Homemade Threaded Rod Assembly For Snowblowers
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My snowblower kept picking up rocks on gravel driveways and damaging the auger. Instead of unbolting the shoes, moving them down, and tightening them again, I added this homemade threaded rod assembly. It lets me turn a crank to raise and lower the shoes automatically. A 9/16-in. socket is welded to the crank and fits over a nut welded on top of a 3/8-in. threaded redi rod. The rod runs down through blocks made from 1-in. sq. bar stock that I bolted onto one side of the blower housing. I had to do some cutting, drilling, tapping and welding to make the various parts.
It works great and saves a lot of time. I also bolted a pair of wheels onto the blower to keep from wearing the scraper bar. (Jim Rotter, P.O. Box 16, Walford, Iowa 52351 ph 319 846-2988)
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Homemade Threaded Rod Assembly For Snowblowers MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous My snowblower kept picking up rocks on gravel driveways and damaging the auger Instead of unbolting the shoes moving them down and tightening them again I added this homemade threaded rod assembly It lets me turn a crank to raise and lower the shoes automatically A 9/16-in socket is welded to the crank and fits over a nut welded on top of a 3/8-in threaded redi rod The rod runs down through blocks made from 1-in sq bar stock that I bolted onto one side of the blower housing I had to do some cutting drilling tapping and welding to make the various parts It works great and saves a lot of time I also bolted a pair of wheels onto the blower to keep from wearing the scraper bar Jim Rotter P O Box 16 Walford Iowa 52351 ph 319 846-2988
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