Good observation, you have a point there, both you and trucker 40 noticed this, you can see where the bolt was originally, the old idler was on its way out, so I ran it that way, (orientated as in the photos)with more slack just to get through.
The shaft with the new sprocket and bearing is the drive shaft, larger one is the auger being driven by it. I could not set that idler where the old mark is in the slot. I'll be honest, I knew something was awry here, forgot how it was originally, did not seem to fit any other way, slack side would be the bottom, or it would rub the housing, top side would be drive side pulling towards the front of the blower, tractor etc. which would mean the idler is on the slack side, pushing up as shown now. Are we thinking backwards to each other, (photo etc.)or chain direction reversed?
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