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

Ben, go to the thread from Jan 28 "New Ariens 11528 Suffering From Lack of Traction". Check post #17 from that thread. It is from the engineer from Ariens that posts here. He details how to adjust your shift linkage. Looks like it will take about 5 minutes.

Good luck,

Marc

Thx MM14 .. I will do the adjustment procedure by the book later this week.  However at this time I don't believe I am out of adjustment at all.  However I am not stupid, I know I could be wrong.(don tell my wife I said that).  Anyhow I do not have a lack of traction problem.  It is a overall ground speed problem.  I just read the threads you suggested and it seemed to be that the person had a slight friction disc problem to adjust. (that definately not my problem)  And the other problem was the adjustment of say having 1st forward work, but 1st reverse be real slow or not work at all. (and same for a vice versa situation) That to me is a centering problem on the flywheel plate. (which is a shifter adjustment) I do not have that problem.  My machine turns at the exact same speed in 1st reverse as it does in 1st forward. (extremely slow)  I redid the adjustment being use to the simple gear drives I have been into and rebuilt in the past.  However none of them were Ariens. (I tried to balance/center the speeds between 1st rev and 1st fwd.  So maybe Ariens is different internally, and I think I know more that I actually do.  I have used Mtd's in the past and their 5 hp 1st gears seem as fast as my 3rd gear.  I didn't mean to bore you with these facts, but gonna be a couple days till I get the time to play with the machine. but I wanted to let you know I am listening, will follow your suggestions and am very thankful for your response.

By the way in that thread who is this Paul person that sometimes posts from Ariens.  ( I just want to know his screen name in case he replies to my problem.  I won't bother him unless he offers).  Also I think it is great that an Ariens rep/engineer . will try and help.   Sure it is conducive to the business,  but every product is not perfect and if they at least try and compromise with help on some issues that are just plain there.  Because they fell thru the cracks.   well Sh** happens.   Then I may be peeved, however I won't go as far on my next purchase as to just plain rule them out.

Also folks pls keep in mind, one of the main questions is "What exactly is the R3 upgrade" 

Ben,

Paul Koltz is Ariens Senior Engineer.

Welcome to the Forum! 


Marshall. 

Thx Marshall if you have his screen name handy, in case he offers some discussion here, let me know.  I probably missed it in my review, sry I am pressed for time so I am skimming etc.

Dang dementia, what I am going to do? 

Snowmann  (two N's)