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MOVED TO APPROPRIATE THREAD
So I have this used Craftsman model 536.889252 Snow blower and its a nice higher end heavy duty machine but after using it twice the drive wheels no longer go forward or reverse (It just "freewheels")
On most Hydrostatic Lawn tractors there's a transmission disengage Pin in the back that allows you to move them when performing maintenance but I don't see anything like that on my Snow Blower.
Hoping someone knows about these as I've never owned one and maybe that's what caused the drive function to quit working?
Regards, Chet
On most Hydrostatic Lawn tractors there's a transmission disengage Pin in the back that allows you to move them when performing maintenance but I don't see anything like that on my Snow Blower.
Hoping someone knows about these as I've never owned one and maybe that's what caused the drive function to quit working?
Regards, Chet
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I googled and found your post in a snowblower forum ( not much help there from what I could tell).
Anyway, the pdf manual there doesn't indicate anything about a hydrostat transmission. Maybe that's an option , but I didn't see it in there.
If it is the standard deal, there's a drive belt (shown in the manual and the whole bleeping thing has a drive disc a wheel drive wheel makes that turn -- it is moved in and out to change the speed. They do cause problems. I'd take another look. There are also some wheel lockouts shown in the manual that could cause issues.
Good Luck,
hj
Anyway, the pdf manual there doesn't indicate anything about a hydrostat transmission. Maybe that's an option , but I didn't see it in there.
If it is the standard deal, there's a drive belt (shown in the manual and the whole bleeping thing has a drive disc a wheel drive wheel makes that turn -- it is moved in and out to change the speed. They do cause problems. I'd take another look. There are also some wheel lockouts shown in the manual that could cause issues.
Good Luck,
hj
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So I have this used Craftsman model 536.889252 Snow blower and its a nice higher end heavy duty machine but after using it twice the drive wheels no longer go forward or reverse (It just "freewheels")
On most Hydrostatic Lawn tractors there's a transmission disengage Pin in the back that allows you to move them when performing maintenance but I don't see anything like that on my Snow Blower.
Hoping someone knows about these as I've never owned one and maybe that's what caused the drive function to quit working?
Regards, Chet
On most Hydrostatic Lawn tractors there's a transmission disengage Pin in the back that allows you to move them when performing maintenance but I don't see anything like that on my Snow Blower.
Hoping someone knows about these as I've never owned one and maybe that's what caused the drive function to quit working?
Regards, Chet
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