jasdempsey

solara wrote:
Indeed the main belt for the auger had come off.  Only took about 15 minutes to fix, so I even got the driveway cleared on time.  Annoyingly, the belt was frayed and in poor condition.  Annoying because I paid to have the snow thrower serviced at the beginning of the season and I would have expected that that would be one of the things they would do -- check, replace and adjust belts.

Thanks for the help.

--Jim--

solara wrote:

Will do.  Thanks.  Now, to find that 17 year old manual..... :-)

Hi,

I have an old John Deere TR27 two stage snow thrower.   It recently broke -- the engine is fine, but when I engage the auger, the auger doesn't spin and the impeller makes the smallest of motions, about 1/4" and then stops.  It had been working fine and then I stopped for a moment, to adjust something and when I re-engaged the auger, it didn't spin.

With the snow thrower off, it is clear that the shear pins for the auger are intact --I cannot rotate the auger by hand and the pins look visibly intact.  The impeller seems to move easily, however.

Is there some other shear pin I should be looking for?  One associated with the impeller?  I didn't hit anything when it stopped working, so it shouldn't have sheared anything.  Perhaps something more serious is busted in the auger driver mechanism/transmission.

Now since the machine is 17 years old (!), I would happily just go buy a new one.   However, after going to two power equipment stores and a Home Depot, I could  only find a total of three snow throwers available -- two small toros and a probably-too-expensive 9hp Honda HS928.  I guess it is too late in the season here in New England.  If available I would probably get the Ariens 11528DLE.

Thanks for any advice,

--Jim--