[Mike48321]

I've been searching on here looking for a forum about re wrapping the cable chute so it turns farther. The one I found is an old dead link. Also, what size cable is it?

 

[Mike48321]

I found this, not quite what I wasvlooking for.

 

[Mike48321]

Good to know about the vinyl coated.

 

[Mike48321]

I was sanding some of the rust inside the shell where the chute goes on, I started spray painting it. I painted the lip where the chute slides around on, and now thinking I probably shouldn't have and just put some grease over it. Should I sand the paint off the lip?

 

[Mike48321]

I've still never sheered one, and I've cut through large icy snow banks

 

[Mike48321]

Ohhh yeah I remember hitting the newspaper, WTF was that! 😆

 

[Mike48321]

I ended up using vinyl coated cable, we'll see how that lasts. Got my chute all nice and painted. Flipped the cutting edge around. Only to realize the gear box has a lot of slop in the main pulley. Ended up finding another blower off market place nearby that has a solid box, and isn't so rusty. Swapped my speed up gear, and chute over today. Seemed like the chute turned easier when I had it on the other one, oh well.
Question: I changed the orings in the hydraulic couplers, is it normal for them to leak when engine off and blower is up? I figured they should just hold pressure and blower up forever when it's off. It did that with the old orings too. I'll probably just have to put it down when I park.

 

[Mike48321]

They were kind of tricky getting back in, but once the got started it was easy to work around.

 

[Mike48321]

I was thinking of replacing the female coupler since the o rings didn't fix it.

 

[Mike48321]

I'm in the wrong business