today we're going to try to get the bearing put on the impeller
as you can see here I already taken this apart
separated the snow blower
now to do that its very simple
on the mount for the engine, right
where the tires or the tracks are
their is four bolts
one and two down there
one and two on this side
the bottom bolts you just loosen those up
on both sides
the top bolts you take them off
and the housing separates just like this
see the bottom bolts are still there
top bolts are out and it separates
you'll be able to take the belt off
and this is the pulley
that we must remove
to get to that bearing
now what I did was I took this apart last night
and I soaked it down
with the PB Blaster penetrating fluid
and I let it sit for 24 hours
I already removed the screws from underneath
their is two screws that go into that spindle
now we're going to attempt to remove this
so what I'm going to do is I'm going to heat up the pulley
on the, well the back side and try to see if I can break it free
from all that rust that's in there
alright I think that's good enough
I'm not going to get it red hot
but it is hot right now
put a little bit more penetrating fluid up in there
and then put some up in here
let that stuff work its way in there
don't breath the fumes in
I went out and rented what's called a pulley puller
and we're going to give this a shot
that ain't working, it's bending the pulley
we're going to have to cut that off
hopefully I can get a new pulley for it
what a (beep) nightmare
ya and that bearing don't want to come out either
everything has to be (beep) difficult
everything has to be difficult
we'll that was a hell of a workout
I was cursing
I was screaming
I was smashing
(laughing) smashing this area with the hammer
but I got it out
I think the shaft is going to be alright once I clean it up
so I gotta order the bearing, the pulley and bolts for the auger
break away bolts or whatever they are called
and then once that stuff comes in I'll be back
I actually got this part in
the ah bearing came in today
I'm not happy with this, this is an original bearing but its made from plastic
why would make this out of plastic, i have no idea but they did
so, before I can put that in I need to do some work on this shaft
I, ah
I actually by mistake cut a section off this shaft so I welded in some new weld
and so far with the die grinder I was able to match it up pretty good
but I'm going to finish it off with the file
that looks good
that fits good
now I'm going to get a piece of sandpaper and sand that down
now I got to get the bearing
on this thing
bearing is in
now we got to work on this section here to get that in
slide these off
you can see that grease is nasty
just going to wipe it off
slide this back on
and we're going to install it through this fitting to see
if it even works
beautiful
now I'm just going to work this
work that grease on there
there we go
beautiful
okay
new shear bolts
their we go
nice
now we gotta put the shear bolt in
their we go
put the spacer on
and then the nut
you don't have to over tighten these, okay
that nut is ah a lock nut and these things you just snug them up
that's all you want to do
I'm going to drain the gear box
drain the oil out of that
so take out the plug
see if we have any oil in this thing
man we got no oil in this thing
that doesn't surprise me at all
so I'm just going to put the plug in
for now
i'm going to have to get some oil for this
since i'm here
let me see if I can
snug these up a little bit
this is a half inch
make sure
this is all tight
cause that oil has gone some where, right
looks like their might be a leak in this
I am not taking this apart
I just tighten everything up
could be a bad seal who knows
so this is done
I'm happy with the way it is
I am going to put some grease on this shaft
just to protect it
alright, nice and greased up
this is going to go back in
as one piece
as long as everything lines up that is
got to put these blocks on first
I'm going to put some grease on these
grease this one up
get this in there
okay bearing is in
now we got to put the bolts in on these pieces
okay
that looks good
um
so now we're waiting on the pulley, that's on back order
it was difficult getting these parts and their very expensive
it going to run me about (beep) to repair this snowblower
and ah sometimes I think if I wasn't better off buying one for five hundred bucks
ah to give away you know
but I wanted this to be a labor of love
and ah it sure is a labor of love (laughing)
so when the pulley comes in we'll go ahead and finish this thing up
god bless
bye bye