HOW TO LUBRICATE CRAFTSMAN MTD CUB CADET SNOWBLOWER AUGERS (Seize Happens)

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HOW TO LUBRICATE CRAFTSMAN MTD CUB CADET SNOWBLOWER AUGERS (Seize Happens). One of the BEST things you can do to TAKE CARE of your SNOWBLOWER is to LUBRICATE your AUGERS. But what if the augers DO NOT HAVE GREASE FITTINGS or ZERKS like the ones on these CRAFTSMAN, MTD, CUB CADET or YARD MACHINES snowblowers? In this video, I show you how to LUBRICATE these ZERKLESS augers the EASY WAY! Follow these TIPS and AVOID ISSUES so you can keep your augers SPINNING LIKE NEW! Was there any SEIZING already taking place on this 12 year old CRAFTSMAN SNOWBLOWER? LIKE & SUBSCRIBE!!!
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@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Here is a LINK to the FLUID FILM used in this video! Thank you for supporting the channel! 👍 👉 amzn.to/3wcBncc

@Silverface1987 5 месяцев назад

Hi JB, do you sell any of your used snowblowers… I’m local…… just incase….. you’ll be my backup plan.😝

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

@@Silverface1987 hey cutlass depending on how far I get this season with the craftsman will determine when it goes up for sale. May put it up at the end of the season or at the beginning of next season. Depends on the snow we get and how much I get done on it. 👍 check in with me.

@Johneekay 5 месяцев назад

I have worked on Crown equipment in a food distribution warehouse for many years. Sometimes a good ol' airhammer works for removing seized pins. Everything you're showing in this video is spot on ! Things I have learned through experience over the years. Appreciate your channel and thanks for sharing.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Not a bad idea with the air hammer but I worried it would bend the auger. Thanks for sharing though! Thanks for being a cool fan John!

@BigDaddysGarage 5 месяцев назад

Good job with patients! I woulda probably just pounded it until I made the situation worse! 😂

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

I was tempted trust me! Should ah e just drilled it out from the beginning! Lol! Have a good week my friend!

@dm7097 4 месяца назад

That’s why I like my 30+ year old Ariens, they have built in grease fittings in the auger shafts.

@GarageGear 4 месяца назад

Even the handle bars have grease zerks on those old ones lol!

@PainterD54 2 месяца назад

Fluid Film is the cats meow. I've used it for years for undercoating my vehicles and on every snowblower that I rebuild. Great stuff!

@GarageGear 2 месяца назад

Sure is painter! Great stuff

@robertknight4672 5 месяцев назад

I think for most snow blowers this method is fine and there's no need to remove the auger assembly unless you are already doing a repair that required you to take it out in the first place. Now if you have an older Toro with the drum auger you might want to consider removing the auger assembly lubing the shaft. I did spray some PB Blaster in the appropriate areas hoping it seeped in well.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Good tip here robert!

@stevepelino5986 5 месяцев назад

This is a low technical process that requires few tools. This is a great video for anyone to learn how to do it. Thanks man!!

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

RIGHT ON Steven! Thanks for watching my friend!

@tomconnors6310 5 месяцев назад

I made it to the Tribe Board that is so cool thanks JB. Thanks for the great videos you have made that I use for maintaining my snow blower. They are step by step bang on and simple to apply. I had no idea all that was involved to keep it in tip top shape and so easy to do. Fluid Film is my go to spray for lubrication. This stuff is amazing on the T locks on my truck cap they don't freeze like WD40 did, and perfect for lubing the garage door wheels, springs, locks, latches and the tracks. Thanks for being there.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

You got it Tom! Thanks for sharing and for being a cool fan of the channel! 👍

@BenNawrath 5 месяцев назад

We might actually get some snow tomorrow!! Got my oil changed last weekend, gonna lube it up tonight.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

If anyone is ready Ben it’s you! Let me know how it goes!

@douglasbarnhart3324 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the video.

@GarageGear 4 месяца назад

You got it Douglas!

@mp_outdoors556 5 месяцев назад

Awesome instructional video, you never disappoint JB. Keep'em coming brother. 👍👍

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Thank you my friend! A lot of work goes into every video! Appreciate the positive feedback!

@brucesimpson8579 5 месяцев назад

Good tips for maintaining the snowblower.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Right On Bruce! 👍

@cwcole 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the information! I love the smell of Fluid Film in the morning! Blaster, not so much. That stuff stinks but work very well.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Fluid film smells like success! Thanks for watching cw!

