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brjl


Joined: Jan 2, 2009
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Ariens eating belts
Original Message   Dec 28, 2010 10:36 am
Ariens 11528DLE

I purchased this sno blower two years ago and I am about ready to install my third auger belt. Anyone else having this problem?

Thought I was buying top of the line, my fathers vintage 1970's Ariens refuses to die and is still throwing snow like new. Very frustrated. Cold weather and no garage is no time to be replacing belts.

Brian

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aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
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Re: Ariens eating belts
Reply #18   Jan 30, 2011 4:08 am
It's quite easy to ignore the advertisement.  Quite subtle and not too annoying.
mkd55


Location: wisconsin
Joined: Dec 16, 2005
Points: 155

Re: Ariens eating belts
Reply #19   Jan 30, 2011 10:46 am
brjl! eating up belts should not be the norm! i would check the pulleys for allignment,burrs,dings,and free movement.i had a belt go on my cub cadet at 200 hrs of service.first i thought it was normal and figured i'd have to replace it every 200 hrs.i bought a new cub cadet belt for it and it didn't last a month of mowing grass.one of the two directional pulleys under the front end had the bearings going out and was so bound up it was putting extra load on the belt.the bearings finally launched and the bearing hub seperated from the pulley. replaced both pulleys and  not 3 hrs later the replacement belt seperated in half. if the belts are freyed it tells you one thing and if the belt is an abrupt shear it tells you something else.in my case the second belt broke in an abrupt shear just like pulling a piece of licorice in half.it had no free movement on the frozen pulley and the engine simply pulled the belt in half.
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brjl


Joined: Jan 2, 2009
Points: 23

Re: Ariens eating belts
Reply #20   Jan 30, 2011 5:24 pm
This machine has been looked at by two different dealers, and I have checked everything that I could, all looks normal. I know people who have the same machine with no problems. I am thinking about selling it and getting a Toro.
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