found the head to a shear pin in the yard and realized that it had broken. do not know when it had occurred. (first storm? last storm?)
most of the screw and the nut were still in the shaft. (and the rake was still only spinning w/ the shaft.)
Anyway replaced it w/ the info from his thread.....starting w/ the tick list given by marc .
it was a realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll pain to get the old one out. the old one was bent. after a while decided to remove the nut. that caused the screw to break in a second place. that removed some of the bent screw shaft(?) and it finally came out.
Thanx
2004-2005 Ariens 11528LE
Jacobsen snow-burst