Past Repair Made This snow Blower Useless, Lets Fix It.
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Picked up a couple of free ariens snow blowers in unknown condition, on a previous video we got them up and running, but l missed a major mistake. lets find it and fix it correctly.
Does any one else feel like a mid week Musty video is like putting your coat on in the fall and finding a $20.00 in the pocket.
Great analogy!
If I find 20$ in the pocket, I must've been in a wrong country.
Very very true! 😂
@@Njazmo Or the wrong coat maybe?
absolutely...what a joy
Just goes to show. Having no leftover parts doesn't mean the repair is done right. Thanks Mustie1.
You call it left overs I call them spares...
@@blahorgaslisk7763
I call them needless bells and whistles.
screws, O rings, some kind of a metal bracket thingamabob, anti pollution stuff,..
These shear pins are breaking all of the time,.. let's put in some hardened bolts to fix that.
Midweek Mustie. Always welcome.
l keep booting them, yt needs to do a better job
@@mustie1 rather than go through all the hassle of carrying the machine apart and swapping all the parts wouldn't have been a more elegant solution to just make the motor run backwards? 😁
@@rexrossman6666 Yeah that'd work Rex! But you'd have find a way to feed the snow back down the exit chute lol!
@@nevillegoddard4966 .. what if he just pulls the machine backwards instead of pushing it forward? 🤔
After all these years the small engine videos are still my favorites. And love the metal art!
The older weird motorcycles and go carts are my favorites along with the free stuff in the spring.
@@dustinh4175 I really miss the garage sale videos.
Steampunk Motorcycle is a work of art
Great video and great fix. I kinda feel bad for the guy who previously tried fixing it and botched it. Imagine going through all the work to replace the gear box just to put the auger blades on backwards and not ever realize it.
Also youd thing the manufacturer could have made it so the sheer pin holes were different between both sides to prevent someone from accidentally putting the augers on the wrong way. If the holes didnt align then it would have hopefully clued in the person that something clearly wasnt right.
@@EllisDmented
Simply report it!!!!!
@@famousamoso7 agree! It would have been very easy to make a fool proof design
If the owner worked on it they were probably so proud that they fixed some other problem, or maybe did some preventive maintenance, only to then find it worked even worse. I bet that was discouraging!
even better when you order replacement augers and you order 2 of the same one, reassemble everything and get a 36 inch blizzard
A few years ago I bought a new snow blower from a big box store that was the same color. The first snow storm it was pushing the snow out in front. I had pull out the 20 year old blower to do the job. It was quickly put on my truck for a ride back to the store. It was hard to convince Skippy that it was assembled wrong. Returned it and got a replacement for 30% off. Still in use today.
Just in Skippys defense they come from the factory with the augers already installed the only things that have to be assembled are the handle bars the shuttle and some cables
Skippy!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Last winter purchased a NEW 30" Husgavana snowblower, welds on augers broke loose, new augers sent under warranty, they sent one correct width, other too narrow. Welded old augers so can use, manufacture welds just kept breaking. Backlog on replacement parts, took three months to get replacements. New replacements welds broke loose, took it apart and cleaned and welded all auger welds. Works great now, just four times apart to correct manufacturing problems. Supplier $80 to pickup and return snowblower, so I had to take the machine apart to avoid all the delivery charges. And I have a five year warranty on this lovely machine ( MOTOR ONLY under warranty for five years, fine print)
@@brianferguson6278 that's what happens when you don't buy from a local dealer plus it's a Husqvarna they makes crap now
Yes, Ariens come out of the box with cables attached and adjusted at the factory, whether you buy it at a big box store or a dealer. Maybe a dealer catches those rare issues coming out of the Ariens factory. I can't speak to other brands.
Had an old snowblower that did exactly that. Blew the worm gear out. Actually paid to have it fixed. The shop owner was bragging up his mechanic at how good he was. Took the machine home and it would not "blow" snow. Called the shop and asked if it was possible to put augers in backwards. A long pause. Then, "Yes you can."Brought it back. They made the repair and gave me a twelve pack of beer. With Mustie's help, I have done all my own repairs on that machine. It is over thirty years old.
It's just not the home owners who mess up I got my blower back from a dealer that's been in business more than 25 years and my augers were backwards, and I hate to say it the bastards tried charging me for their mistake. Love your videos
Lol. Who ELSE should pay for their mistake!! 😊
Saw vid of someone who had a blower with 2 left hand augers on it(or was it right hand?) The only fix was to buy the correct auger.
