Ariens Snowblower Maintenance, Oil Change 

Very informative video one of the best instructed video I’ve seen on RU-vid. Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate you. You, did a great job explaining. 👍🏾

nice job, just bought a used Ariens and this is great information, thank you!

Great video for a new Ariens owner

Hay, another very in-depth video for the Ariens users. I am looking forward to your review of the poly skids. At least I know your view of the poly skids will be an honest and unbiased one. You seem to be a very honest and upfront person. From the videos of yours I have watched, OldSoulMillennial fits you perfectly. As I am writing this comment, it is 4 above with a wind chill of 19 below. We didn't get much snow from this storm, but the wind and cold temperatures are pretty dramatic. I live in southeastern Michigan about 40 miles north of Detroit. I was hoping to try out my new Toro Power Max HD 1232, but there is not enough snow from this storm. In fact, with the strong winds most of the ground has barely any snow cover at all. By the end of this coming week, it is supposed to be in the mid-forties. Talking about wild swings in the weather? Toro makes a 0w30 full synthetic snow blower oil that they recommend for their HD models after the five-hour brake in period has been reached. I think I will try that when the piston rings have been seated. From what I have read It has good reviews on cold starts in frigid conditions. May you and your family have a blessed and safe winter.

Cover that friction disc so a glob of grease doesn't fall on it while you slather things up. And be careful not to get any on the rubber friction wheel either. Friction between the wheel and disc engages the drive wheels. Accidental lubrication won't do it any favors.

When trick people use to keep gas from leaking out in the service position is they actually put a plastic bag in between the top something you can do to prevent the gas from leaking out in the service position. Remove gas cap can and place flat Ziploc bag on top of the fill hole and then screw gas cap on as normal. For people with older snow blowers particularly ones with a Tecumseh engine you won't have a spot to put a wrench on the oil drain tube while I'm screwing a cap. For those engines just use vise grips to hold the drain tube still while I'm screwing the cap. You shouldn't need a lot of clamping force.

Great, leveling the machine is what I need to do to solve my problem! Thanks!

Nice video, thanks for posting. Just some minor nits to pick. I don't see what the point would be to put a grease fitting on the wheel hub as it fits over the key so that the wheel hub rotates in a fixed relationship to the keyed shaft. There's not need to lubricate with grease the shaft except to reduce rusting. So some problems with terminology. @9:45 the loose piece is the key, not the keyway. The keyway is the slot in the shaft into which you place the key. There's no such thing as a "keyway slot". It's a key that fits in a keyway.

Nice video. I like to use motorcycle chain lube. It won’t fling off the chain and end up on the friction disc.

Great instruction. Thank you.

You need low temp grease.

Spilling oil on the machine may look messy but it does delay rust!

That inside looks quite similar to a kinda old silver Craftsman 5/24? tracked blower I once had. Wondering if Ariens mad Craftsman or did somebody make both? Something I got educated on was that some/most/all of these blowers are designed to split in half fairly easily. The front blower section splits from the rear power section. Either completely or something of a hinged split. Makes for easy access to belts and bearings.

Service position makes this all less painful.

very nice video. you made it look easy.

great video very helpful

Very helpful! Thank you.

It's pronounced as "Erin's" despite its spelling. Kind of like how Boeke is pronounced as "Bakey", or how Poehlein is pronounced as "Payline".

I think you are supposed to oil the gears. not grease on there according to the manual. Nice video!

Thanks for doing that.

good video but...i just repaired a ariens 927 LE do to the fact they neglected to check the gearbox oil. $250.00 oops. just saying. Still a good video.

Thank you!

What do you think of the Ariens 520 ?

Nice video, wondering why use high temp grease on a snow blower?

PLEASE be safe using any snow blower! If it gets clogged with ice TURN OFF the machine BEFORE trying to clear it. A guy my ex husband used to work with lost 3 fingers trying to clear stuck ice and the other guy behind the snow blower didn’t realize and hit the gas! Absolutely horrifying and traumatizing for everyone on the scene. They could only save the thumb. My husband (at the time) had to reach in and get the fingers to put them on ice to try and save them.

Yea im making the move to electric 😅 awesome video tutorial thank you

The key fell out. They keyway, also called a key seat, is what the key fits into.

I've go the same Snow Blower. Just took both wheels off grease the axels. Noticed that only one side had a C clip. Is there supposed to be a C clip on both sides? Thanks!