Changing Friction Wheel Rubber, Drive Belt

Friction Wheel

•Drain the gasoline from the snow thrower, or place a piece of plastic under the gas cap.

•Tip the snow thrower up and forward, so that it rests on the housing. See Figure 18.

Support Bracket

Rear Auger

Belt

Frame

Chute

Hex Nut and Bell Washer

Note: The unit is shown standing on auger housing

Front Auger	Auger			Support
Pulley		Idler	Auger	Bracket
	Pulley
		Spring		Spring
			Housing

Figure 16

Drive Belt

•Follow steps 1 through 4 of previous instructions.

•Pull idler pulley up, and lift belt off engine pulley and friction wheel disc. See Figure 15.

•Back out the stop bolt until the support bracket rests on the auger pulley. See Figure 17.

•Slip belt between friction wheel and friction wheel disc. Remove and replace belt. Reassemble following the instructions in reverse order.

NOTE: The support bracket must rest on the stop bolt after the new belt has been assembled. See Figure 25.

Friction	Friction Wheel
Wheel
Disc
	Drive Belt

Stop

Bolt

Support Bracket

Figure 17

Changing Friction Wheel Rubber

The rubber on the friction wheel is subject to wear and should be checked after 25 hours of operation, and periodically thereafter. Replace the friction wheel rubber if any signs of wear or cracking are found.

Auger

Figure 18

•Remove six self-tapping screws from the frame cover underneath the snow thrower.

•Remove the klick pins which secure the wheels, and remove the wheels from the axle.

•Using a wrench to hold the shaft, loosen, but do not completely remove, the hex nut and bell washer on left end of gear shaft. See Figure 18.

•Lightly tap the hex nut to dislodge the ball bearing from the right side of frame. Remove the hex nut and bell washer from left end of shaft.

•Slide the gear shaft to the right and slide the friction wheel assembly from the shaft.

•Remove the six screws from the friction wheel assembly (three from each side). Remove the friction wheel rubber from between the friction wheel plate. See Figure 19.

Friction Wheel

Plates

Bearing

Screws

Friction Wheel

RubberHub

Figure 19

•Reassemble new friction wheel rubber to the friction wheel assembly, tightening the six screws in rotation and with equal force.

•Position the friction wheel assembly up onto the pin of the shift rod assembly, and slide the shaft through the assembly. Reassemble the wheels and the frame cover.