My second season, dense snow snapped off three different shear pins and threw off the drive belt twice, jamming in between the keeper and the blower drive sheave....a place that is devilishly hard to get at. I don't think I picked up any obstructions and the engine never stalled. I learned not to go very fast, just creeping a few inches at a time, and it blew the crusty stuff 20 feet in the air.
But, I have a poor opinion on the two shear pins in the reel drive sleve as the coupling is of a sleeve with a much larger bore that the shaft it needs to drive and mine is not aligned too well due to assembly of reel drive gear box and the output sleeve from the blower.
Is yours that way? Does yours shear pins often? Looks like I am going to need a box of shear bolts and nuts. I found 10mm wrenches that fit in the fender box.
It some fun on your knees in the snow supplicating the tin snow blower god with cold, wet hands trying to get the shear bolts to go through misaligned holes with out a drift punch.
Leo
But, I have a poor opinion on the two shear pins in the reel drive sleve as the coupling is of a sleeve with a much larger bore that the shaft it needs to drive and mine is not aligned too well due to assembly of reel drive gear box and the output sleeve from the blower.
Is yours that way? Does yours shear pins often? Looks like I am going to need a box of shear bolts and nuts. I found 10mm wrenches that fit in the fender box.
It some fun on your knees in the snow supplicating the tin snow blower god with cold, wet hands trying to get the shear bolts to go through misaligned holes with out a drift punch.
Leo
