Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

This unit is NEW used it for about 2 1/2 Hr. Two times while in 1st gear going along it chattered for about 3-4 sec, Then it moved along fine.

Then while I was at the end of the drive w/ 8-10" of snow in 1st gear it stoped moving, The wheel's were not spining it just stoped moving.

I put it to rev. It moved in Rev great, then back to 1st & it went along fine till it did it again.I did the same move Rev went backwards then it was fine again.

I spoke with my dealer he said O just a cable adj. I will send someone to your house to adj it. Well when I got home it was gone. they took it in to make repairs. Just wondering if anyone had this happen to them.

My Dealer seems great he has been in bussiness for a long time My first buy from them, so far GREAT SERVICE.

Brent

solara wrote:

Hi Solara.  Could you explain the point I quoted above, a little more.  Just wanna stay on the right track, as you had mentioned previously that you had  did all the adjustments except for the attachment pulley.  So I think I can assume you did the speed selector adjustment.  If you did then did you have trouble getting into 6th gear then? (or before,after, just started)  

Or is the shifter just sort of binding at the dashboard stops when you go all the way to sixth.   Mine does that a little when selecting 6th gear and it is only the high degree of the angle of the shifter in relation to the dash slots, which are more of a flatter plane.  (remember mine might be a little different than yours, different model)

Their are other things that can cause it not going into sixth gear. Like the speed selector adjustment, or something internally in the gear drive.  or maybe something out of align in the handle area, and if it is in that area than it very well may be tied to the interlock problem.  

Ben

P.S. I think you ought to try an fix this before the snowfall.  Not necessarily the interlock,  but doubts on gear selection adjustment have a habbit of ruining the rubber disc drive.  Also as of now the repairs are what I call stand up work.  You know no crawling around on the ground etc.  Just taking a good look at something that is easy to get at can save you a lot of headaches.  Who was that that said "curiosity killed the cat"   Wasn't me.

ben:

dash: the speed selrcytor will not go into highest gear. i think i have all the gears,,,just the selector will not go into he notch even when  the linkage is disconnected.

maybe a dash stamping issue?


attachment pulley: nmanual says adj the traction pulley by loosening set screws. jonathan and i can not find same. we see the set screws on the sheave., but not on the attachment pulley.

solara wrote:

Great answer that rules all that other stuff out.  sure a dash problem.  probably something underneath the dash. etc etc.

Also now you got tht shift rod disconnected an shifter  won't go into 6th than that problem gotta be right there.  that assembly is not dependant on anything except being mounted to the dash and maybe getting in the way of the interlock bars or vice versa

My big question is why are you investigating the attachment pulley down at the engine. 

(i am not familir with the pulley,  but in the past I have found some pulleys where their were set screw adjustments and or roll pins  down under the belt riding surface.  In other words you had to first get the belt off the pulley to see them.  not telling you to do this, as probably someone in here can give you a better answer in that area. 

PS  thanks for posting thoes drawings Johnathan   Is that easy to do in here?

ben, the pulley adj is part of the 15 minute check up.  it seemes SLIGHTLY out of alignment so i intended to try to correct this. i believe jonathan also wanted to do that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but neither of us could locate the set screws.

To put in the Ariens exploded view I just right clicked the mouse on the diagram in Parts Radar, went down to copy, and then did “paste” into the forum message box. Regarding that 6th gear problem, the speed notches are not cut into the dash. They are cut into another piece that’s welded to the dash from underneath. If that was not welded quite correctly, i.e., welded a bit too far forward, I think it could cause a problem with moving the gear selector into the top position because the gear selector is approaching horizontal when it’s up there.

OK sounds like you are looking it over well and noticing some problems.  so will wait to see your future posts. 

Also somewhere in the forum recently within like last two weeks.  someone really went thru how to alighn those attachment pulleys, and how a couple different kinds readjusted on the ariens models.  I will try and find some of that,  however I hope someon see's this and knows what thread to tell you  to go to

ben i think i started that thread.    jonathan 's conclusion is thet there is no set screw. i am not convinced. but the alignment is pretty close. i  also did a search to se if their were other threads. saw none.

This one?

robmints, yes. that was the topic i started.  the resolution  or lack thereof  was not quite satisfying.

ben , u are 100% correct it "all happens" under the dash.

Jonathan, is there only one gold spring  that holds the lever that catches the piece if steel that the cams push?

I guess it works when the machine is running duty to vibration?