 years

and had not broken any shear bolts.                 I took out the old  shear bolts a few years ago and  found they were badly bent, so I replaced them.    I sold it later , it was 18  years old.

Dr_Woof wrote:

No, I always kept them greased.

mml4 wrote:

   The only  time that I have had with the problem of  something hidden under the snow was a few years ago,    I was moving forward  blowing the snow in  my back yard when I noticed that  that the snow was moving  well out in front of the snowblower. My son had his car plugged in before the storm and had left the extension cord and it got snowed under. I stopped the snowblower  and shut of the auger , but it was really too late. The cord had already made several turns  around the auger and was pulled tight  over at the side by the bearing. .The other end of the cord had pulled from the receptacle. It took qute awhile to remove the cord, but by cutting it in several places with a olfa knife, I was able to to get it  removed.