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

The recoil rope on my Ariens 824 broke this morning(2 or 3  years old ?).  Don't know why I decided to use the rope start.  I usually use the Electric starter.  This rope has only been used a handful of times. I was using it last night.  Anyway it started on the first pull - thats good cause I only got 1 pull.  Now to the point.  I'm looking for a "how to fix"  this problem,  and what can I do to keep this from reoccuring on such a short time frame.    It also seemed to be slow to come out of gear. the blower wanted to keep  going after I would release the drive handle. Thoughts , Suggestions ? I store it in an unheated garage, I also try to clean out the chute / auger after I use it.  The Ariens perfomed wonderfully on this snow.  I appreciate your wisdom and depth of knowledge also general LMAO comments that I have seen on this board (lurker).

Is this Tecumseh or Briggs engine?

 WB,

Ariens 824, 3 years old has to be a Tec engine.

                                          Fred 

Did the rope break/knot untie  or  did the recoil spring break (meaning that the rope will not retrack into housing)?

If the recoil spring broke then you will need a new recoil spring.  While you're at the dealer for a new spring ask him how to put it in.  The dealer may tell you how to fix it , or he may tell you how to remove the recoil housing so that you would only have to bring in the housing and not the snow thrower. If the rope broke same story.

If the knot came untied take the housing off.  After housing is removed  you will need to use a pair of visegrips to hold the recoil spring/rope pulley still after you rewind the spring.  Insert the rope tie a good knot and release the visegrips so the the rope wil recoil into the housing. 

Thanks- I needed to fix something tonight,  I just didn't know what it was until this morning .

Any Idea why It seems sluggish to get out of gear when I let go of the handle ?

Ice can be causing that.  Man does it reak havoc with these machines, especially as the season progresses and you get a few storms in.  It amazes me where I find ice built up and what it can do to the machine and it's cables.  I would consider that first.  Hot water and lithium grease or I use oil I have lying around in a pinch for the cables and chute crank on my Honda.  Almost before each use I am removing ice from the last storm from someplace on the machine.

Welcome offically to the forum lol....

C

Hi Guys

Got to love a hair dryer for getting rid of ice around the pull start , around the impeller and to free up iced cables. I have also been using some syinthetic oil on the shaft that holds the drive disk instad of grease.. Makes shifting gears much easier in extreme cold.

Marc

Route your exhuast to blow there. 

ha .

route your exhaust on it ...from Marshall,means pee on it.

later chris

snowshoveler wrote:
Chris, you kill me......

yup thats Marshall...

been there done that  eh  Marshall.

later chris

I have nothing on that...that is just to funny.  ROFL at Marshall's portrait.  Not quite how I pictured him.  I thought maybe a little taller.

Sherri

PS - Hope you got your blower all fixed up.

You betchya, and if you're gonna pee on it you have to have a big gun.

Marshall wrote:
AND LOTS OF AMMO!!

Just not too much ammo! 

whats that a peashooter...

later chris

Thanks for the suggestions- Don't know how to reply to some of them  - so I won't.     Sorta like -  not throwing gasoline on the fire.  Rope was broke. Fixed it on Sat. afternoon.   Hopefully I'll get to try it out this evening /  tomorrow morning here in PA.  It was an easier fix than I thought it would be. 

sorry  cbh...

we get a little carried away here sometimes,and i guess some of us should be carried away by the looks of things.

glad you got the recoil repaired and just in time i would say.

later chris 

You guys crack me up!