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

Most of the Ariens blowers are set up the same way.
Posting the model # of the blower would be a big help.

Normally there are (if I remember correctly) five bolts holding the friction wheel on.
The bolt heads would be on the right side of the friction wheel.
Slide the friction wheel assembly on the hex shaft (using the gear shift lever) to a position that gives you
the best access to the bolt heads.  I normally put a crescent wrench on the hex
to hold the shaft while I loosen up the bolts.
After you've removed all of the bolts you will have to move things around in order
to get the friction wheel out of the housing.  It may involve removing the
flat steel plate/arm out of the way.  A couple of cotter pins and then remove the pins.
The arm comes loose and you can move it out of your way.

If the nuts are just spinning.  You will have to use
a short or stubby flat bladed screwdriver to hold the bolts
while you loosen the nuts.
Some of the heads are hard to get too.  And just plain hard to
find or see because of the grease that is sometimes built up
inside the case.

After looking at the parts breakdown for your blower.
It looks as if your blower has a different drive setup.
It's hard to tell, but you might have to remove a shaft to
get the friction hub out.  Then you would remove the
disk from the hub.
Here's a video that shows how to remove a friction disk
on most Ariens blowers.
Friction Disk removal