Ariens Deluxe SHO 28 Pre-season service, DIY annual servicing for your Snowblower

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Wide 28” clearing width that moves 72 tons of snow per hour
Powerful Ariens AX 306cc engine with a 14" Super High Output impeller
Premium features like Auto-Turn and an LED headlight
Do it Yourself servicing saves your Machine

[walterbordett]

Salt corrosion and no maintenance kills machines. If you keep after them, you will get 30 or more years out of an 'Ariens blower. I usually lift off the chute and grease the flange that the chute sits on as well as oiling the hinge, as you mentioned. Never Seize is the messiest stuff known to mankind, but it is essential to prevent salt corrosion. I wish Ariens would anti-seize the connection between the blower wheel and the blower shaft at the factory. I run a 2004 10HP 26 inch unit with a Tecumseh OHV Snow King engine. It has been a great machine overall for me in Syracuse NY. It replaced a 1980 vintage 7HP 24 inch unit that was working fine when traded in. Both machines required replacement of the bearing in the rear of the blower housing and the 7HP unit needed a teardown to free up the sliding bearing housing where the drive disc moves up/down to mesh with the rubber drive wheel. The manual does not cover lubricating that drive bearing housing. Change the oil, lube the drive and the auger shaft and clean the carb when necessary and you will have a dependable workhorse blower. No ethanol fuel is worth the trouble to find and use.

Thanks for the tip on Amsoil small engine oils. I have been using Opti 4 oil, which is good, but a bit more expensive than the Amsoil. I think I will try the Amsoil next.

[lalajee]

I wonder if Fumoto makes drain plug for this