Again, I have no issues with however anybody wants to operate this equipment. I even operate some equipment contrary to the way planned by the manufacturer. I just think if you're going to do that you should at least understand what the starting point is. In this case the starting point is that as designed there is shear bolts for the auger. Period. If one wants to experiment that is fine.
My blower was assembled by the dealer according to the Deere manuals. Unless someone can provide some documentation from Deere to prove otherwise. The operations manual only references the auger shear bolts. The parts manual provides the part numbers for the keys to be installed in the universals.
Rob, I expect you missed the key. That is fine if that is how you want to operate the blower but it means you can't get full power to the blower as that 1/4 ' bolt is now the shear bolt for the impeller AND auger. Just because your dealer agrees with you means very little, all the Deere documentation disagrees. The date on the parts manual I looked at online appears to be March 6, 2012 and it still shows the keys I've described. So you are modding the equipment from what information is provided by the manufacturer, unless you think your dealers opinion overides the manufacturers written documentation. I'm more than willing to admit i'm wrong, all I ask is that someone provide documentation (ops manual/ parts manual/technical bulletin). That being said, I've left enough information on the thread for people to make an informed decision so I'm done.
My blower was assembled by the dealer according to the Deere manuals. Unless someone can provide some documentation from Deere to prove otherwise. The operations manual only references the auger shear bolts. The parts manual provides the part numbers for the keys to be installed in the universals.
Rob, I expect you missed the key. That is fine if that is how you want to operate the blower but it means you can't get full power to the blower as that 1/4 ' bolt is now the shear bolt for the impeller AND auger. Just because your dealer agrees with you means very little, all the Deere documentation disagrees. The date on the parts manual I looked at online appears to be March 6, 2012 and it still shows the keys I've described. So you are modding the equipment from what information is provided by the manufacturer, unless you think your dealers opinion overides the manufacturers written documentation. I'm more than willing to admit i'm wrong, all I ask is that someone provide documentation (ops manual/ parts manual/technical bulletin). That being said, I've left enough information on the thread for people to make an informed decision so I'm done.