Complete Snowblower Auger Gear Box Rebuild!
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Complete Snowblower Auger Gear Box Rebuild!
In this video I show how to do a complete auger gear box rebuild on a snowblower that didn't have the proper shear pins and thus caused internal damage.
This procedure will apply to most snowblowers.
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What is really excellent about this video is that the process isn't easy-peasy like so many DIY videos which make the poor viewer think he can effortlessly fix the problem. Donyboy shows how to get around obstacles and gives hacks as to how best do the repair. Very nicely done.
"I'm just gunna tap it lightly with this brass hammer"
-beats the fuck out of it
I love this guy
At 73 yrs old, I just spent 12 hrs on my knees, in the driveway, on Ground hog day, replacing the main drive bronze bushing, in my 2003 Arians 8.5/24. Yea I went through about 3 pairs of rubber gloves, had to use the torch on the pulley. and removed every part from the drive system and replaced the rubber drive wheel while at it. I couldn't find a video on this repair so I had to figure the whole thing out my self. You can't do this stuff in the nursing home. Your videos are always great. I wish you had done one on that bronze bushing. It might have saved me a few hrs.
Robert, nice job that shows you keep going, keep learning, keep succeeding. Just 1 thing, don't take on a big challenge like this on ground hog day - better to lay low so you don't get caught in a repetitious cycle!
I’ve watched dozens and dozens of repair videos for cars, bikes and power equipment, but this video was so well thought out, executed and explained, I’m flabbergasted!!! You sir, are an excellent instructor!
I have a old Murray and the auger was bend, needed to take it off, your video was perfect thank you
Excellent repair Don. Apparently, 127 people who gave this a thumbs down have no idea what proper repairs look like. Painted and everything, ready to go! 👍🏻
The quality of your videos and their educational value never cease to amaze me!
A pleasure to watch someone that knows what he's doing.
Excellent work, in fact one of the best instructional videos I have ever watched! I appreciate your non-use of music and your highly descriptive procedures!
I am STUNNED by the level of detail and teaching you are giving for this job. I am at 10:30 and you are giving pointers about the shear pin and I just have to say that my fears that this next generation not being able to fix their stuff are completely gone, all they will need to do is find one of your videos and they will be just fine! I had to learn things the hard way, what a gift it is to have your knowledge and experience available to everyone! Keep up the good work.
I won't miss any of Dony's videos. He is the very BEST in the business! mho.
This is the best how-to video I have ever seen on any subject. There are many excellent videos on various topics but most are amateurish and fair to poor quality overall. Very clear video of excellent quality but just as importantly every view provides good context of what you are doing, i.e., not too close and not too far away. Very clear audio and excellent description of every step. No repetition and no stumbling around, no extraneous information and no information left out - very well thought out.
I have to fully agree with others comments. Your information is detailed......never assuming the viewer knows a supposed obvious step.....and i'm a big fan of getting close into the part you are working on......as opposed to some you tubers who put the camera 10 feet ftom the small part they are working on!!! Verbal and video detail is extremely important for instructional video.....which you do superbly!! Keep it up!!
In every way, this is an A+ instructional video.
I agree.
☝️Truth 100%
Guy is really good. I went out to grease up my snow blower after watching the movie.
I swear to all that is holy Don, you could make watching paint dry interesting !!
It's nice to see a video where nothing just slides apart. All of my stuff is usually seized together. Great video!
I have a Bolens 824 with a bad gearbox that's been sitting in my shed for more than a few years. At the time it failed the price on a new gearbox was quite high so I purchased a new Ariens to replace it. Always loved the snowblower and it gave me about thirty years of good service. I may price out the gears and bushings and fix that beast after watching this very well documented repair video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Love your calm laid back manner and the ease with which you explain things so even I can understand it!
Merci beaucoup de Chamonix , France. Aujourd'hui je dois réparer ma turbine à neige et grace à votre vidéo , je sais comment procéder . 👍
35 minute donyboy video..........the gods have spoken
There are two Craftsmen in this video..only one has a pulse.. great job. Best to You and Yours.
You are a true craftsman that takes pride and care in your work. You don't see that too much these days.
By far the best..most informative video I’ve ever watched. I feel confident now enough to tackle this job myself. Thanks
" You not going broke using grease ! " a funny remark ending a prolong detailing fine fine workmanship as always ! Thanks Don !
Revisiting some of your old videos and then watching this most recent video, this channel just keeps getting better and better. Keep up the great informative videos, I always pick up a pointer or two.
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Very well explained and professional presentation. Thanks
I replaced my broken shear pins with stainless steel bolts thinking "Well, that shouldn't happen again". I was right. I completely mangled the gear box instead. After watching this video I ordered a complete set of parts the week before the snow came in October 2019 and they arrived April 2020, the week after the snow melted! I am going to start putting my baby back together tomorrow. I am so happy to have found this video, it has made me confident to tackle the repair and save myself 100's of dollars. And it looks fun too.
