BOWED FRONT

[lawn mower fanatic]

Just adjust the shoes so they bring the blade closer to the ground.

Ya thats what I would say to do.

OK....that's what I was thinking of doing. Hopefully the way I have it sitting the metal will get straightened out so when I lower it the whole thing will skim the ground--not just the middle where it's bowed.

 

[Rivets]

You need to do a few things to correct this. 1. Loosen the skid shoe bolts so they slide easily up and down. 2. Loosen the bolts on the scraper bar so it moves freely. Set the blower on a flat level surface. 3. Push the scraper bar down as tight as possible and then tighten the scraper bar bolts. It should be fairly close on both ends. 4. Insert a 1/8" shim (I use an old yard stick) under the scraper bar. 5. Push the skid shoes down tight as possible and tighten bolts. Done, you want the scraper bar up slighting for two reasons. One, it will not catch on every crack in the concrete. Two, the scraper bar will last longer. If you set it down tight it will only last 2-3 years.

 

[HCBPH]

It's possible it's the scraperbar that's causing the change in the housing profile. I'd take it off and check it out. I've seen more than one bent or warped scraper bar.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

It's possible it's the scraperbar that's causing the change in the housing profile. I'd take it off and check it out. I've seen more than one bent or warped scraper bar.

OK thanks for the info! :smile:

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

To follow up on this thread, all I had to do was fold up a towel and put it under the middle of the deck so the middle was being pushed up and gravity was pulling the ends down. After awhile, that straightened it out, and it works great now! :thumbsup:

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

To follow up on this thread, all I had to do was fold up a towel and put it under the middle of the deck so the middle was being pushed up and gravity was pulling the ends down. After awhile, that straightened it out, and it works great now! :thumbsup:

Here is proof it is not bowed anymore. Look how close to the ground it scrapes! :thumbsup:

 

[metz12]

Here is proof it is not bowed anymore. Look how close to the ground it scrapes! :thumbsup:
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wow you got more snow then we did!
we only got a coating. most of its gone now though

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

......we only got a coating. most of its gone now though

That stinks! :frown:

 

[possum]

They will do that as long as you are on good concrete. Good concrete like that is just plain fun to work. Not so much fun if its cracked and sticking up in a couple hundred places. Running on top of rocked driveways can be a bit nerve racking as well. Then running over sidewalks that are more narrow than the blower with sod higher than the walk can be a bit tough as well. Your blower does a nice job. You have it set very well. I suspect those poly skid shoes are a good idea. Sears got a good setup in that blower it seems to be well liked.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

I was looking at my snowblower today and realized that one of the shoes was off the ground. I thought something had gotten messed up, for one shoe to be way off the ground, but then I realized one of the tires had gone flat. It does this often. I pump it up, and then 2 days later it is pretty flat. I will get it fixed over the summer, since I can live with it going flat every couple days, since it won't instantly go flat when I am snowblowing. Anyway, I pumped up the tire, and that fixed the problem, and the snowblower leveled out. That proves that a flat tire can REALLY affect snowblowing (not that I didn't know that already). I took before and after pictures of the one snowblower shoe. The line in the first picture shows where the shoe should be!