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Re: Craftsman 1350 Series - Leaking something yellow under the front
#1 Jan 10, 2010 11:29 pm |
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good question, no they weren't which may mean the newer ones don't have the same slop because the bearings are fixing them :)
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Re: Craftsman 1350 Series - Leaking something yellow under the front
#2 Jan 9, 2010 9:54 pm |
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Ok, went into the Husky repair guy and both of us had a look at their existing used ones they had. Many of them had the same amount of play I did on mine. He said it was actually normal for them to have some play after they were used for a while. So that means to me that the only thing that could be wrong that started all of this is that my gearbox assy gasket went... So thanks for everyone's help. Knee-biter has an extra bracket that I am going to buy from him since it will cause some more peace of mind and I ordered a gasket from the Husky guy for $4... The Husky guy said he didn't want to sell me the $50CDN bearing kit as it might not solve my problem and really not necessary. After looking at similar snowblowers I can see that it would likely be a waste... Thanks again for everyone's help with this... guess I was just way too worried about the assy. I will keep an eye on things, but for now I will go back to just using the thing :) CHeers
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Re: Craftsman 1350 Series - Leaking something yellow under the front
#3 Jan 8, 2010 1:55 am |
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The impeller hub shear bolts are called Capscrews as well They go right into the impeller hub 1/4-20 x 1 5/8 - 2 of them. part number in my manual is 74780426
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Re: Craftsman 1350 Series - Leaking something yellow under the front
#4 Jan 8, 2010 1:43 am |
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Thorn I seem to disagree with your statement. The blowers that have a bracket are usually the more powerful / larger machines with a wide bucket and therefore need to support the gear case a bit. Its not that they have up and down play but rather to keep auger shafts inline under stressful conditions and to avoid damaging the internals of the gear case. This is a JD 28" wide blower with a support. Same size engine (13.5 B&S) as mine with only an inch wider casing. http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/HO/product/productlargerview/HO_LP1695441_LargerView.html http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/HO/servlet/com.deere.u90785.cce.productcatalog.view.servlets.ProdCatProduct?pNbr=LP1695441&tM=HO&link=enav# I do understand what you're saying and what it seems like that my problem is actually the internals of the gear box assy were damaged because of not having a bracket in place. I removed the shearpin bolts off right at the very beginning to see if I could pull of the auger shaft, but then realized that I needed to pull the impeller bearing assy off to get the whole thing out.
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Re: Craftsman 1350 Series - Leaking something yellow under the front
#5 Jan 7, 2010 11:52 pm |
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I need to check mine next time at cabin since there is still some slop but significantly less with the bearings. Do you think the auger shaft might be slightly undersized for the auger/rake assembly and as it spins it mildly shifts on the shear pin? As shear pins are offset on each side it causes a mild sloppy rocking? Just a thought thanks sm, I'll check the shearpins. Perhaps they're super loose or something. The impeller shear pins were fine when I took it apart, but I did not check the auger shear pins. Maybe this has been like this since I bought it, but did not notice until the gear oil leaked out to start all of this... Cheers
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