I like the way you show how asamble, step by step
Great video. Everything explained. GJ
Learning how to work on a machine I will never see in West Texas Lololo
Had a friend bring me one just to rebuild and play with
This man is a great teacher. There's a thing called 'it" and it applies to whatever it is that we are trying to convey in life when it comes to repairing small engines he has "it". I watch all his videos. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Did this job a few years ago. Also replaced my friction disc. All from using your videos as a guide. Thanks for providing these videos! They are much appreciated!
Good job putting the auger end axle bushings back on the correct way. When you took them off, they were reversed.
How do you not have over a million subscribers you're like the Small Engine King
Your professionalism sure shows throughout the video. Bravo.
Excellent video! very clear and easy to understand!
Nice! That's a new snowblower right there. I'm pretty confident I can do mine know. Thanks D!
I agree with all ur ideas for winterizing. What I do is start my lawn mowers once a month during winter also start my snowblower in summer
Outstanding video! I scrap metal and I was given a Craftsman snow thrower in beautful condition, but the auger wouldn't turn. When I heard that the operator hit a frozen newspaper, I knew exactly what was wrong, but needed help in taking this beast apart. Your video is excellent. I have ordered the replacement gear and expect to succeed in saving this fine piece of equipment. Many kudos to you, sir!
very good video, i like especially you do all the repair in one long video, always right to the point , and no short cuts, just like new
LESSON FROM THIS VIDEO, ALWAYS USE CORRECT SHEARBOLT, MUCH CHEAPER THAN A NEW GEARBOX
I've done this repair a couple times. Some Kroil on that shaft will help it come out. Kroil on the bearing also helps far better than penetrating oil. I use 1/4 inch x 2 1/2 inch CARRIAGE BOLTS and RED WIRE NUTS for the shear pins. They can be quickly changed out in the snow with gloves on. I used a sanding sponge to clean the crud off the auger shaft before sliding the case off. I have never had to pound so hard. SearsPartsDirect sold me the parts. The phone agents can often discount the parts to better than the discount parts distributors. Murray/Craftsman specs a cold weather Lubriplate for the gear box with a brass worm gear.
I made a blade adapter so I can convert the snow blower to a snow plow by removing the blower housing. It works great for sidewalk maintenance when the city requires sidewalks to stay clean even when there is not enough snow to blow it.
I can't stress how perfect that video was. This comes from a professional technical instructor. If youtube was a fraction of the quality of this video, we'd be in a much better place. Thank you sir.
Wow, thank you!
As usual, sir, I learned SO much in watching you work. Your knowledge and patience is greatly appreciated. Top shelf brother.
Great work! I learned a lot. I appreciate your teachings.
Great video, precise and easy to follow.
I am a long time subscriber. What great videos and great work. Someone be lucky to have a mechanic like you.
Important part is the ladder unless someone wants gas and possibly oil all over their shop floor.. Great video !!! Thanks For sharing !
Brilliant real-world walk-through all the usual challenges that require Plan B and then Plan C to get things done. Fantastic video thanks.
Thanks for responding to questions about the machines, I have gained a lot of knowledge from your videos.
I have always wondered when someone would make a video on how to rebuild that gearbox . Thank you for that .
I own that same model. Overhauled 4 years ago by watching ur videos. Just blew out 15” + last week. It works great !
Great illustration! Thanks
Awesome work and nice close up camera work . Thx.
I found this to be very helpful and informative, good detail work. Thank you😁😁👍👍
Excellent video! All the details needed, with nothing left out.
Dude, I’m gonna say what it seems like so many other people already have, great video very well done step-by-step. I love that you showed that there will be small every day problems, and how to work through them.
You should be teaching in a trade school, our children need instructors like you! Great job.
Don,
The best explanation video on the entire UA-cam platform! Thank you for taking time to film, edit and post this video.
Very welcome!
Nice to know what it looks like in the gearbox, plus a good reminder to grease it regularly. Thanks for the great video.
Brilliant commentary what a great teacher you are very enjoyable donyboy
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@donyboy73 I watch Bruce slot hear him talking about you so thought I'd give you a look enjoy what I've seen brilliant.
So glad you’re still doing these videos! I started watching like 4-5 years ago!
Love your work mate
I finally got my machine's auger housing parts disassembled today. I used your puller technique to get the auger pulley off the shaft. Mine wasn't rusted in place but the impeller shaft was slightly bent and even twisted as you could see by the keyway not being straight. As a result everything fought me even the collar that goes on the shaft between the pulley and the bearing. I had to use pullers to remove the collar and the bearing as well. Even the bolts which held the gearbox case together were so tight I had trouble breaking them loose. I will follow this video and the schematics to put everything back together once I get a good impeller assembly. The gears and bushings in my gearbox were okay (surprisingly enough they slid off the shafts without any tools) but I think someone put a lithium grease in it. I will wash it all out and replace it with the 00 grease. I ordered the Stens 00 grease along with a new housing gasket and some anti-seize lubricant and a replacement skid shoe from Amazon. One skid was worn through but the other was still good. Thanks again for this video this will be my guide for putting everything back together so that it works like new.