@electroddxful 5 месяцев назад

This was a video I was waiting for JB. Epic video. Going out and getting the spray now. Have a blessed weekend together with family 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Awesome Ray! You’ll be busy this weekend! Got a handful of snowblower videos left to do then we’re on to lawns again! Be here before you know it! Have a blessed weekend with your family my friend!

@user-tt7xo1hx3k 5 месяцев назад

JB..., I like your channel. I like how you present projects and solutions. You have helped me with a few since I have been viewing your channel.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Awesome Robert! I try to present options for people! Plus let everyone know what has worked and not worked for me in the past! Thanks for being a cool fan!

@smallblock412 5 месяцев назад

Great procedure for machines without zerks. And you already know my love for fluid film 👍.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

It’s the best way to go about it without too much trouble. I know about your strong passion for fluid film! But how many cans do you have on standby? Lol👍

@smallblock412 5 месяцев назад

@@GarageGear all of them 😏.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

@@smallblock412 ROCK ON!

@glenherbert7606 5 месяцев назад

Always great videos. I started using PB Blaster to spray down my Cub Cadet Snow Thrower.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Good stuff Glen! Thanks for being a cool fan as always!

@travis1572 5 месяцев назад

Good job keep thi tips coming 👏

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching travis

@kjell-richardlvdal373 5 месяцев назад

Great video as usual

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Thank you kjell! Have an awesome weekend my friend!

@kencurtis228 5 месяцев назад

TY for Sharing

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching Ken! Any plans for the weekend in the garage?

@tempusveritas8901 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Good Idea.' Oz. of prevention. Now that I found out that my 3X Cub needs 3X pins. This is a job that is needed on my unit.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Give it a go my friend!

@JW-iw6ww 5 месяцев назад

i use fluid film at the end of the season to protect my snowblower from rusting...... wash it first to get any salt off and spray housing,, especially the impeller area.... that stuff is awesome... great vid...

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

That’s awesome my friend! Great way to keep things in shape!

@smittyone66 5 месяцев назад

great video JB

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot smitty! Have a good weekend bud!

@darrenjohnston3065 5 месяцев назад

Thanks JB

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

You got it Darren! 👍

@paulmysliborski4832 5 месяцев назад

It’s amazing that some people can’t/won’t take the time to properly maintain their expensive equipment. It literally takes me about 5 minutes to do this exact procedure on my machine. Great vid, JB!

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Blows me away too my friend! I could never spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars buying a piece of equipment and not take care of it. Who’s your pick for the Super Bowl bud?

@paulmysliborski4832 5 месяцев назад

@@GarageGear Exactly.👍🏻 Haven’t watched the NFL in years

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

@@paulmysliborski4832 haha funny you and I really do think alike lol! Same here! Figured I’d just ask. I would rather be out in my garage messing with stuff! I’ll root for the bills but I won’t waste 4 hours every weekend watching a game when I could be more productive. 👍👍

@NewTestamentDoc 5 месяцев назад

sometimes, with a rusty pin hole, run a brass gun bore cleaner through it a few times!

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Good tip my friend! Thanks for sharing!

@glenherbert7606 5 месяцев назад

And I just sprayed down the chute, augers and front housing. No I didn't take things apart, but it is the 4th or so time this season getting sprayed down. And only used twice this year. Storm coming in 2 or so days.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Great! Let me know how she throws it for ya!👍

@jayrichman6266 5 месяцев назад

I've never seen that tip about trimming the end of the straw before to create an angle. Simple, but brilliant. I'm just wondering why every machine does not have zerks on the augers. One wouldn't think the manufacturers would excessively raise the price on them, would you?😂😮

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Hey Jay! Those zerks only cost a few bucks. Can’t imagine them jacking the price way up! Shame they can’t put them on in the first place!

@willmallory9085 5 месяцев назад

Another great video.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Thank you will! Stay awesome my friend!

@robertsimonofsky3959 4 месяца назад

Great video. Can you tell me the type of gear grease to use in the auger gear on a yard machine. Thank you

@GarageGear 4 месяца назад

Hey Robert! I used 00 grease which I picked up at tractor supply! 👍

@robertsimonofsky3959 4 месяца назад

Thank you

@jaybooth4815 5 месяцев назад

That was one tough shear pin JB! Not sure why they just don’t put in grease ports. Cost I suspect. Really great tips too! What’s up for the weekend? Cheers my friend!

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

The actual costs of adding zerks can’t be more than a couple of bucks. Just being cheap. Thanks my friend! Super Bowl party later. Getting some work done around the house too! How about you?

