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For some reason, my snowblower is locked.... the axle won't turn. When it's running and the engagement handle is pulled, I get no forward movement.
The drive belt system is in perfect working order, the engagement cable is adjusted properly, the friction disk is fine and I shot all the belts and friction wheel with belt dressing.
The wheels are locked. I can't pull it or push it by hand.
I flipped it over and took the inspection cover off to figure out why it won't engage and move. As you can see by the pictures, there's nothing broken or out of wack.
In the first picture, it shows how the blower is built from the factory....
You see the series of gears how they are layed out on the axle shaft and the drive shaft.
So, in the second picture, I took the outer gear loose, and slid it along the shaft to disengage it from the other gears and the axle spins freely! I flipped the blower back over and threw it in gear but I got very little movement. I even pushed on the drive belt pulley to engage it even tighter into the drive belt, but the blower hardly moved.
It seems I have two problems.... maybe a slipping friction disk\friction wheel, and the locked axle shaft.
What am I missing here? Why does the axle shaft lock up tight when the gears are installed the way they're supposed to be?? That's what I don't get. With the engagement handle off, it should free-wheel no problem. The gears don't move along any shafts... they are locked on the shafts, so it's not like something moved where it wasn't supposed to. I can't make any drive adjustments until I figure out why the axle is locked.
The drive belt system is in perfect working order, the engagement cable is adjusted properly, the friction disk is fine and I shot all the belts and friction wheel with belt dressing.
The wheels are locked. I can't pull it or push it by hand.
I flipped it over and took the inspection cover off to figure out why it won't engage and move. As you can see by the pictures, there's nothing broken or out of wack.
In the first picture, it shows how the blower is built from the factory....
You see the series of gears how they are layed out on the axle shaft and the drive shaft.
So, in the second picture, I took the outer gear loose, and slid it along the shaft to disengage it from the other gears and the axle spins freely! I flipped the blower back over and threw it in gear but I got very little movement. I even pushed on the drive belt pulley to engage it even tighter into the drive belt, but the blower hardly moved.
It seems I have two problems.... maybe a slipping friction disk\friction wheel, and the locked axle shaft.
What am I missing here? Why does the axle shaft lock up tight when the gears are installed the way they're supposed to be?? That's what I don't get. With the engagement handle off, it should free-wheel no problem. The gears don't move along any shafts... they are locked on the shafts, so it's not like something moved where it wasn't supposed to. I can't make any drive adjustments until I figure out why the axle is locked.
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