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danuary


Joined: Jan 9, 2011
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Ariens 11528LE / 926002: Suddenly losing throwing power
Original Message   Jan 9, 2011 6:25 pm
Hi, I know I need to replace something here, I'm just not sure what. ;-)

The aforementioned Ariens snowblower is on its fifth winter. Starts fine, runs fine, generally well taken care of.

In summary: upper stage turns fairly freely when I try to turn it by hand, seems to work OK. First stage doesn't turn freely when turned by hand but just dies under the weight of the snow.

Details: The symptom is that under any itty bitty amount of snow (more than a couple inches), it gets "backed up" -- the first stage stops turning and the unit just jams with snow. It works, but I clear my driveway by putting it at the slowest speed, moving forward about ten feet, stop and wait for it to throw the snow that it has in the mouth, move forward ten feet, stop and wait, so on and so forth. this gets frustrating, as one might imagine!

At first I thought maybe it was the belt, but the upper stage seems to be working OK. That could be however because it's not really getting fed enough snow to be a problem. I can reach in and the upper stage turns fairly freely, which I don't remember being the case in the past. I thought maybe the gearcase, but when stopped, the first stage doesn't turn freely, I would think that if there was a gearcase issue the first stage would be able to slip i.e. if the gears were stripped.

Any ideas what needs to be replaced here? I just can't figure it out! Thank you!

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niper99


Location: London Ont
Joined: Dec 2, 2007
Points: 354

Re: Ariens 11528LE / 926002: Suddenly losing throwing power
Reply #1   Jan 9, 2011 6:40 pm
well it Certainly sounds like a belt issue to me. u need to take the cover off and inspect the belt. the auger WILL NOT turn by hand (first stage), ONLY the impeller will (second stage) while turning the impeller the auger should turn as well just at a much slower rate. u may be able to just adjust the belt or it may need replacing, if its been on there for 5 season of use probally would'nt be a bad idea to just replace it
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danuary


Joined: Jan 9, 2011
Points: 2

Re: Ariens 11528LE / 926002: Suddenly losing throwing power
Reply #2   Jan 9, 2011 7:53 pm
Hey niper, thanks for the reply - is there a belt tensioner on this unit do you know? Anything in particular to look for other than just a loose belt?

Thanks again!

Paul7


Joined: Mar 12, 2007
Points: 452

Re: Ariens 11528LE / 926002: Suddenly losing throwing power
Reply #3   Jan 9, 2011 8:11 pm
Here the link to the pdf service manual for your machine.  Check out page 26...

http://apache.ariens.com/manuals/02983600.pdf

Good luck,
Paul7
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