Did you put the skinny end or the fat end out front? I had so much lift up I ended up putting the skinny end first.Added my ArmorPro skids. View attachment 172582
I hate having to repair in the cold.Blew the drive belt on my 828 last night, I live in metric land and there's a snow storm coming so I didn't have time to order a 3/8 x 34-5/8 belt from the US, at the local auto parts store they found a 10x875 mm v-belt from a fan instead, so I fitted it instead, was a few mm shorter than the original and I had to open up the blower both on the underside and onthe top to get it onto the wheels, but it fit.
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And man that black plastic cover for the belts, such a PITA to get back on, I wonder if I am doing something wrong.
It appears your tires are on backwards, you probably just need to flip the wheels from one side to the other.Blew the drive belt on my 828 last night, I live in metric land and there's a snow storm coming so I didn't have time to order a 3/8 x 34-5/8 belt from the US, at the local auto parts store they found a 10x875 mm v-belt from a fan instead, so I fitted it instead, was a few mm shorter than the original and I had to open up the blower both on the underside and onthe top to get it onto the wheels, but it fit.
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And man that black plastic cover for the belts, such a PITA to get back on, I wonder if I am doing something wrong.
Might be I put them on wrong, I wonder if it makes a real difference either way though.It appears your tires are on backwards, you probably just need to flip the wheels from one side to the other.
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Hey! Are your tires on backwards, as well?Today I started up my recently purchased machine, from 3 weeks ago, just to hear it run, seeing that's the most I can do with it, with only an inch of snow on the ground.
It's been abnormally dry the last couple of months in Western Wisconsin, with a total of 2 inches of snow during the period and no rain. View attachment 173625
NOPE! they are a big royal pain, wait till you pick up a stone and pop it though the acr plastic and have to change that, carriage bolts, 1/4x20 bolts with locking nuts under tight spots held in place by hex holes in the plastic that like to round outBlew the drive belt on my 828 last night, I live in metric land and there's a snow storm coming so I didn't have time to order a 3/8 x 34-5/8 belt from the US, at the local auto parts store they found a 10x875 mm v-belt from a fan instead, so I fitted it instead, was a few mm shorter than the original and I had to open up the blower both on the underside and onthe top to get it onto the wheels, but it fit.
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And man that black plastic cover for the belts, such a PITA to get back on, I wonder if I am doing something wrong.
yeah , I keep looking for one of them newfangled "bit-coins".I'm really liking the new Toros with the all-metal bucket/impeller housing and chutes. The plastics, although probably fine, just seemed to 'cheapen' the machine. My only issue is that I have not found enough coins under the sofa cushions to buy one (yet) 😁
cheapened the machine is why toro went back to full metal, they simply looked cheap on the box store floors along side of the other brands , real world even a mtd looked better made ,not that they are may be metal, but cheaper inside, IE plastic transmissions that people can't seeI'm really liking the new Toros with the all-metal bucket/impeller housing and chutes. The plastics, although probably fine, just seemed to 'cheapen' the machine. My only issue is that I have not found enough coins under the sofa cushions to buy one (yet) 😁
you and me both.I'm really liking the new Toros with the all-metal bucket/impeller housing and chutes. The plastics, although probably fine, just seemed to 'cheapen' the machine. My only issue is that I have not found enough coins under the sofa cushions to buy one (yet) 😁