You are correct my friend. Use the right shear bolts and never have to worry. Gear boxes are not no cheap and on my Frontier SB1164 I don't want to wreck this one for the sake of a $4.00 shear pin. My dealer told me it's around $1,800 plus shipping and taxes and 6 weeks away. Excellent video.
I totally agree with you Dave. Buy extra exact replacement shear bolts at what ever they cost. Much better than having $$$$ in repair costs because they did not fail and took out other big bucks components. Just my 2 cents. Dan 😊
You are in fact not blowing this out of proportion. I have got an old bx with snowblower on it and it would break bolts non stop on the asphalt part of my driveway. The gravel section was even worse. I don't know if it was a mistake I made with the shear bolts or something the previous owner did, but the snow blower impeller shear bolt would last at max 5 minutes before I had to replace it. I brought it in for service at the dealer and when all was said and done, it cost $1700 in parts and labor. Used it for the first time this year today for about 3 hours and it works flawlessly.
@@MtTopLiving I start with the recommended bolt grade, and add the relief in the correct spot. Its exactly what you can buy, just 10% of the cost. On my Honda 928HS blower the fan shear is a strange double step one and I make those also. I hate spending the big bucks on trinkets.
You are correct my friend. Use the right shear bolts and never have to worry. Gear boxes are not no cheap and on my Frontier SB1164 I don't want to wreck this one for the sake of a $4.00 shear pin. My dealer told me it's around $1,800 plus shipping and taxes and 6 weeks away. Excellent video.
Glad to see some people agreeing with me.
100% correct in my experience with shear bolts.
I totally agree with you Dave. Buy extra exact replacement shear bolts at what ever they cost. Much better than having $$$$ in repair costs because they did not fail and took out other big bucks components. Just my 2 cents. Dan 😊
Hi Dan, makes sense to me!
You are in fact not blowing this out of proportion. I have got an old bx with snowblower on it and it would break bolts non stop on the asphalt part of my driveway. The gravel section was even worse. I don't know if it was a mistake I made with the shear bolts or something the previous owner did, but the snow blower impeller shear bolt would last at max 5 minutes before I had to replace it. I brought it in for service at the dealer and when all was said and done, it cost $1700 in parts and labor. Used it for the first time this year today for about 3 hours and it works flawlessly.
That’s a chunk of change, glad it’s running the way it should now!
I'm with you Dave. I buy the proper bolts for a little more money.
A lot of people don't understand sometimes you need to spend money to save money.
Very true from what I’ve seen.
I build my own shear bolts. I put a relief in it just as the original. Just turn it out in the lathe.
If it works for you….
@@MtTopLiving I start with the recommended bolt grade, and add the relief in the correct spot. Its exactly what you can buy, just 10% of the cost. On my Honda 928HS blower the fan shear is a strange double step one and I make those also. I hate spending the big bucks on trinkets.
@1958johndeere620 I totally understand, it’s good to be handy.