Install Bearings - Ariens Professional Sno-Thro Series Service Manual

See Figure 60.
6. Move reduction shaft as far left as possible.
7. Remove hardware retaining bearing flanges and
remove parts from transmission bracket.
IMPORTANT: Be aware of sleeve bushing on right
reduction shaft end.
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1. Transmission Bracket
2. Sleeve Bushing
8. Remove bearing flanges from reduction shaft and
remove bearings.
Figure 59
Figure 60

Install Bearings

1. Press bearings into bearing flanges and install onto
reduction shaft.
2. Install shaft into transmission bracket and position
bearing flanges outside transmission bracket.
3. Secure each bearing flange to transmission bracket
with 3 tapping screws.
4. Install sleeve bushing onto right side of pinion shaft.
See Figure 61.
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5. Align pinion sprocket keyways with reduction shaft
keyway and insert reduction shaft through sprockets.
See Figure 62.
6. Reinstall spring clip into right side of reduction shaft.
7. Reinstall sleeve bushing and spring clip onto left side
of reduction shaft.
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Figure 61
Figure 62