mtbmike

thanks a million, snowman. Believe everything is running well now. Possible snow on tuesday, that will be the test!

snowman, thanks but i'm still having problems.
found 2 notches where the spring might hook
but neither seems to be correct. can you view this
pic - i have it hooked to the left slot, there is also a
slot visible way to the right side

the spring that i can't place is pretty light-weight. Its about the same caliper as
the springs that are under the hand grips for the levers, if you can follow that.

snowman, it seems to me that there's just no tension on the belt. Unsure
where the spring goes in the configuration. Could you tell me where to look?

if you can look at this ariens manual, go to page 4, the spring looks like part # 52

http://apache.ariens.com/manuals/032342F.pdf



can't understand where it hooks up tho.

thanks very much

well it took me long enough but i finally realized that my drive belt is slipping badly.
running with the belt cover removed, i can see the belt barely moving at first and
then gradually starting to turn.

this was a new belt a week or so ago. i'll be looking for some way to move the idler pulley, i think

ok i'm back again!

the shift linkage is now 100% better than before. Gear shift moves with nearly no effort.
thanks for the oiling instructions.

driving it around the driveway though, i seem to still have the slipping issue.
Snow is due tomorrow and so i'll give it a try, last time it was usable, and better
than shoveling.
 
I cannot find where the spring came from! here's a picture of the brake shoe
on my machine, please see this pic - brake shoe to the right and you can see
the hole in it's base (i'm having problems pasting the link to the pic,
please cut and paste this url-)

http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1013152td0.jpg