Going to do this sometime this week. I would remove the tires first. If you turn off the gas shutoff and screw the gas cap over a plastic bag, you don’t need to remove the gas.
I was surprised you didn’t pull the wheels and get rid of rust on drive shaft and apply anti-seize and check bushings and bearings for excessive play. I will check your other videos. Constructive suggestion, edit out repetitive loosening and replacement of bolts on pan cover and concentrate on the important items. Still an excellent video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Would highly recommend removing wheels and hand grease the axle spindle with Oilzum wheel bearing grease, my blower is delux 30 and few years old spindle was dry as bone and no method to grease from factory so your on your own with knowledge how to grease spindle just don't loose the keyway insert or you wont have drive wheels that grab.
I have a 2002 Ariens mod. 824. My manual shows several more items to grease or oil on my unit, so thought I'd pass them along to your viewers. In addition to greasing the drive shaft as your video shows, I also lightly oil the chain, shift linkage, and any other linkage that has a pivot point. ***Be careful*** not to over-oil or grease items in the drive area. Grease or oil on the rubber drive wheel will cause it to slip. I wondered if it would be reasonable to roll the unit onto the front assembly to simplify the maintenance process. Your video has answered my doubts on that subject. Thanks for posting this video, Home owner repair!
Yes sir! I've learned a great deal on how to make my own repairs On items I've never tackled before on the YT or the Net. It's a great medium to pass along knowledge. With fewer people that wrench on their own machines today, this helps considerably. You and yours have a Happy Holidays !
5 minutes to take off the transmission plate and 1- 1/2 hours to get it back on.the spring steel clips are all bent at an angle once you take the bolt off the first time. I was able to hammer and bend 3 of the clips in a vice which helped only a little . the forth one I gave up and used a wood screw. this is on a 4 year old deluxe 30 model.
Great video thank you for those parts that I do not want to get solvent on I use simple Green or Dawn works great I just make sure I dry them real well before I put them back on
Pull that cover every year. I would also use brake cleaner on your friction wheel and clean up any extra grease that is going to possibly land on your friction wheel. Your wheel is probably going to need replacement next fall. Check your tire pressure as well. Low tire pressure on one wheel will cause your blower to want to go in the direction of the low tire. You should have covered checking drive and auger belts too. Other wize, good video.
I have the 921 Series, Deluxe 24. Looks very similar but my book has about 9 different places it wants me to either oil or use grease on. Was hoping you would pinpoint those areas. Not sure what kind of oil to use in the lubrication areas. I have the same grease fitting as you but appears there are other areas that need lubrication.
Yes you should take a look at the friction wheel to see how it looks. These should be serviced every few years depending on how often the snowblower gets used. Have a great day!
When I was doing my yearly maintenance yesterday I noticed a small maybe 1/16-1/8" gap on my axle between the wheel bushing and the washer. I see in your video the same gap, I am guessing this is normal? I never noticed it before and it's really bothering me now. I downloaded the parts manual and all the parts are in place, everything seems to be running just fine but now that I've noticed it, it's bothering me.
HomeOwnerRepair thanks for the reply. I stopped into the shop today to take a look and sure enough there's a small gap. Gentleman told me he believes it's for the auto turn mechanism. Thanks for your video!
You left out a few steps and forgot to grease the drive gears and slide shaft...Lot more to greasing these than pumping grease in with the gun at the fittings.
opinion on changing the auger gear oil? I guess I should read my manual lol but what do you think? I have an ariens 28 deluxe. also what type of gear oil?
On my snowblower when I put the wheels back on there are two notches where the pin can go through. If you don't have the pin on the inner-most notch then that wheel won't spin at all when you engage. not sure if that's your issue or not but worth a look.