@jaybooth4815 5 месяцев назад

Just gonna be grilling some steaks later. Watch the game too. Have a great day.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

@@jaybooth4815 you as well my friend!

@jeremyrobinson1458 5 месяцев назад

My beautiful late 90s st1024 SHO blower has seized augers I noticed back in fall. I inherited it from my dad. I’ve tried removing the shear pins and lubricating the shaft , but no luck.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Hey Jeremy at this point you might as well live with it or you could upgrade. But if she’s serving you well and you’re careful with it you should be fine!

@davidplatt8915 5 месяцев назад

Good stuff, as always JB. I'm curious though...'bout how many cans of Fluid Film are needed to undercoat a truck frame? Oh, and I got the Garage Gear stickers mounted up on several of my yard 'implements'. Lookin' good!

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Hey David I would say about 7-8 cans to full coat it good. That was on my old ford ranger which was a smaller truck. That is awesome to hear! Thank you again for supporting the channel!

@jibbityjab2469 2 месяца назад

Instead of having to go by a photo when resetting the augers you could just mark their top/front position with a piece of blue tape or a crayon pencil before you take out the shear pins.

@GarageGear 2 месяца назад

Good tip thanks for sharing jibby

@TheNotimprezed 5 месяцев назад

Yup, gearbox is about $350 to buy that while unit, but the worm gear is about $35 and that's what you'll strip if you catch something in there and the pins don't shear. That unit only takes a few hours to disassemble and repair with basic tools.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing my friend!

@thunderinparadise-ep1cf 5 месяцев назад

Hello JB

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

How’s your weekend so far thunder?

@okanaganpeterjames 5 месяцев назад

I have a brand new machine this year, a troybilt. Probably ran it 4 times and today when brushing the machine off i noticed a very tiny bit of grease coming from where you mention in this video at the gear box seal on the auger shaft. not dripping or anything but when cleaning i noticed a slight big of grease visible there. Is it normal for tiny bits of grease to work past that seal or should be be completely dry? I wiped with paper towel and it is definitely grease so not any of the lubrication i have sprayed on the auger itself. Again it is the tiniest bit of grease visible between the plastic bushing and the gearbox itself. Thank in advance, love your videos always.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Hey okana this is not normal to see grease but if it’s only a tiny bit I wouldn’t worry. Just keep an eye on it. Appreciate the positive feedback! 👍

@okanaganpeterjames 5 месяцев назад

thanks for the quick reply as always@@GarageGear

@blackhawk2302 5 месяцев назад

A two stage is a bit overkill for the size of property. 4 car driveway + 100ft of sidewalk, all concrete, that's it. What you think about the toro 821 qze?

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Hey Blackhawk. How much snow do you get per year in your local area?

@robertknight4672 5 месяцев назад

Sometimes the powered wheels are nice since very few single stage machines have power going to the wheels of the exception of the Toro snowmaster series. There was a time when 21 inch two-stage machines where more common. I have an old Toro 521 which is great for some of the narrower walkways and the side of my house where the oil tank is filled. A single stage wouldn't work very well next to my house and it would probably tear up the grass.

@ChrisFredriksson 5 месяцев назад

Awesome video as always JB! ❤ I've finally purchased a lot of Fluid Film to do exactly this on my snowblower 😋 And I think its funny you mentioned in the very end that some have mounted zerks, I've vaugely looked on that as well, but feels like the best is to remove the whole assembly to do it.. lots of work, but could be very useful to have nice sticky grease in there instead of fluid film. What do you think? Which is the best, fluid film or grease? I think you've said grease is better for the gearbox at least - even though it can "fling away" from the gears.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Greasing those augers would be great but it’s a real pain to pull that stuff apart chris! If one bolt is seized you’ll lose half a day trying to free it . Sticking with fluid film is a great way to go! Have a great weekend my friend! 👍

@ChrisFredriksson 5 месяцев назад

@@GarageGearAlright, then I'll go with Fluid Film then 😋 Thanks JB and I hope you've had a fantastic weekend so far as well and also a great end of the weekend! ❤

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

@@ChrisFredriksson ROCK ON Chris! Hope you have a great rest of the weekend as well!

@brady72. 5 месяцев назад

Was it out of the question to take the shear pin out with an air hammer?

