Yeah, it seems to be working fine, I haven’t had any issues with it yet.
Dug these two snowthrowers out
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We had enough snow at work yesterday to get the Craftsman out for the first time this year. It ran good for a while until the drive chain broke and got wrapped up in the auger. I don’t think it hurt anything else, so I just have to get a chain, and it should be good to go again. At least it waited until I was almost done.
Sorry to hear about your chain trouble Nick, but at least its a cheap and hopefully easy fix. Sounds like it did a good job blowing though. Did I miss it, or did you get the chain guard made and put on yet? Looking forward to hearing more on it soon.
Its always somethin ain’t it! Sometimes its the littlest and stupidest things too. I had that happen on a chain driven tractor once, I was ridin it around and the darn chain broke… but it was an easy fix though.Stupid chain!!!!!
No, I did not get a chain guard made yet, I actually kind of forgot about it. I should start working on that.
Just let me know if you would like a picture of ours for reference
, we still got it.
I looked back at the pictures you posted, and yours is a lot different. It doesn’t have that chain. Thanks for the offer though.Just let me know if you would like a picture of ours for reference
I got the new chain on. It’s ready to go now when we get snow.
I also started working on a chain guard. It needs a few more bends and some trimming yet, but I think it will work.
I also started working on a chain guard. It needs a few more bends and some trimming yet, but I think it will work.
Looks great Nick! How long did it take you altogether to do all that?
That chain looks a lot smarter than the other one!!
Thanks. Probably about 20 minutes to get the chain cut to size and put on, then about an hour on the guard so far.
Sure does! There are still 4 other ones on it to break though.
Is this entire area exposed or is there a cover for all the gearing and chains here?
There is a cover. It wasn’t on there before, but I have it and am going to put it back on.
With all the chains its using is it relatively quiet or sound like a thrashing machine ?
They meant business back then.
A good grease would be ideal. Since it is a snow machine, never use lithium grease.
Lithium and water make a HUGE explosion. They never will mix.
Take an old and dead cell phone with a lithium battery, toss it into your swimming pool and run like mad far away. It will go into MELT DOWN MODE then E X P L O D E.
Lithium-ion batteries can explode or catch fire due to a phenomenon called thermal runaway.
Well Nick I'm about 100 miles from you so if I hear a big bang I'll know you didn't take Bretts advice.. 
Actually a motorcycle chain lube would probably be your best bet.
All kidding aside White lithium grease is pretty much in any hardware store in the US sells it as far as I know. Can usually be found cheap tubes for grease guns.. I'm guessing if it were that bad it wouldn't be sold. And the article above I believe is more focused on the aerosol cans of grease.
Actually a motorcycle chain lube would probably be your best bet.All kidding aside White lithium grease is pretty much in any hardware store in the US sells it as far as I know. Can usually be found cheap tubes for grease guns.. I'm guessing if it were that bad it wouldn't be sold. And the article above I believe is more focused on the aerosol cans of grease.
That is a huge block of misinformation right there. Aside from the cell phone battery part. They can and will burn in a spectacular fashion.
Every article you linked was spraying lithium grease. Aerosol lithium grease would explode or be flammable due to the propellant just like WD 40.
While both lithium grease and lithium batteries contain lithium, the form of lithium used is different; in grease, lithium is typically found as a lithium soap (like lithium stearate) which acts as a thickener for the lubricating oil, while in batteries, lithium is used as a reactive metal within the battery chemistry to store and release electrical charge; essentially, the lithium in grease is not designed to conduct electricity like the lithium in a battery.
The lithium in grease is not going to explode if it comes in contact with water. I really doubt you'd be able to walk into walmart and buy a big ole tub of lithium grease if it was going to act like Gizmo when it comes in contact with water.
Lithium grease is known for its ability to be water resistant and can handle wet applications. Some of our customers request lithium grease in their bearings and such used underground. Wet and dirty applications. I haven’t heard of one catching fire and exploding yet.
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