Install Pinion Gear; Remove Chute Rotation Gear - Ariens Sno-Thro Compact Series Service Manual

IMPORTANT: Support discharge chute so it remains
upright.
See Figure 84.
5. Remove hardware securing pinion gear bracket to
chute pedestal and remove bracket.
See Figure 85.
6. Remove push nut from pinion gear and discard.
7. Remove pinion gear and flat steel washer.
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1. Push Nut
2. Pinion Gear
Figure 84
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Figure 85

Install Pinion Gear

1. Install flat steel washer onto pinion gear.
2. Insert pinion gear through pinion gear bracket and
secure with replacement push nut.
3. Secure pinion gear bracket to chute pedestal with two
tapping screws.
4. Reinstall chute rotation rod into pinion gear and
secure with spring clip.
5. Reinstall chute gear cover and secure with
originaltapping screw.
6. Reconnect spark plug wire.

Remove Chute Rotation Gear

IMPORTANT: Save all hardware for reinstallation.
1. Stop engine, remove key and wait for all moving parts
to stop and for hot parts to cool.
2. Disconnect spark plug wire from engine.
See Figure 86.
3. Remove hardware retaining chute gear cover to chute
pedestal and remove cover.
4. Remove spring clip from chute rotation rod and
remove rod from chute gears.
IMPORTANT: Support discharge chute so it remains
upright.
5. Remove hardware securing pinion gear bracket to
chute pedestal and remove bracket. See Figure 84.
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Figure 86