Snowblower Auger Not Turning - PowerSmart
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2023
- Repairing a PowerSmart snowblower where the auger would not spin. Removing the auger from the case, pulling apart the gear case, replacing the worm gear and re assembling everythinG.
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Very clear video, in spite of the mistakes that others drew to your attention.
Yeah I put it together backwards. Had to fix that.
Just a respectful tip. Wasn't sure if that's an imact your using to tighten the shear bolts down or not. You're not supposed to wrench the nuts down onto the auger. That's the same as using a more hardened bolt so they may not shear and the same thing will happen again. That said thanks for sharing with us. You're a natural in front of the camera.
Yeah that was an impact wrench. Good point, thanks for the tip. I am not sure about being a natural :-)
The transmission and augers are the same for many makes and modesl. They are the same for many small no brand Chinese blowers but also the same for example Stiga St3255. In US I've seen that gear at M&D. In Sweden I buy them for a brand called "Meec Tools" and they cost me 21 USD.
Thanks for the information. When I originally found the part, don't remember the vendor, the emailed me the next day that they did not have the right part in stock. After searching for a bit, my customer actually found the part.
I think it was a combination of hitting things and lube failure. It had grease in it but grease is not as good as oil and hat gear looks like it's been "eating itself" for a while.
I was actually surprised to see "fill" and "drain" plugs on it. I watched the tear down to see if they actually went all the way to gear cavity, lol.
I had an old ariens and when I would try to pull oil in it, it would leak out, so I ended up mixing grease and oil. Not the greatest, but the blower was so beat up it was not worth trying to rebuild and reseal the gear box.
I think that blower looks very clean for how much use it has clearly seen.
If someone is using it in a business, the gear may have just lasted its "expected" life cycle.
Possibly
Great video Robby! Thank you for the in-depth video of changing the gear on the transmission out. You missed the money shot of actually removing and installing the gear though. Was that actually grease in the bottle or was it fluid. Just curious. Thank you for the longer video as well. Take care and catch you on your next video. P.S I have never had a snow blower transmission apart before that's why I asked the question about the fluid or grease.
It was grease. I had to warm it up in the stove to make it easier to get it all out.
@@small_engine_repair Gotcha , I just wasn't sure what you used . I swear.mine says it uses gear oil.
The augers are on the wrong side. They need to be swapped to the opposite of what they are now. Mowerz and Blowerz. Thank you
I put them back on exactly as I took them off. Never been off before.
@@small_engine_repair No you did not. Check the direction of the "teeth" on the augers @2:55 in your video and you can see that the flat sides of the teeth are down....later, at around the 16:55 mark, when you are putting the augers in the flat sides are facing up. I dunno, maybe it makes no difference in performance but they are different. This is not a criticism. I assure your that I learned a LOT watching this video and it helped me fix mine. Thx!
Yep I screwed up. Customer called me and was like it is not working. I fixed it.
@@small_engine_repair I think I saw the video from somebody else where they pointed out the augers went on incorrectly from the factory on these.
@@robertknight4672 I've seen reversed augers pretty often on youtube. saw one guy who had segmented augers like this, and he had the outside ones correct and the inside ones reversed. I tried pointing that out in his video, but he just insisted they were correct.
The oddest story I heard about was a guy who got a used blower with two left hand augers on it from the factory. The story, as I understand it, was the original owner got rid of it because "it didn't blow snow very well", lol.
nice video
Thanks
i just realized trying to follow your video that you did not show us hwo to take the worm gear off :)
It just slides off
What if you are unlucky. My big pulley wont remove. Any tips?
Heat it up and let it cool down. Hopefully that expansion and contraction will help when trying to break it free.
@@small_engine_repair Thanks! I was able to get the pulley off but the shaft has a metal bearing that seems to be attached to the shaft.
Did this brass gear can fit on husqvarna ST227?
I do not know. My guess is that it will not. PowerSmart use a different size then what I see in other machines.
Same problem with my snowblower.
Did you get it fixed?
super naprawa
Thank you
No showing of how to remove stripped gear from shaft or putting new gear on shaft?????
Yeah I should have included that. Sorry. It just slides on and off and a keyway holds it to the shaft.
I think the shear bolts that were installed are far too tight and need a gap between the head of the bolt in the bottom of the nut in comparison to the shaft. The way he has installed them. They are too tight and will not perform.
To snap and save the gear box from damage. It looks to me as though. This was the first time he ever did the job, And therefore the video was a waste of time. I can do the same thing. What I was looking for is someone to explain the details of the work and why they are doing what they are doing. The mechanic clearly was not able to communicate and share any good insights from repeated rebuilds of the auger gear box. I'm going back to donnie boy seventy three.
Never thought about how tight the shear bolts were. That actually gives me a good idea for a future video. Run two tests with different shear bolts and see if they do shear or not hitting the same objects (rocks, newspaper, kids toys). Thank you for the inspiration.
@@small_engine_repair Yes, I believe the manufacturer will tell you the same thing that they are not designed to be tightened against the shaft. And it would be very interesting to see a test on your channel in this regard. You are welcome.
Time consuming job! I hope you charged him a good price for your service.
Agree. Do it enough and you get pretty good at it.
You edited The best part was when you took out the gear, that's what I needed to see Thanks for nothing.
Sorry. I will be sure to include it in future videos.
Half ass video didn’t even show how to install the new gear onto the shaft ??
I will put more detail in my next video.
Thanks for nothing 🤣 how did you get the new brass gear on the shaft? 😊
It slides on.
Half Ass video main purpose was to see how to change the brass gear 🥴