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maxmilano
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1970 Airens Sno Thro Model 10962 need advise on changing fricton wheel
Original Message Dec 1, 2012 2:22 pm |
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Hi, hope someone has some advice, I am trying to change the friction wheel on this machine, the manual I found that lists my machine has instructions for changing the wheel but states it is for 1972 and later models. Do you need to remove the bearing flanges and chain to slide the hex axle out to remove the wheel, thats what it looks like to me. The nuts on the bearing flange just spin and the bolt seems to be tack welded from the other side, if anyone has experience with this please point me in the right direction, thanks in advance for any and all assistance.
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maxmilano
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Re: 1970 Airens Sno Thro Model 10962 need advise on changing fricton wheel
Reply #2 Dec 1, 2012 4:42 pm |
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Thanks for the response, I edited the post, the model # is 10962, I am wondering if there is a trick to remove the lock nut's from the bearing flange, they all just spin in place and won't back off? thanks for getting back to me.
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jrtrebor
 
Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
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Re: 1970 Airens Sno Thro Model 10962 need advise on changing fricton wheel
Reply #4 Dec 1, 2012 7:42 pm |
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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
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maxmilano
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Re: 1970 Airens Sno Thro Model 10962 need advise on changing fricton wheel
Reply #5 Dec 3, 2012 1:38 pm |
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Thanks for helping Jrtebor, the threads on all but one of the bearing flanges were stripped, it must have seen some repairs along the line since 1970. I ended up removing the whold disc bracket assembly to get at everything and make it right, now to put it back together, thanks for your assistance, let you know when she's up an running, they don't make em like this beast anymore!!
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