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all snow blowers must have the traction control lever engaged to move forward or backward same with the auger it must be engaged as that is more of a built in safety to help from getting run over .
attached is a copy of the owners manual for your machine should you not have it to better help you understand how to operate that machine

 

Thanks! By traction control i mean it locks one wheel and spins around ,one lever on each handle. It works by just pitting in gear and pushing down drive handle,so traction control isn't engaged at this point

 

I actually meant left hand right hand trigger control

 

trigger steering ok. now it's making sense , if it only goes in circles you have something broken inside the machine attached is a copy of the shop repair manual

 

It only moves when trigger steering is engaged ,seems like the trigger steering just locks back into gear drive teeth and then won't move,like it used to just roll when not running

 

Good Morning All! So like i said ,it will only move when both trigger steering engaged and in gear, with that said,I was bringing it to neighbors garage to work on it ,had it in 3 or 4th and i had to run with it,not normal obviously, got to his driveway and had a hard time going up slight incilne. The friction disk wouldn't do this? Thinking the gears or bearings?? Any Advice would be greatly appreciated,haven't started working on it yet. Thanks-Mike

 

Why don't you think it is a friction disc issue. I think so.

 

When not running,it doesn't move forward or back freely,just a INCH or so.when I engage the trigger steering it rolls, doesn't seem like the friction disk would do this

 

NO THATS NORMAL , when you squeeze the tigers you disengage the drive system

squeeze one side it turns one way the other the other way other wise the axle is locked engine off it won't move

 

NO THATS NORMAL , when you squeeze the tigers you disengage the drive system

squeeze one side it turns one way the other the other way other wise the axle is locked engine off it won't move

Im telling you before this happened, it would roll freely when not running for years it was like this. I get the engage disengage system. Thanks

 

Tip the machine up onto the bucket (first be sure you have less than a half tank of gas and drain the carb). Remove the bottom cover. Check the distance between rubber tired friction wheel and the metal plate, should be approx 1/8" gap. Apply the wheel drive clutch and see it the metal plate moves to touch the rubber tired friction wheel and lock it down with a ty-wrap or similar. Should not be a gap. Take some pics. Can you turn wheels?

 

I can only turn wheels when trigger steering is engaged.Before this problem,it would roll freely when trigger steering not engaged,something is binding up or rusty bearings?

 

On that system it's almost always the two separate axles (it looks like one but isn't) are rusted to the hollow tube they slide inside. look up your parts diagram and see each wheel has an axle that runs on a gear to the trigger controlled hub run off either side of the hex shaft the friction wheel is on. There are plastic slip-over bushing holding the thinner axle ends into the middle tube of the axle assembly. You need to remove those and spray lube to break the axles away from the center tube. One of the hub gears is likely frozen/rusted also and can't release when the trigger on it's side is pulled. However, because the axle is rusted together the whole system turns when engaged.

 

one of these is stuck

 

The axles are likely rusted to the middle tube

 

If stuck that would keep if from sliding and disengaging right?

 

Lots of moving parts that can stick or rust (note the needle bearings inside the center of hub)

 

I definitely appreciate the simple drive system in mine much more after seeing these pictures.
These photos are prime answers to those who question if the newer snowblowers are better than old ones.
Both clear snow acceptably.
But I'd much rather have to wrestle repairing my drive system than this one.

 

I definitely appreciate the simple drive system in mine much more after seeing these pictures.
These photos are prime answers to those who question if the older snowblowers are better than old ones.
Both clear snow acceptably.
But I'd much rather have to wrestle repairing my drive system than this one.

I agree on that!

 

can you tell me what you did to fix this problem. I'm having the same issue now. I have this model.

 

did you ever get this fixed? i have the same issue..