How does this come apart? (snowblower)

[J-Mech]

You did good with the painting!!

Something you should probably know.....

The impeller and the housing it fits in really shouldn't have that good of paint on it. See, the snow will stick to the painted surfaces. A blower is kind of like a moldboard plow. You want the working parts to shine up so that they scour just like a plow. If you paint a moldboard plow and try to use it, the dirt sticks to it until it is shined up. I have a couple blowers to put back together before winter too, and may paint them. But not those areas. Took a long time to wear the paint off and get them to where they feed good.

This is my suggestion, but you take it as you see fit. Clean the paint off the paddles where the snow rides. Buff them till they shine. The circumference of the blower housing, do the same. The rest really doesn't matter too much. Snow doesn't stick to the augers too bad, but it will stick to the back side of the housing. Not really much you can do about that and it doesn't seem to affect the feed of it much. But it will blow snow farther if the impeller and the housing are shiny metal. Just my

[yeeter]

Thanks for the insight Jonathan. Reminds me of when a guy asked one of the professional woodworking shops what they treated their planer tables with to keep them from rusting. The response was, 'we use them every day... They dont have time to rust and stay polished from use'

I have some graphite paint leftover from a QA thrower I coated, the blower housing might get that then..... It did pretty good at preventing sticking. Shiney glossy paint does seem to be a magnet for wet snow. Hmm... I could paint the front of those vanes with the graphite as well.

Part of the reason I did the blower vanes this way was a durability test. I want to see how the paint holds up. But if it gives any problems throwing snow I will consider stripping it.

Of course, if I don't get this back together before winter it doesn't much matter how its painted.

[yeeter]

Went on a rampage today, was super nice out and its been a while since I had some uninterrupted shop time, so was enjoying it.

Had the motor sitting out of the unit and the starter was just sitting there staring at me. So cleaned it up a bit.

What do you guys use on the bendix (if I used the correct term?). I cleaned it up and put some dry graphite on it. It was sticking previous. Now... not. (my dad always told me not to put grease or oil on the bendix, would just attract dust and cause it to stick).

(first pic is with it stuck out... doesnt retract under its own spring pressure). Then one of brushes. Look good.

I didnt know UTC ever made auto parts, learn something new every day.

[yeeter]

Then before/after cleanup.

[yeeter]

The PO had drilled some holes in the panels/hood. 8 total. Smashed a piece of copper pipe to put behind it for a heat sink and welded the holes shut. Then ground them off. Doesnt look too bad - will see if they need filler when the primer goes on.

[yeeter]

Painted some stuff. Some is power coat, some is spray paint. Both got epoxy primer base.

The good news is that the color matches well enough I cant tell power from spray paint.

[yeeter]

A bunch of other stuff got paint/powder. Will get some pics. Wheel weights I did in red and they came out great.

The front plow is needing some repair/welding before its ready to go back together.

And zinc powder primer on all the snow blower mounting parts.

Nothing like having about 20 things going all at once, but it was too much fun....

[yeeter]

oh, and the blower housing got some paint. No finished pic (too dark!), but this is what it looked like in primer.

Those leaves were after it was dry. But I did manage to get a nice bet wet saggy run right on top... smh. Hard to find good help.

Just as those augers were drying I moved something and both of them rolled down the hill!! Talk about picking up some leaves and pine needles.... !!! Im going to let them dry and just use them. The primer was good so just messed up the very edges on the final paint, which would likely get scuffed off in use anyway.