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(ET) Repairing Snowblower shoes.....



This weekend I decided it would be a good time to replace the skids on my snowblower. They were worn down and one was to the point where the skid was basically gone. I picked up a spare set over the summer, so I figured might as well.

Replacement was a bit of a pain: All three nuts were seized and even with penetrating oil I wound up breaking the carriage bolts to get them off. Replaced with galvanized bolts, my guess is they will have to be broken/cut in another 30 years.

However now I am left with two shoes and I was wondering: How common are these parts? If they're rare/NLA then should I re-shoe them somehow? My guess is I could weld on a chunk of metal and they would be good for another 10-20 years, but I was wondering what other people think.

Thanks!
C