The story is the guy got it second hand from the original owner who got rid of it because is didn't blow snow very well.
Awesome that you’re giving that to someone that needs one. That’s great about finding free things, you’re often able to to help someone in need.
I have an Ariens 824 from the early 80’s. I have serviced/rebuilt it several times. The thing is a beast! Living in central Maine she gets a workout from time to time. She will out blow any of the neighborhood machines even though she is an old timer. It even has a locking differential. I have to replace the center bearing behind the flywheel in the spring, that should be a time! I’ve heard horror stories when it comes to getting that to come apart, good thing I’ll have all summer, lol! Thanks for the video, hopefully mine slides apart like buttah also!!
Mustie, you were incredibly lucky that the pulley hub came off the impellor shaft and that the impellor was not seized on. I us d to buy shear pins by the dozen because frozen newspapers only go halfway through the impellor. Driving the impellor backwards with a 2 by 4 and a sledge is the quickest way to clear a jam. Never Seize is the snowblower mechanics best friend.
Luck on top of the luck of getting it free to begin. Probably disassembled easily because it wasn't used after prior disassembly.
I saw a comment about the auger being on wrong but didn’t understand until Mustie explained it. Way to go Team Mustie !
Same
Dear Mustie1.
👍👌👏 Very well done. 2) I would definitely like to see more Mustie1 scrap art. In former times (in the old shop) you sometimes did scrap art. And some ingenious stuff is on the fabulous DIY mopeds.
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
“Mowing snow“🤣 I love it, I’m not the only one that Messes up.
Better than Christmas an extra Mustie 1,great 🎁 to wake up to today.
Happy Birthday to me, a rare weekday special Mustie upload is a perfect present in my eyes!!!
Happy birthday! make the most of it!
Happy birthday. Take care
Happy Birthday Mustie viewer.
Happy Birthday!🎉
Hi Mustie. I came across a shiny new-looking Troy-Bilt snowblower some years back during a weekend city-wide yard sale. I paid around $100 for it. It looked hardly used even though it was about 10 years old. Shiny paint, no rust, unworn skid plates. It looked like it just came off the dealer's showroom floor. When I used it some months later I was able to see why it was in such good shape. It was not clearing the snow very well. After a few moderate snowfalls, I actually studied the auger action and discovered the augers were installed left-on-the right, and right-on-the-left. I had to split the blower housing completely off the unit to affect the repairs. I now understood why that factory-fresh-looking blower was in such good shape. Someone at the factory was not paying attention to their job and assembled the auger unit this way at the factory. The original owner just put it into storage instead of trying to get it fixed and finally cleaned out their garage to get rid of the poor running blower. Their loss, it runs awesome for me now! Love the channel!
Those are the kinds of fixes I like... simple, easy and nothing seized!! LOL!!
Good morning Mustie, a pleasant surprise to see you today. Always enjoy your program. Take care and enjoy your day. 👍
Good stuff- the auger came apart easy ,still showed the steps and the importance of good and generous lubrication
Live on the Gulf Coast. Never even seen a snowblower and I’m 70yo. This was still a very interesting vid. Thanks
Ariens snow blowers...I've been using them here in Central Vermont for over 30 years!! Love 'em!
I also read some comments mentioning this issue. Because I live in Indonesia I have no clue how these are setup and work. Nice update video on this. Pretty straightforward fix. Really like it!
Hey Mustie thanks for these snowblower videos. They've been a huge help for me to keep my old piece of junk running the last few seasons.
What a treat A mustie1 midweek video 👍
66 yrs. old and I'm still learning . Good thing you check your comments. Don't know why your snowblower videos interest me so much . I live in South Louisiana and snow fights a losing battle down here . Must be good videos. Thanks.
Never had or needed a snow blower but greatly enjoyed Mustie1 fixing them. Makes my Sundays and then an extra during the week. Thanks
I'm glad you came back to it. Let's us know you read the comments!
LOL. I am sure they were thinking, "But it all fit together fine"
Great sculpture Mustie1.
The man is an artist too.
You can tell by the pony tail ( just kiddin )
Nice bonus video ,thanks.
