Replacing the Friction Wheel on a Tracked MTD Snow Blower
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2024
- The rubber drive ring inside your snow blower's drivetrain doesn't last forever. In this video, I show you how to remove and replace the ring on a tracked Troy-Bilt (MTD) snow blower.
If your snow blower has wheels instead of tracks, you might like this video instead:
• Replacing the Friction...
My machine is 8 years old and this is the first time I am replacing the drive ring. The snow blower in this video is a Troy-Bilt Storm Tracker 2690 XP. This video is not sponsored nor is it a review or recommendation. This just happens to be the blower I have.
The process should be similar for many other brands too. If your snow blower has wheels, you can pop them off and this process will be even easier.
Lastly, note how green the grass is! I do all my power tool maintenance in the Spring, including the snow blower. It's easier doing everything at once, and its a lot more pleasant working on a sunny Spring day than a cloudy cold Fall day.
=== Chapters ===
00:00 Intro
01:33 How Snow Blower Transmissions Work
03:18 Disassemble & Remove Friction Wheel
08:38 Replacing the Rubber Drive Ring
10:43 Reassemble & Reinstall Friction Wheel
16:36 Testing the Machine
17:31 All Done! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Thank you so much for this video, it saved me a lot of steps and I was actually able to save a few more by just taking off both steering mechanisms and the left side planetary gear set and slide the axle to the right and you can now get at the 4 bolts and remove the rubber ring and replace it without taking the drive shaft out of the snow blower.
Yeah its so much more work on these tracked models. I'm fixing up a wheeled machine right now and its about a 5 minute job on that thing :D
Thx for the video. I have a 2014 2690 XP that I just replaced the plastic drive wheels because they were severely cracked and missing plastic pieces.
RUT ROH that's the same year I have, I'll have to check out the wheels of mine, hopefully they're still ok.
I have a China brand snowblower that has an identical friction wheel and I think this ring would be the same for mine. What is the model number of the replacement ring? And do you know the dimensions?
I'm pretty sure all brands are "china brand" these days. These MTD drive rings DO come in differnet sizes so you definitely want to find the model number on the label of your machine. Then go to a site like jackssmallengines.com and bring up the parts diagram. Then you can get the exact part number of your drive ring. Then hop on ebay and buy it for $10 :) If your blower has wheels instead of tracks, it will be WAY easier to install than *this* video. I plan on making a wheeled version of this video sometime this Winter.
@@YardworkWithJohn Thanks for the reply. I have a GIO1101Q (GIO brand) snowblower that was made and 15 years ago. It is a track drive similar to the one in your video. There are no parts available for it from the manufacturer as they are no longer in business and apparently they made only one run of these snowblowers way back then. After some further digging and measuring, it looks like I'll need the equivalent MTD 935-0243B friction wheel ring which measures Inside Diameter 3-7/8-inch, Outside Diameter 4-7/8-inch.
@@DemetriosManosRealtorI've never heard of that brand and had a hard time even coming up with something googling it. Do you know if it was manufactured by MTD? Many different brands (Yardmachines, Troybilt, cubcadet etc) were made by MTD and all use the same parts. If it's a totally separate manufacturer, hopefully they used a "standard" sized drive ring. If the ring is too big, I imagine it will slip on the drive wheel and your machine won't go. I trash-picked a Troy Bilt that I'm fixing up now and the rubber on the drive wring was COMPLETELY gone, worn down to the metal. It's crazy how some people never do anything to maintain their equipment!
Such a bad design I think something else could of been done to allow more time before changing this out
Yeah it is kind of excessive. I think on models with wheels, there are a few less steps but at least the drive ring lasts for a bunch of years so you don't have to do this often.