moosebudda

When I received the snowblower from my Dad in 2007 (he moved into a place where outside maintenence is taken care of and has no garage), lucky for me, I went over all the adjustments and lube in the manual. I noticed the auger belt was stretched but just moved the idler and readjusted the lever spring. After the second storm I had it, the belt was too stretched out to do anything (not sure how much he beat on it). I put a new belt on and haven't had a problem since.

I agree about the single belt, my previous (crappy) Home Depot Murrey only had one belt replaced over its 10 year life.

But... I'm also the type that has to tinker and improve. :-)

The Dual Belt Kit has two belts of the same size as my existing single and the pullies are beefy. I'm assuming it'll take a lot to stretch these, if at all.

My dealer and Snowmann both said that units built from 2007 on have this dual belt arrangement. I'm assuming Ariens is doing this so there will be very few complaints, if any, about adjusting or replacing auger belts.

I stopped at my dealer and he looked up the 526025 kit and there wasn't any description with it. He said that it wasn't a kit that he remembers installing for anyone.

I bought the Dual Belt Kit ($43.55) and the 26" Baffle Kit ($41.60).

He said that they've installed a bunch of both kits.

His comments were that the Dual Belt Kit comes in handy in the wet slushy snow in Massachusetts and the Baffle Kits they installed were mostly for people with driveways on a slope where it was easier for the water to contact the friction disk.

I'll let everyone knows how the installs go. It'll probably be in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for the information.
I have the 2005, 926005 (11526PRO).
If I order this dual belt kit, will it use two of my existing auger belts (07200020)? I'm assuming it would. I'm going to contact my dealer about ordering it.
Thanks again.

While on parts radar looking for things I came across "526025: 8.5-11.5 Belt Improvement Kit" for my snowblower. Does anyone know what this kit does and what it looks like? I'm wondering if it's worth trying to order.

When looking for something to measure how much Seafoam to put in my 1 gallon jug (rather than getting something from the kitchen), I realized that the small plastic measuring cups that come with cough medicine are 1 oz cups (which always get thrown away).
It was a "light dawns on Marblehead" moment.