The engine on my Ariens 926LE snowblower starts and runs just fine. When
I start it, the wheels engage properly but the impeller & augur
initially don't engage. After a couple of minutes they seem to start
working fine. Though occassionally even after running they will fail
intermittently to engage.

The shear pins are fine. The cable running to the augur/impeller control
is fine. I don't think it's an icing issue since I keep the snowblower
inside the garage where it is mostly above freezing and I clean it out
after each use. When the impeller and augur do finally engage they seem
to have good, normal power both in the auger and the impeller.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:05:32 -0500, blueman wrote:

The engine on my Ariens 926LE snowblower starts and runs just fine. When
I start it, the wheels engage properly but the impeller & augur
initially don't engage. After a couple of minutes they seem to start
working fine. Though occassionally even after running they will fail
intermittently to engage.

The shear pins are fine. The cable running to the augur/impeller control
is fine. I don't think it's an icing issue since I keep the snowblower
inside the garage where it is mostly above freezing and I clean it out
after each use. When the impeller and augur do finally engage they seem
to have good, normal power both in the auger and the impeller.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

My 35 yo Bolens- which used to be the same design as Ariens- acted
that way when the spring that tensions the idler pulley was getting
weak.

That ought to get you in the general vicinity of the problem.

Jim

blueman wrote:

The engine on my Ariens 926LE snowblower starts and runs just fine.
When
I start it, the wheels engage properly but the impeller & augur
initially don't engage. After a couple of minutes they seem to start
working fine. Though occassionally even after running they will fail
intermittently to engage.

The shear pins are fine. The cable running to the augur/impeller
control
is fine. I don't think it's an icing issue since I keep the
snowblower
inside the garage where it is mostly above freezing and I clean it
out
after each use. When the impeller and augur do finally engage they
seem
to have good, normal power both in the auger and the impeller.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

The drive/clutch/belt/pulley/engager is too loose or out of
adjustment.
--
LSMFT

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:05:32 -0500, blueman wrote:

The engine on my Ariens 926LE snowblower starts and runs just fine. When
I start it, the wheels engage properly but the impeller & augur
initially don't engage. After a couple of minutes they seem to start
working fine. Though occassionally even after running they will fail
intermittently to engage.

The shear pins are fine. The cable running to the augur/impeller control
is fine. I don't think it's an icing issue since I keep the snowblower
inside the garage where it is mostly above freezing and I clean it out
after each use. When the impeller and augur do finally engage they seem
to have good, normal power both in the auger and the impeller.

Any ideas what could be wrong?
My guess would be a bad belt.

On 2/3/2011 4:00 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:05:32 -0500, wrote:

The engine on my Ariens 926LE snowblower starts and runs just fine. When
I start it, the wheels engage properly but the impeller& augur
initially don't engage. After a couple of minutes they seem to start
working fine. Though occassionally even after running they will fail
intermittently to engage.

The shear pins are fine. The cable running to the augur/impeller control
is fine. I don't think it's an icing issue since I keep the snowblower
inside the garage where it is mostly above freezing and I clean it out
after each use. When the impeller and augur do finally engage they seem
to have good, normal power both in the auger and the impeller.

Any ideas what could be wrong?
My guess would be a bad belt.

Or a wet belt. If the drive belt on my blower gets wet the wheels will
not move. I keep my blower in a shed. I used my blower yesterday.
Outside temperatures had warmed up to the point where it was above
freezing in the shed. There was some snow on the machine from the last
use. The snow melted and some water must have dripped onto the belt or
pulley. The drive belt would not catch initially but after a few
minutes it dried enough to work. I did a better job of cleaning the
snow off the machine that time.

LdB

On 2011-02-03, blueman wrote:

Auger & Impeller. Whatta coinkydink. Were you and the other blue men
on the same bill in Vegas?

nb

My experience has been, that if a belt slips when wet is on it's way out. A
belt that has the proper tension and is not worn, should not slip if wet by
melting snow.
I agree that the original poster probably has a worn belt.


"LdB" wrote in message
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On 2/3/2011 4:00 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:05:32 -0500, wrote:

The engine on my Ariens 926LE snowblower starts and runs just fine. When
I start it, the wheels engage properly but the impeller& augur
initially don't engage. After a couple of minutes they seem to start
working fine. Though occassionally even after running they will fail
intermittently to engage.

The shear pins are fine. The cable running to the augur/impeller control
is fine. I don't think it's an icing issue since I keep the snowblower
inside the garage where it is mostly above freezing and I clean it out
after each use. When the impeller and augur do finally engage they seem
to have good, normal power both in the auger and the impeller.

Any ideas what could be wrong?
My guess would be a bad belt.

Or a wet belt. If the drive belt on my blower gets wet the wheels will not
move. I keep my blower in a shed. I used my blower yesterday. Outside
temperatures had warmed up to the point where it was above freezing in the
shed. There was some snow on the machine from the last use. The snow
melted and some water must have dripped onto the belt or pulley. The drive
belt would not catch initially but after a few minutes it dried enough to
work. I did a better job of cleaning the snow off the machine that time.

LdB