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scotty

My snowblower is blowing snow back under the blower im kinda confused. Thanks.

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Ed Kennell

Me too, got any pics of the belt arrangement?

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scotty

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Ed Kennell

no twists in that belt. Is the auger drive chain on correctly? The auger should be screwing toward the center.

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scotty

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 Thats the best i could get for pictures do these help?

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TT

Unless the cutting edge is is set to drag on the surface being cleared, they all tend to throw some snow backwards out of the center.

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TT

Here's a short video of my old 416-8 (now Boovuc's tractor) powering my thrower.

The rearward "tail" of snow is easily seen. I set my thrower edge about 1/2" to 5/8" off the ground.

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scotty

That does the same thing mine does im glad there's not anything wrong with it. Thanks for the help!

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Ed Kennell

Good point Terry. Is the blower scraper edge all the way down on the pavement Scotty?

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scotty

It is not. But about how low would you guys recommend going on gravel driveway?

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Ed Kennell

I don't use my blower on the gravel road unless the plow can't handle it. Then I float the blower about 2" off the surface and then clean it up with the plow. I got tired of raking stones out of the yard every spring.

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scotty

Yeah i got the blower as a just in case it gets to deep for the blade. I prefer plowing much more over blowing. I need to find myself a cab haha.

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TT

My driveway is mostly limestone "screenings".  (< 3/8")

I used a piece of 1/2" flat bar as a spacer and adjusted the skids until they touched solidly on the floor.
It doesn't disturb the stones unless the ground isn't frozen, but it's still low enough to catch & launch frozen bulldog "waste" 30 feet or more across the yard. :lol:

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boovuc

You didn't tell me that tractor I got off you was used to throw manure TT! 

 

 

The neighbor told me my high-chute snowblower on the C-175 does the same thing when I do his driveway. It's stone and I keep the blower off the surface.

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can whlvr

mine do that also,its normal

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Kelly

Your drive chain set up is missing a idler, I think the chain is going the right way, but your not getting full contact with the drive gear on the auger, I'll get pics of mine later if no one else does

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Theroundhousernr

Your drive chain set up is missing a idler, I think the chain is going the right way, but your not getting full contact with the drive gear on the auger, I'll get pics of mine later if no one else does

 

 Its tough to tell from the pics but I dont see the sloted hole for the idler/tensioner on the blower. I was under the impression that some of the older models did not have this second idler. I always thought it was added down the road. I am not near my blower but I beleive it was also pressed inward where the slotted hole is for alining the idler pulley with the rest of the drive. Could be done with spacers I guees if one wanted to add them.

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Ed Kennell

Here's a pic of the sprockets on my blower.  All the blowers I have had (6-7) had two idler pulleys. You can see the drive sprocket on the upper right,

the auger in the center, and the two idlers on the upper and lower left.

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Kelly is right, your one idler pulley turns the auger in the right direction, but it only has about 1/3 of the tooth engagement  on the auger as the two pulley arrangement.

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varosd

dug this up a old post by TT

 

 

 

 

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scotty

Thats a really good picture ill have to save that.

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TT

Here's another one I drew up a while back:
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Thrower wrappers with only one idler sprocket usually indicate they were supposed to be on a vertical shaft lawn tractor.
@Scotty ~ can you post some better pictures of the entire thrower - including the mounting frame and jackshaft areas?

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Ed Kennell

His third post shows his Tractor and blower belt Terry.

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dbartlett1958

On the plus side, you can get a lot more chains from a 10' length!

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TT

His third post shows his Tractor and blower belt Terry.

.....but not the area at the rear of the wrapper where the jackshaft mounts.

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robert pelton

thanks to all for input bob pelton 

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