I have finally got my machine working correctly. In addition to replacing the impeller assembly and the auger housing ball bearing I had to replace the auger impeller brake pad P/N 581540ma. The old one was worn to about half its original width at the bottom probably due to the pulley wobbling on the bent shaft and could not do its job of stopping the auger quickly. I also replaced both the drive and auger belts with new ones. This was a lot of work but will hopefully be worth it the first time we get a big snowstorm. I think a local power equipment shop worked on this machine and probably tried to get the pulley off by hammering on the shaft and bent it. They obviously didn't watch this video.
Alot of work but i think its worth it thumbs up dude God bless u man!
I'm so glad I found your channel here in You tube. Your videos are very helpful. You are very good explaining and pay attention to details that makes it easy for us,thank you.
Great video, thanks for recording and editing this video!
very very informative video .. You are obviously very good and talented ..Thanks for all the informations given here.
I would have used a wire wheel on the shaft first to take it a part. Clean is always better when taking things apart. Good Video.
I got a feeling of that exactly what happens with my snowblower. Thank you so much!!! I got time to fix it now. You save me $500. for a new snowblower.
great older video that popped up in my suggested viewing....love it...great job Don....just like i try to do....grease EVERYTHING....always assume you may have to work on it in the future
Thanks for a great video👍
After seeing ALL that, I will replace my common auger drive bolts with proper shear pins.
You can oil the base of the chute from the inside of it for easier turning. Mine is converted to 12V operation of the chute with DPDT switch. Excellent Video Dony. That is a nice wide (30") machine with 11.5 HP. $2100 plus today.
Another awesome easy to understand video. Dony you are the best!!!
Thank you for sharing this very extensive repair video. 😎🇨🇦
Beautiful instructive vidéo Don! Thanks to take the time!
I wanted too say thank you for all your videos on small engine, mowers and snow blower repair. The way you film and present the videos is very easy to understand and I personally really enjoy them.
thanks Lester
Yrs ago found a snow blower in the trash. It ran so I gave it to my brother as he has a larger driveway. After a big snow it would not blow the snow which is why it was in the trash. We found whoever did work on it swapped the augers. So it was only pushing the snow to the side. My father and I swapped the augers around and it worked great. Moved heavy snow better than our Toro 524.
I got rid of an ariens with bad gearbox since I didnt want to deal with it, but you make it comfortable enough to try to do it.
Thank you for the information I'll be using it to put mine back together thank you for the video
Thank you. Very practical and down to earth repair video. My first snow thrower was a Craftsman branded unit. I did learn something I wasn’t aware of previously and that relates to overtightening of the shear bolts. I have a Honda snow thrower now and the auger shear bolts in that are tightened fully. I’ll say one thing about the Craftsman unit, everything was fixable and it was not overly complex. I got twelve years from mine when I declined to invest in a new auger housing - rusted, the engine was still running fine. Just a couple of final things... One relates to wrench sizes and bolt sizes. In the SAE world, a 1/2” wrench fits a 5/16” bolt, so the bolt (3:30) is not 1/2” If a 1/2" wrench fits it. Additionally, clevis pins are not hair clips (1:55). I am not meaning to be critical, just thought you would want to know.
This video is 5 stars excellent. It’s amazing that we have UA-cam to diagnose very obscure problems in our life and even more amazing that people like you make videos to this level of quality. I never comment like or subscribe but I did all 3 for you because you deserve it.
Dony has the correct instruction, every time 👏
This guy is fantastic. Very thorough and the video is very well put together
Thanks so much for putting this video together, awesome job. Sucked up a soccer ball and stripped the worm gear but she's running like new now.
Its great to have you making informational videos again Donyboy. Thanks Kent
That's how a job is done the right way. Great video of educational value and thanks for sharing. Learned a lot!
Good well produced video. You covered all the information I needed to repair my Murray Pro Series 27" / 8hp snow blower. Good to see a video that is very comprehensive, well lit and obviously created by someone who knows what he is doing, and doing it right. Many Thanks. 😃
Well done Don, i had the green 11/30 for about 15 yrs, still in nice shape, no rust always sprayed WD40 all over it, wanted an upgrade so sold it to my sister and bought the same one black, love them, i will be watching your videos
well done, good clear explanations, you never miss a step
Thanks very much allways teaching us thank you
Management always likes to make a mole hill into a mountain.
*Thanks for walking us thru the verbal write up! 😁
Well done and we'll explained. Customer can only be happy with your workmanship, thanks Donnyboy.
Dude is a beast!!!
i totally agree with Johnny Jim
keep up the great work
I noticed that when you took the unit apart, the bushing on each end of the auger shaft were on backwards. When you reassembled the auger, you put the bushings in the correct way! Thanks for another great video Donyboy!
Amazing stuff, as always. Thank you.
merci pour ces explications, j'aime bien tes vidéo instructifs.
great instructional video
Excellent informative vid! Thanks for making it.
What an amazing video.. there are how-to’s then there is this, great video thanks for sharing!