Sorry for the small font when I copied and pasted Paul's quote it screwed the post up again. There is no option for changing fonts that I can see.
RalphS
Glad you got it off and found the problem. I too am quite surprised both pins sheared without any damage to the wormshaft or the main bronze gear on the auger shaft. Consider yourself very luck, my parts including tax to make the repair were $128.14. Had to spend another 10.00 at Napa Auto parts to have the impeller removed from the shaft so I could put on my new shaft. If I don't get it off the impeller (fan) goes for 100.00. It took 30 tons of pressure to free the impeller from the shaft, the guy spent 10 minutes and was just about to give up when it broke free. Not a whole lot of rust, but maybe there were some burrs from the two pins fastening it on.
My augers came of real easy off the rack, at least that's one problem I didn't have. When you are ready to close up the gearcase Paul Koltz of Ariens had given me instructions of what to do. You may have seen it on my thread regarding the gearcase repair, but I have copied and pasted it below so you don't have to search. Keep in mind my unit is a 1994 and yours is a 1988 when he comments about the lubrication required, I think your's could be the Mobil Monolith grease he speaks of, you probably know what was in there when you opened the case. Best of luck in getiing it running again. My parts will take about a week to get, coming direct from Ariens factory to dealer, he doesn't use distributors any longer.
QUOTE FORM PAUL KOLTZ (Snowmann)
'Your unit requires 2.5 oz of Ariens L2 gear lube.
There were versions of this model immediately prior to yours that used 4 oz of Mobil Monolith AW00 grease, but your's does not. I would -not- advise using grease for your unit.
The oil seals will seal the gearcase properly unless your shafts are badly pitted. They do allow for shaft wear and are still able to seal. Also, Ariens uses Loc-tite 518 Anaerobic sealant to seal the halves, but the gasket sealant the dealer recommended will likely be fine.
When you assemble the gearcase, it may be wise to put a very small bead of the rubber gasket sealant around the seal OD. Just a bit, though. You absolutely do not want this sealant to get into the seal lip or it will leak. This will help if there's any small misalignment gaps around the seal when the two halves are closed together. For the 2 (side) rake shaft seals, this will also help seal any scratches that might be in your seal bores from prior servicing. The seals that you require for the sides (05606100) do not have bore-tite/hypalon on the OD to fill these scratches (if there are any). "
Paul Koltz
This message was modified Jan 28, 2005 by Snowmann