Thanks for the videos, Mustie! Like the metal art too. 👌👌
Always enjoy and learn something. Thanks Mustie!!
Great short thanks for the extra mid week video. You know someone at CZcams is scratching there head wandering if Mustie miss understood what they ment when CZcams started promoting CZcams shorts. 😂. Average CZcams video 15-25 min average CZcams short 30-90 seconds. Mustie average video 60-90 minutes Mustie short 25-35 minutes. I for one love the longer videos.
I like the Wiley the coyote splat on the bedside of your Toyota truck, very funny! It looks like it might have been placed over a dented area...I like it!
Good job mustie nothing you can’t fix mate take care and all the best from Scotland 👍👌🔧🔧🔧
I love videos like this. It reminds me of needing to buy a lawnmower and I found a 12 blade McClean mower at Sears and they said it was just a floor display because it didn't work. I said how much? They said $200 bucks. I got it home and it was a simple fix. It still mows the grass to this day.
You could write a "Wrenching for Dummies" volume set.
You repeat and explain stuff that seems obvious - but it's not obvious to others and I could always use a refresher.
Well done, sir. Keep up the high quality.
watching him over the years gave me the confidence to repair my snowblower thank you
Hey! A midweek Vid! Love it!
LOL, that was a good catch . I bought a rototiller one time that the guy said he bought & it didn't dig worth a crap. the tines were on backwards . after switching them it was an awsome machine
Sweet! An extra Mustie1!! Cannot get enough, I have gained so much knowledge here which in turn has saved me lots of time and money doing my own repairs correctly and efficiently. Thanks so much!!
Good to see at lest the other person did keep it greased up. Was easy to come apart.
I scrolled and scrolled and scrolled and scrolled. Finally found something worth watching.
Thats pretty cool a viewer caught those blades being mounted incorrectly 👍😄 Nuce work👌
nobody caught the skid shoes are trashed though. they are worn completely thru
Good job Mustie! And where you live, you need these things working correctly!
Fun video, thank's.......Looking forward to another 60's motorcycle resurrection...😀
Nice catch on the augers being backwards. That sculpture is super cool.
At least it was well greased! I'm not looking forward to when my 8 year old HUSKEE (by MTD) will need a major overhaul. My shear pins are plain (no threads) with a hole at the end to put a locking clip thru. I ran into the big end of a broken pine limb the town so graciously plowed and covered at the end of my driveway. Ran to my local hardware store but they only had shear Bolts, I bought two of the right diameter (and hoped they were weak enough). I then ordered 10 of the correct pins and clips online with free shipping for what I paid for the two temporary bolts. I drilled holes into the metal control panel to keep a couple of extra pins and clips on the machine and put the rest in the tool box.
smart to drill in a couple of holes to hold the shear pins! Nicely done! My machine came with 2 slots and I keep shear pins in them at all times! Used up 2 already!
Mustie got it running 🏃♀️ 👌 right cause we do twice!!! Thanks Brian 😊
With power comes responsibility. I live in Florida and I just realized that you captivated me into watching you repair snowblowers. Oh well I may need to get one running some day. 😊😂😊
You are good at this type of repair, without doubt.
Awesome to find a mid week Mustie1 episode has posted.
I'm stuck in the hospital so it was a wonderful find.
Mid week! Great! Thanks Mustie! Also thanks for the clarification. Hope you are doing better 😊
Saw the comments in the last video, so happy that Mustie read them and is fixing this! I can image how frustrating would this machine have been to run!
Well done I didn't catch it either thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
Been through this a few times. Most of those differential front pieces blow before the sheer pins. We loosen the blade from the barrel side then pull the bearings. Most units you can twist the front axle and shaft, pull the blades, then seperate the front diff with the front axle in. . Very quick job that way!! Enjoy the channel
I have an Ariens 2055 model, 20 inch cut, 5.5 hp, it plugged a lot, except in powder, I watched a video on adding rubber to the 4 blades on the second stage that throws it out of the shoot. Because the factory leaves a 1/4 inch gap at least of clearance so the blades would never touch the outer housing. So I took his advice, we have some 1/4 rubber at work, I removed my shoot, took out the spark plug and turned the blade until it was at the top of the shoot, and sure enough I had the 1/4 inch gap at least, I made a cardboard template to fit over the whole blade and fill that gap to an 1/8 inch on the edge and one side, I cut the four pieces out of the rubber, drilled 2 holes in them and through the steel blades. I bolted those rubber pieces to the blades, with short 1/4 inch bolts and lock nuts, and turned them to make sure my clearance was good, it was fine, fired it up, and that thing throws snow like a beast, I thanked him online, it only took a couple hours, I would recomend it to anybody with a 2 stage, it throws powder 25 feet, all the best to ya.
