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Brad Buchnan

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I have a HTA 42" snowblower on my honda tractor and have the following problem: The chute has a hand operated rotator..the kind with a peice of rod coiled into a spiral driving a slotted ring.

I have had problems in the past with this assembely freezing in the past and I coated it with grease.....now I have to warm it with a torch every time. Is there a low temp grease available or would it be better to just clean it up and run it dry???

Brad
 
Remove the chute from the blower body and THOROUGHLY clean/dry the rubbing surfaces. Then before reassembling coat the surfaces with a silicone lubricant - silicone aerosol spray (like "Jig-a-Loo") or a low temperature silicone grease. Also coat the screw and the teeth in the swivel ring.

Repeat at the start of each snowblowing season - you'll never have it freeze again!
 
I run my rotator chute dry. After using I wash the snow and ice off with windshild washer fluid. Never find it frozen when I start to use it, or have never had it freeze while using it.
I wash the chute, turning mechanism, blower wheel, and auger with washer fluid. Open a new jug and do not remove the glued on tinfoil seal, just take a nail and poke 4 or 5 small holes. Then you can squeze the jug and spray the fluid where you want it.
 
You will need to remove ALL of the grease you put on it. Around here we have been using PAM cooking spray for years on snow blower chutes and linkages. It is just thin vegetable oil in a spray can.
 
Thanks to all for the input!! I need to bring the rig into the shop and clean the goop....red grease out of the mechanism.

That is when I get the 3 feet of snow blown out of the driveway.

We blew through the record snowfall last week I believe here in upstate NY.

Brad
 
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