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

well we got enough snow for me to finally test out the new 1128 pro i purchased last winter. it goes through everything but i have a few small problems that i wonder if you guys have any tips for.

the first : when i pull the left and right clutch handles for the auger and drive and let go of the right one it should stay locked as long as i keep holding the left one in. it does stay locked but not enough, the auger slows way down and i need to grip it with my right hand and squeeze to make it work 100%. what needs adjusting to correct this ?

the second : when i blow snow with the chute to the right i get a ton of snow blowbye that puts a frost all over me. the snow passes up the chute so fast that it blows out the side of the chute. it is fine blowing to the left.

the third: the chute deflector that alows you to angle the snow to shoot high or low tends to move up by itself as the snow hits it.. so much for the quality control of the local ope shop i purchased it from. :-[ any tips would be great. thanks

I'm curious if you a reply from Ariens.  They've yet to every reply to one of my emails, despite their claim of two day turnaround.

they replied to me within 24 hours and sent out my part free of charge  and received it in 2 days.  very helpfull.  shoppit wrote:

Shoppit,

I sent Ariens customer service a question reguarding the warranty question you brought to light. I had a little trouble getting the emails from Ariens, but they were responding. As a result of the mis-communication I have several contact email addresses for Ariens, they seemed very helpful. But I was just asking a question.

Do you want an email address to a person rather than the generic customer service email address?

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