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On 2/15/14, 3:02 AM, phorbin wrote:
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On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:37:44 -0600, Ignoramus25526
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On 2014-02-14, Mintroyale wrote:
My Toro 38025 Snowblower just stops spinning. The belts are tight and
good. I checked the belts because that is the most likely problem. This is
the first time I used it this year and it was going great and then
stopped. I cleared the snow out and it kinda spins again, but when I put
it down and try to go through the snow - even very shallow light snow - it
stops spinning quickly. RichMint


Is there a shear pin somewhere that may be sheared?

Sure sounds like it.

FWIW my thought too.

It's an easy fix with replacement sheer pins.

My Toro auger has 2 sheer pins, one for each blade of the auger.

The impeller has two as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YcQ9K2EBiA


First, I have absolutely zero snow blower experience (but have seen them
being used on TV).

Having said that, I do have experience with equipment protected by shear
pins; and suggest keeping a few spares on hand. I can imagine what a
PITA it would be trying to scrounge up one in foul weather.

I leave the hand digging to younger people.

The spares are in my shop.

My next snowblower will come with garden tractor attached.


The original poster has an electric... AFAICT from a quick scan of the parts
list, his model doesn't have sheer bolts.

I've had electric motors on outdoor tools go. -- They would spin up but the
guts were gone.

What they had in common was this ....operator caused ....event, that took them
beyond ....spec..

Everything but the motor was fine.

One learns some lessons the hard way.

From what I've seen of the electric throwers, even the relatively light and dry
snow in London ON this year might be a more than they can handle if clearing
doesn't keep up with snowfall and the machines are pressed to work
faster/harder than their rated throughput.

The work done by my mid powered two stage this year makes the electrics around
here seem like ...corn whisks to me.