GPintheMitten
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- Joined
- Sep 8, 2009
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- Location
- Flushing, Michigan
- Tractor
- Kubota B2620 with BH65 backhoe, Ford 2N
I have an old snowblower that works fine but is extremely ugly and rusted.
I talked to a local sandblasting shop and the guy said he could blast it with aluminum oxide but I might want to take it apart first so that things like bearings don't get media in them. Or he said I could tape them to protect them.
Well I took a few parts off but I can't get the auger disconnected from the box. I took the bolts out of a flange that holds the bearing to the box. There are two flanges on the outside of the box. I got the outer flange off, but the inner doesn't come off easily and I don't want to break it. It appears that the flanges may be curved along the outside of the bearing so as to keep it from moving side to side?
I could use some advice about this, in either how to dismantle it or even whether I should or not. Maybe I should put the flanges back on and have him blast it in place?
Here's some pics:
I talked to a local sandblasting shop and the guy said he could blast it with aluminum oxide but I might want to take it apart first so that things like bearings don't get media in them. Or he said I could tape them to protect them.
Well I took a few parts off but I can't get the auger disconnected from the box. I took the bolts out of a flange that holds the bearing to the box. There are two flanges on the outside of the box. I got the outer flange off, but the inner doesn't come off easily and I don't want to break it. It appears that the flanges may be curved along the outside of the bearing so as to keep it from moving side to side?
I could use some advice about this, in either how to dismantle it or even whether I should or not. Maybe I should put the flanges back on and have him blast it in place?
Here's some pics: