new to me thrower

ricks · #1 12-12-2011, 10:50 AM

I picked up a used snowthrower, and I believe it's a QA42A. The tag is painted over as well as the safety stickers and all. It rusted and bent up from end to end. Needs new bearings and a couple other minor parts. Most of all it needed bearings. When I hooked it up to the front of the 109, and engaged the PTO, I thought the auger was going to come screaming out of the chute. After several hours of soaking in PB Blaster, all the bad parts came out, and today I put in all the new ones thanks to Rob Houtz out in beautiful Elburn, IL.I can't say enough about his shop. He always has what I've needed for the few tractors I've redone, and then some. I will wait till after this season to repaint, although after hearing the forecast for this week, I could probably knock it out now, 40's and rainy. So could anyone with snow, please include pictures of, when posting about your seat time this week. Thank you. Rick

Methos · #2 12-12-2011, 12:28 PM

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I picked up a used snowthrower, and I believe it's a QA42A. The tag is painted over as well as the safety stickers and all. It rusted and bent up from end to end. Needs new bearings and a couple other minor parts. Most of all it needed bearings. When I hooked it up to the front of the 109, and engaged the PTO, I thought the auger was going to come screaming out of the chute. After several hours of soaking in PB Blaster, all the bad parts came out, and today I put in all the new ones thanks to Rob Houtz out in beautiful Elburn, IL.I can't say enough about his shop. He always has what I've needed for the few tractors I've redone, and then some. I will wait till after this season to repaint, although after hearing the forecast for this week, I could probably knock it out now, 40's and rainy. So could anyone with snow, please include pictures of, when posting about your seat time this week. Thank you. Rick

Rick thanks for using our awesome site sponsor RF Houtz! I'm stoked that you got it fixed!

ricks · #3 12-13-2011, 10:15 AM

ok, here's the only one that turned out. they were pretty easy to replace. the flanges kind of flopped around when i worked the auger back in, but it was no big deal. these new bearings, #475698, are sold w/o the locking collar. rob said you can get away with using just one collar. "this is similar to the front pto locking collar", for those not sure. you need to make sure that when you put the new bearing on, the part that sticks out of the bearing, goes to the inside, and before you put the bearing on, put that collar on first. anticipation may dictate otherwise. the collar only fits onto the bearing one way. then you just line up the chain, and tighten the collar set screw. when turning the auger by hand for that test spin, it's also wise to remove any tools from inside the housing. and, "WATCH YOUR FINGERS". the auger spins rather freely with the new bearings. (sorry, no mishap pictures) the snowblower i refer to is the qa42a, and here is a picture of just the mount installed on the tractor. again the "a" at the end of qa42a, means this mount can be "adjusted" in or out to fit on either wide frame or narrow frames.

Methos · #4 12-13-2011, 11:35 AM

Rick the QA stands for quick attach. Sweet pics hows the finger?

ricks · #5 12-14-2011, 09:30 AM

I still have all the digits. After firing up the thrower, I did notice a wobble. Obviously when I raised the blower off the ground it got worse. It wasn't noticeable with the old bearings though. Could it be the auger shafts? I'll need to look into this today. I'm having ample time with all this stinkin rain. We could have had over a foot already if it were snow.
I also picked up part of a sleeve hitch, which is new to me. I'm missing the bracket that mounts onto the diff. cover, and I have no lifting mechanism. I'm not sure of the name yet. but I figure it can hold some weights for traction, right? I may try loading the tires with some RV antifreeze. It's rated down to -50 deg., or just mount some shelves on the back and make it look like an end cap in the store. Save the hassle of trying to pour the fluid in that tiny air valve. ha

Methos · #6 12-14-2011, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ricks

I still have all the digits. After firing up the thrower, I did notice a wobble. Obviously when I raised the blower off the ground it got worse. It wasn't noticeable with the old bearings though. Could it be the auger shafts? I'll need to look into this today. I'm having ample time with all this stinkin rain. We could have had over a foot already if it were snow.
I also picked up part of a sleeve hitch, which is new to me. I'm missing the bracket that mounts onto the diff. cover, and I have no lifting mechanism. I'm not sure of the name yet. but I figure it can hold some weights for traction, right? I may try loading the tires with some RV antifreeze. It's rated down to -50 deg., or just mount some shelves on the back and make it look like an end cap in the store. Save the hassle of trying to pour the fluid in that tiny air valve. ha

This should help show you what your missing for your rear lift.

http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4