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

Good Day,

Need help replacing belt.  Old machine.  Ariens Sno-Throw, Model 10965.  Maybe 1970.  I removed belt housing cover.  But seems I must separate auger assy. from motor assy.?  Even with mtr. / auger disengaged the gap is too small to slip belt through.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Old Equpt.

I thought I could replace the belt on my 1974 8Hp Ariens without separating the halves.  Some people say they can replace without separating.  

I found that I spent more time trying to get the new belt on (the original broke, so it was easy to remove) than it would have taken if I had separated the halves.  I couldn't get the new one on without separating the halves.  It takes about 10 minutes to separate.

It helps to have two people when separating, as the tractor section is kind of heavy- I just supported the handles on a couple of milk crates (others have used pickup truck tailgates) while working. 

Good Luck

Ralph

One novice to another - there are two bolts near the bottom edge of the belt housing you removed.  Support the handlebars on something and remove the two bolts.  You can now drop the handlebars and the machine will look like it's split in half.  You can now replace the belt.  Resupport the handlebars and replace the bolts.  Put the belt cover on and you're done.  It's easy once you've done it.

This should be the same tractor unit. The highlighted circle is one of the bolt holes mentioned above. Remove the bolt on each side and the unti will "book" open.




In fact, the blower assembly is just sitting on a rod and can be lifted off the tractor into two pieces if you wanted to save storage room; do other work; or change the attachment (what it was designed for). It's the bar at the top of this picture (the tractor unit upside down).