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Re: (ET) Snowblower issue: Pivot bolt bad?



Did it 20+ years ago to paint it.  Only thing I remember is that it was a two person carry. It was fairly easy to dis assemble.  Why do you need to take it a part now?

Hank Ralston 
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From: Chris Zach via Elec-trak <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 10:50:09 PM
To: Ben Griffith <griffithba+ET gmail com>
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Subject: Re: (ET) Snowblower issue: Pivot bolt bad?
 
Hm. What's the way to get the auger off? Take off one side of the blower?

On 2/9/2021 8:33 PM, Ben Griffith wrote:
> Yes, it is possible to replace the auger bearings, and in my case it
> quieted down the blower considerably.  The old ones were pretty crusty. 
> I don't remember the bearing numbers but I just read the numbers and/or
> measured the old ones and ordered new ones.  I don't think they were
> anything unusual.
>
> -Ben
>
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 4:18 PM Chris Zach via Elec-trak
> <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu <mailto:elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>>
> wrote:
>
>     Yes, it has the spring thing. It's fixed-ish now, here's what happened.
>
>     First I noticed that the motor was about 1/2 way forward on the 4
>     carriage bolts that hold it to the blower. No biggie, use the lift to
>     raise the blower, put logs under it in case the belt breaks, go under
>     with a 1/2 driver and...
>
>     Break two of the bolts and spin the other two. Sigh....
>
>     Drop the blower, remove from tractor, put on side with motor down, grab
>     the cutting grinder (god this is the right tool), cut off the nuts on
>     the two spun bolts, put 4 new 5/16 carriage bolts in (stainless), 4
>     5/16
>     fender washers, 4 5/16 lock washers (stainless) and nuts (cheap o
>     because Home Depot doesn't stock anything properly), drop the blower
>     back on the ground, hook up to the tractor, lift, adjust the motor so
>     it's centered and as far back as it goes and tighten the bolts.
>
>     Then adjusted the spring/eyebolt/bolt assembly so there is good
>     tension,
>     put it all together, fire it up, no more chain dragging on the
>     adjusting
>     bolt. Lube the chain and we should be in business.
>
>     Good afternoon's worth of work. But that should hold it till spring
>     when
>     I can replace the other skid and the ice scraper on the bottom. More
>     bolts to cut :-)
>
>     I wonder if it's possible to replace the bearings on the auger. That
>     should come off one of these days...
>
>     C
>
>     On 2/6/2021 2:15 PM, Rob Brockway wrote:
>      > Was yours designed to work with a spring?
>      >
>      > Sent from my iPhone
>      >
>      >> On Feb 6, 2021, at 12:24 PM, Chris Zach via Elec-trak
>     <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
>     <mailto:elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>> wrote:
>      >>
>      >> While blowing snow last weekend I heard more noise from the
>     chain than is normal. So today I took the access port above the
>     chain and motor off and peered in.
>      >>
>      >> The chain feels pretty loose. More interestingly though is that
>     when I press the chain down to check slack the motor moves inward.
>     It looks like the pivot bolt isn't holding the motor back properly,
>     is this normal and if not is it a replace the bolt thing or a major
>     repair on the frame thing?
>      >>
>      >> Chris
>      >>
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