Great Video. I've seen videos where snow blowers came from the factory with the agers in the wrong direction. Sense this is an Ariens snow blower, and if it has the auto steer differential that opens up a whole other can of worms. The left axle is prone to rusting if not taken apart and cleaned and reassembled with grease or anti cease. The differential is also known for moisture contamination as well as the spring inside becoming weak and allowing the gears to not engage properly and thus wearing them out. If you have a machine with this type of steering, replacing the differential periodically is a given.
Well mustie1, we over look things in life, I didn’t catch it either till you mentioned it,job well done
Good job viewers!!!! A guy can learn so much from viewers......
On these "found dead by the road finds", I often wonder if the previvous
owners ever see a Mustie repair and say to themselves," damn I threw that away cause it did not work/run. I just cost myself hundreds of dollars!"
A couple of grade 8 bolts in place of shear pins and then you can give him a 100% guarantee they will never shear 😉The gear box on the other hand.....
that's when you spot/plug weld the auger onto the shaft. if you going go big, big BIG or go home 🤔
I was gave one those snow blowers few years back the guy said the shaft broke & he tried wield it back together but closer look he wielded the shaft to the bearing and it was trashed so i took the motor off & put it on a small mini-bike for kid down the street that liked doing the yard work for me & i gave it to him for his 12th birthday in early spring !
A mid-week follow up! Awesome.
Mustie1 you are a rock star ⭐....mid week mustie1 is a bonus... tanks!!!!
Negative is for Electrical. Minus or Below is the correct Temperature reference. You were so lucky that big Pulley came off so easily and that someone greased the Augers. Excellent time to grease wheels/axles and check Friction wheel. Fantastic Lift for this and many other jobs. Those Ariens are known to really throw snow. 4 shear pins (2 spares) and a rattle can of orange and done. Lower the guides so the scraper bar isn't rubbing.
Oh and I love your art! Beautiful
They definitely tried to take care of it considering the grease that's on the shafts.
It's a shame they dont add grease on shafts and bolts in the factory's due to costs because it would help tremendously with maintaining machines.
Ariens saves money where ever they can, even on real low quality bolts and nuts. Unscrew and fasten them twice and they're gone.
By that very same reasoning, I am fanatical about using Anti-Seize on all the threaded fasteners I remove/reinstall and some smooth parts (like where metal wheel/pulley meets metal axle) to either help me or the next guy down the line. Plenty of experience with rusted/frozen together parts and I don't like it!
@@Hjerte_Verke same here, I use copper anti seize on shafts with pulleys and a lithium based anti seize for the bolts because that's easier to get off your hands.
If the bolt hole is a bit rusty I also run a tap through it.
Working as a mechanic at a rental company so it's something I deal with every day.
From diesel excavator to wacker compacting plate everything I take apart goes back with anti seize.
"We do it right cos we do it twice!!!" :P
As for the estimates, always multiply them by a factor of four, and then you'll be seen as a miracle worker when you do the work in less time... :P
Good / Fast / Cheap --- Pick 2. I always wondered about the lady kissing the dog, makes me think of the 70s growing up somehow. Like the Wil E Coyote sticker too 😎👍
Midweek Mustie ! Is it my birthday? Fantastic to see a Mustie correct a mistake thanks to our eagle eyed subs just goes to show that he takes time out to read the comments unlike some CZcamsrs that don’t bother. Tom UK
Almost like Christmas with a midweek video. I always enjoy when we get to see something of @Mustie1 the artist.
You gotta feel bad for the guy who went to all the work to fix the gear box and then to take it out in the snow and it does nothing.
l was thinking the same, more common with mowers and the blade is upside down
@@mustie1 but it looks waaaaay easier to flip a rotary mower blade than a snow blower auger?
Well, that's the thing, it'll blow snow, just very poorly. I saw a vid of a guy with one of those cheap blowers where the auger is made from separate sections instead of one piece. It had 3 sections per side. He did a repair and accidentally swapped the middle sections. You could see the snow pack between the sections on each side and it would push quite a bit of snow in the front when blowing.
