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chefwong


Joined: Dec 18, 2004
Points: 175

My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Original Message   Nov 12, 2010 1:46 pm
AA...as requested

Tools Required –

 

Grease (your greases of choice)

Antisieze

10mm Wrench

10mm Socket

12mm Wrench

14mm Wrench

 

·      Remove support bracket that connects the Auger Transmission Housing. Four 10MM nuts/bolts on the top of the bucker and two that bolt direct to the Auger Housing.

·      Remove Blower Shear Bolt

·      Remove the Side Bolts that hold the Auger to the Bucket

·      Carefully slide the Auger Out

·      Remove Auger Shear Bolts and Slide Augers off.

·      Wipe old grease clean on the shafts, clean O Ring.

·      Apply  Marinegrade Grease/Antisieze on both the shafts as well as the impeller shaft

·      Clean the flanges that hold the Auger to the Bucket. Thoroughly apply Marinegrade grease to the flange as cup of the flange.

·      Put flanges back on Auger Ends and bolt everything back up. 

·      When putting back the shear bolts, I used a smigen if not less than a hairs breath of antisieze on the bolt. A little goes a looooooong way.

 

I could not bear not being up to OEM spec so I am holding off on painting the scratches in the impeller till I get Honda Paint Color R136 Diana Red.

 

 

While the Augers were out, I took the opportunity to do another heavy coating of sealant on the interior of the bucket. I also painted the Augers with Rustoleum Professional Black Paint. I like this paint as it is almost borderline industrial grade and has alot more solids in it.



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chefwong


Joined: Dec 18, 2004
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Re: My Steps on Greading the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #2   Nov 12, 2010 1:46 pm
chefwong


Joined: Dec 18, 2004
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Re: My Steps on Greading the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #3   Nov 12, 2010 1:47 pm
chefwong


Joined: Dec 18, 2004
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Re: My Steps on Greading the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #4   Nov 12, 2010 1:47 pm
aa335


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Re: My Steps on Greading the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #5   Nov 12, 2010 2:04 pm
Nice pictures.  I might find some time to do pull the auger and impeller to touch up the paint in the blower housing.  I am touching up the auger blades too.  I know it's OCD but at least I know she's perfect before going into the winter.
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aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
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Re: My Steps on Greading the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #6   Nov 12, 2010 2:46 pm
chefwong wrote:
I could not bear not being up to OEM spec so I am holding off on painting the scratches in the impeller till I get Honda Paint Color R136 Diana Red.
 
That touchup paint should be 08707-R280 Power Red.
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chefwong


Joined: Dec 18, 2004
Points: 175

Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #7   Nov 12, 2010 3:51 pm
Heh. This is only the beginning. There is where true OCD comes in

Come summertime, I'm going to gut her up again, touch up, wetsand, touch up, wetsand, clearcoat .
Take out my industrial steam cleaner, clean her up right, remove the weather sealant, and then do multiple layers of synthetic sealant.
Maybe even polish it with the buffer and  3 1/2" pad..


aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: My Steps on Greading the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #8   Nov 12, 2010 4:48 pm
Man, that is OCD.  My car doesn't even get that kind of treatment.  :)
trouts2




Location: Marlboro MA
Joined: Dec 8, 2007
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Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #9   Nov 12, 2010 7:48 pm
chefwong: Could you poste cropped pictures to not blow out the thread formatting?
Underdog


Joined: Oct 18, 2008
Points: 332

Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #10   Nov 12, 2010 9:34 pm
Did you have any trouble getting the augers to slide off?  Did you try removing the pins with the cotters to check for corrosion there as well? These are some of the nicest photos I have seen on this auger assembly.   You could also buff the aluminum gear box with a very soft metal wire wheel. The aluminum will shine and you can clearcoat it to prevent oxidation.  As long as you are there, you could untread the fill bolt for gear oil on the gear box and anti-seize those threads. The steel threads of the bolt will sometimes corrode against the aluminum gearbox.
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jrtrebor


Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Re: My Steps on Greasing the Auger Shafts on my Honda Snowblower
Reply #11   Nov 12, 2010 10:20 pm
Nice job.  Having a pin that releases the gear box from the impeller shaft makes removing the augers so much easier than the process for most other blowers.
Thought you might like to see a photo of a HS928 that I bought from a city Public Works Department.  They used it for sidewalks I guess. 
Wouldn't the tax payers love to see how the city took care of this piece of equipment.  Hard to believe.
 If the augers look a little funny it's because they were bent all to hell.  Parted out the machine.

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