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The fan at the back, that is supposed to throw the snow, looks a bit knackered. At least it's an odd shape. Maybe this description could also apply to the guy who drives it :-)
It is hard to tell... and your description is a bit sparse... to say the least. I've always found a good shovel was quite effective, and then one could neatly pile the snow next to the road or driveway, rather than blowing it onto the neighbor's property.A couple of things I might question.You've apparently done maintenance on the bearings. I would consider if it was better to put the grease fittings on the outside of the snow blower rather than the inside... except perhaps there would be a risk of smashing them into something, or dragging on the side. But at least one could protect them from the snow. IS THE GREASE FITTING ON THE LEFT SIDE MISSING?The two spirals would tend to separate in the middle, so they couldn't be "floating" on the drive shaft without some kind of washers or spacers. The attachment is unclear.I can't tell if the single vertical support in the middle would be adequate.The fan on back appears to turn counterclockwise. I'm trying to figure out the benefit of having an angled blade vs a flat blade. In fact it almost appears as if that has been modified. I think I would have added a support to the blade on the "back" side rather than the "front" side as the angle in the photo looks like it would tend to blow the snow backwards rather than upwards (oh, I see someone else made that comment, anyway, it is probably ok).
I'm surprised I have not been able to Hooke a mechanically minded person in this joint that is able to answer my question.
Your photo isn't very clear of the "pickup" area.Thanks for clarifying the direction of the blower, clockwise. There is a shield in the upper left of the pickup area (I can't see how far it extends downward), which protects the snow as it enters the auger and is flung upwards. There is also a vertical bar holding the differential in the middle from the top.Any snow that gets shoved into into the upper left of the pickup area then gets stuck between the shield over the pickup, and the post, with no place to go.Depending on how far down that shield extends, the snow from the right will get picked up better than snow from the left.Were you the one that asked about wet snow vs dry snow? If that is your problem... you need to get your hair dryer out and dry your snow []
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I'm surprised I have not been able to Hooke a mechanically minded person in this Joint that is able to answer my question.
Is there an extraneous lump (looks like a bolthead) coming out of the LH universal joint on the brown/grey connecting rod - it doesn't look as if the left hand side of that rod could straighten up.
between 1667 and 1675, Robert Hooke analysed the joint and found that its speed of rotation was nonuniform[...]Hooke proposed a solution to the nonuniform rotary speed of the universal joint: a pair of Hooke's joints 90° out of phase at either end of an intermediate shaft.