I tried leaving a comment that those two sections were swapped and the guy was like, "Naw, they got bent from hitting something."
Well, which was also true(those style auger sections bend very easy), but it was pretty obvious they were also flipped.
Thanks for the extra shop time Mustie1!
For some reason, the original shear pins are ridiculous expensive here in Norway, so I found out that a real cheap (like, soft unnamed Chinesium ones) box of M8 bolts did the trick just fine. Thanks for the video, Mustie!
I've never been close to a snow blower, but I still enjoyed the video. I appreciate the shorter videos. Thanks from East Texas. ;-)
Thanks for the midweek Mustie. You were fortunate the pulley came right off the shaft, I had to use a homemade puller to get mine off. And don't worry about pull-starting that engine, mine has always started with one or at most two pulls.
Taryl plug "FIRE IT UP! FIRE IT UP!" 👍🏼
That artwork is pretty cool .. I'd watch you work away at thinga like that ... I miss some of those bike vids listening to your thought process as your artistic side fought with the mechanical needs of it
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
What could have been funny is if Mustie had swapped a single auger between the two machines, to make a matched pair of left and right handed snowblowers.
A rare Thursday addition? What a great treat when I'm stuck home with covid
Thanks for the follow up video, you can't catch everything. A mid week bonus video is GTG.
Your viewers will always assist.
Honesty and integrity, thanx for the correction, RESPECT.😃😃
Grate video, things are what thay are.
What's better than finding a Mustie video during the week??
Finding Mustie on his usual Sunday posts, and a great cup of coffee to go with it!
Great fix. Very informative video.
It slays me that for not that much time or money the use of wire wheel and can of spray paint this machine could look new and better yet not rust for many years!
It was obviously taken apart, not too long ago because everything just came off so smoothly. Good deal for you.
The last guy greased everything as he re-assembled. kudos to him.
Great job Darryn! Lol, imagine if you'd sold off the machine before discovering the spirals were backwards! "Well the machine works but it doesn't!". That would make a funny Mr. Bean sketch!
Sweet artwork mate!
Man this was so disappointing! I wanted some seized action! That impeller and pulley came off way too easy for a blower in that condition and age. I don't think I have ever worked on a blower where one of those wasn't seized on, even fairly newer ones.
A video of your pal trying to use the blower with the reversed auger would have been Interwebs gold. Guys know what's funny.
I fix snow blowers at work, I saw you knock the pin out and I'm over here yelling at my phone saying split it mustie !!! Lololol, you got lucky taking that suger apart, Ive had to heat beat and air hammer that stuff off before, I've the got Milwaukee 1400 lbs 1/2 impact here and it makes my air impact look like a toy
Mustie, thanks for the midweek video to help us Winnipegers up here in Canada get through the winter. Also, love the ponytail. Nice
What a treat a Mustie1 video in the middle of the week👍👍👍👍👍👍
The lowest here in Australia was--'14 degrees Celsius and that was at the Red center (Alice Springs) it wasn't even in the minus when we went to the Snowy Mountain, because it was at the end of Snow season, 😅🤣 all the best to you and your loved ones
Cool . I should get mine out and go over it . It was dads so i need to make sure it has sheer pins . I think it may need a drive wheel . Maybe i will make a video on it soon , Has been siting for close to 10 years
Good eye, by viewer. I recently purchased a Bercomac snow blower that attaches to a riding lawn tractor. It needed repairs and one of the other things I learned is when you place your shear bolts thru the augers, there is a right orientation of the augers as well. When the augers ends beside the gearbox, the other augers should end 180 degrees from that. The theory is that of a big clump of ice was augered to the middle the augers would sandwich the ice into the gearbox and potentially damage it. It would also make sense to be that there would be more vibration caused by having the augers ending at the gearbox at the same time as there would be alot of snow then nothing and then alot of snow again and then none. Is your augers positioned right according to this Mustie? It was too hard for me to tell in the video. Love your videos 👍
have some pretty sharp observant viewers Mustie..you taught them well, and likewise they teach us..
That was great Mustie now you have two to sell thank you can't wait for next one really good
The only experience I have with a snowblower is watching Mustie fix them. i feel like I could get one running if it wasn't too far gone now.