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

Replacing the 07204700 belt again on an old 727 Ariens.  It was slipping under a load last year, and part of it looks burnt.

I don't know if I should choose a cogged belt, or a standard V belt. 

Does one have any advantage over the other?

Here's an informative video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH1RRx2j9SM

From what the guy is saying, the cogged belt runs cooler because the breaks in the belt cut the heat cycle?

Not sure how important that would be on a snow blower.  A bit of heat isn't a bad thing on a cold day. 

Speaking of belts, I was using the Murray the yesterday to blow away the snow I had rounded up with the pusher shovel.  I noticed that the paddles would stop completely when I pushed the machine into a high pile of snow.  Did that a few times so I figured I'd better look into the reasons.  I figure it was simply a belt adjustment and pulled off the side plate to look at the idler pulley to adjust it.  I completely forgot that the adjuster was on the cable.  Just as well because the problem wasn't the adjustment.   The slipping was being caused by snow being pushed into the belt/pulley housing through a crack where the two surfaces meet.  Cheap plastics again.  The belt would slip until it cooked off the water from melted snow and would grab.  I ended up putting a bead of gasket glue between the two surfaces and an additional screw to pull in the widest section of the crack.  All is well now.