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

That probably would have bent my auger lol little too aggressive probably! 👍

@muhammadhaque4029 Месяц назад

Hello JB, I love your tips and tricks on Snowblower maintenance. Now , I have one question, I have cab cadet, in operation manual they instructed to do oil cylinder bore when you need to put off season storage, do you recommend this? I would really appreciate if you please advise. Thank you so much

@GarageGear Месяц назад

Thanks for following along to the channel! Glad you’re enjoying the content. You could put a tiny squirt of oil in where the spark plug goes and that should do for off season storage.

@muhammadhaque4029 Месяц назад

@@GarageGear Thank you so much! This really helps!

@JohnK-pb6mn 4 месяца назад

Heh. I wont be doing this, but thanks for video.

@GarageGear 4 месяца назад

Thanks for watching john

@The_Mace 5 месяцев назад

3:39 - Anything that helps stick the tip into tighter spots better! 🤣

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Hahaha I was actually banking on a “lube” joke from you this week! Lube overload in this video lol! Have a good weekend bud!

@gjordan8800 5 месяцев назад

JB I have a question is it even possible to install the auger blades wrong? I took the picture like you said I couldn't put them in wrong

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

On some models yes! I’ve seen some put them in backwards and snow was being pulled away from the augers!

@gjordan8800 5 месяцев назад

@@GarageGearok thanks

@Chief6067 5 месяцев назад

Do they make auger shafts out of stainless steel so at least the shaft won’t rust ? I’m a newb to snow blowing so this might be a dumb question 😏

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Great question! As far as I know no. Would definitely help though!

@Chief6067 5 месяцев назад

@@GarageGear Thanks for the info Love your channel and im a subscriber 👍👍

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

@@Chief6067 thanks for being a cool fan!

@SnowKing716 5 месяцев назад

I think it's time to officially name the "JB naysayer" that randomly pops in for a few discouraging words throughout these videos. 😂 Always a good laugh. Great content again JB! 👏🏼

@dougrobinson8602 5 месяцев назад

How about BJ?

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

I’m open to all suggestions lol! I read through just about all the comments and there are plenty of great comments on every video but there is always that one guy sittin on his rocker complaining about something so I try to mimic him in some way,shape or form. Glad you appreciate his presence. He’ll be making an appearance next week too lol

@SnowKing716 5 месяцев назад

@@GarageGear The fictitious GarageGear neighbor, "Negative Norman" (Norm for short) sounds fitting for this. He always stops in unexpectedly and poo-poos everything you do! 😂

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

@@SnowKing716 Negative Norm sounds pretty good! Lol or there’s “Piss Ya Off Pete” lol

@ALAl-zw8tq 5 месяцев назад

my shear pin broke how do I know where to align the blade before installing the new shear pin ?

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Hey Al! Do you have your owners manual? I usually go by the picture on the cover. If not the tips of the the augers should align to almost complete what looks like a rolling arc. Then one set of augers usually should point at you on one end and the other should point up. Kinda hard to explain but let me know if you need more help.

@ALAl-zw8tq 5 месяцев назад

thank you I’ll do that

@robertknight4672 5 месяцев назад

If it's a shear pin with a collar on it, one side of the auger will have a bigger hole. You want the collar in the bigger hole. And make sure part of the the broken share pin is not stuck.

@MAbifarin 5 месяцев назад

Father forgive me for I have sinned :-( I just discovered your channel this year and I am WAY behind the 8 ball trying to play catchup on several things. Case in point, I have a 30 inch Craftsman that I am in the middle of doing just this procedure to but I am stuck (Thank God its been in the 50s in Milwaukee!). Three of the six sheer pins are seized in. I was planning on taking a bigger hammer to them today but worried about damaging the auger gear box. Was there a particular drill bit you used to drill them out? I also saw someone use an air hammer. I don't have one but might look into renting one. Any extra details on getting seized sheer pins out would be appreciated.

@milesvinson 5 месяцев назад

@JB An alternative method to remove those seized pins: step 1) apply Kroil or other penetration oil; step 2) find deep well socket just slightly larger than the head of the sheer pin; step 3) find C-clamp longer than length of socket + diameter of auger shafts; step 4) place socket over head of pin; step 5) place C-clamp on end of socket and small end of sheer pin; step 6) tighten C-clamp forcing the pin out.

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

Hey MA! Welcome to the tribe! I would recommend just drilling them out. An air hammer may be too rough and bend your augers. I actually started with thinner bits and slowly worked my way up. About 4 bits later they came out! Shear pins are made of soft metal so they drill out easily! 👍

@GarageGear 5 месяцев назад

@@milesvinson I like that my friend! Great tips here!