On Feb 14, 1:24*pm, Karl Townsend
wrote:

The problem is ice in the gears causing the gearmotor to overtorque
and beak.

Karl

There was a thread on using wax on snow shovels recently. May not
help, but I do not see how it would hurt.

Anyway to put a shield to prevent snow from getting on the gears?
Without seeing your set up, I am probably suggesting ideas that are
worthless.

Dan