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Bought this used 3 seasons ago. Well maintained by previous owner. Lots of snow this year, did all the pre season maintenance.
About a week ago shifting the transmission became very hard and worse than that it would just lock up, wouldn’t go forward or backwards. I opened it up, cleaned and white lithium grease on the hex bar and cleaned the drive plate. The transmission in that position shifted smooth and worked great for about an hour. Then it started not going in reverse and get harder to shift. I did notice the shift rod has a bend in it. Should it be straight?
when it locks up I can’t move it back & forth at all. Some times after engaging and releasing the auger drive a few times it will start to move.
The one service point I didn’t do was to grease the Zerk under the drive plate. It’s not accessible. Instead of facing the back, it’s off to the right and behind a piece of bar stock and totally inaccessible as far as I can see.
looking forward to any ideas and also a place to buy a new Shift Rod in case I can’t straighten it out. I really miss Sears.
Btw who was the OEM of this Snowblower? Thank You. Dave
About a week ago shifting the transmission became very hard and worse than that it would just lock up, wouldn’t go forward or backwards. I opened it up, cleaned and white lithium grease on the hex bar and cleaned the drive plate. The transmission in that position shifted smooth and worked great for about an hour. Then it started not going in reverse and get harder to shift. I did notice the shift rod has a bend in it. Should it be straight?
when it locks up I can’t move it back & forth at all. Some times after engaging and releasing the auger drive a few times it will start to move.
The one service point I didn’t do was to grease the Zerk under the drive plate. It’s not accessible. Instead of facing the back, it’s off to the right and behind a piece of bar stock and totally inaccessible as far as I can see.
looking forward to any ideas and also a place to buy a new Shift Rod in case I can’t straighten it out. I really miss Sears.
Btw who was the OEM of this Snowblower? Thank You. Dave