[surrfman]

I am having issues with chute rotating on 353 blower. I ran across super deal, a 3184 with 539 hrs, along with mower deck, front lift and snow blower, for $800. I did maintenance, couple small parts, fasteners, banked in at $910. Runs fabulous!

Problem: chute on blower rotates hard. I found someone had removed the spacers and retainers holding upper movable to lower fixed chute. I added spacers on retainers, cleaned up where chutes meet, ran a file around, helped smooth out parts. Thinking of flame polishing mating surfaces of chutes halves- make them a bit more slippery, using petroleum based lubes isn't good on plastics. Next issue, corkscrew at end of crank arm, seems to not engage properly. I have tried loosening bolts clamping bracket down as adjustment movement can be had in several directions, just can't seem to find a happy medium. Anyone had any experience, before I do something irrevocable, like shorten spacers on crank support arm, or open up adjustment holes on bracket?

Thanks,

Timmy C