Belt,​ Traction 7015151YP

1. Drained gas from blower pulled a spark plug.
2. Covered oil filler cap with plastic.
3. Removed belt cover on top looked at belt routing and took a picture for later use.
4. Loosened the cable tension for both belts after noting travel as found.
5. Turned blower up and rested on the front giving access to the bottom.
6. Removed the bottom plate keeping track of all bolts in a jar looked at and took a picture.
7. Tipped back down worked now loose blower belt off of pulley.
8. Removed 1 belt guide and slid the other off to the side.
9. Worked drive belt off of pulley.
10. Tipped blower up on front tried to remove belts but could not because drive wheel was to close to drive pulley leaving no room to take belts off.
11. Looked at the frame and decided to loosen the bolts holding auger to frame did this worked it a little to note what moved and decided this would work so took all bolts off on one side with the other side bolted as loose as I could get it without it being unbolted.
12. Pulled frame and housing apart on one side this gave me clearance to remove old belts after I tipped the blower back up on the front.
13. Compared new belts to old belts and saw they were correct.
14. Put blower belt on first through the tight area and guided to top pulley area released brake to allow room to put the belt on.
15. Put drive belt on 2nd and guided to top pulley area released brake to allow room to put the belt on.
16. Used clamps to hold the belt in lower pulley guides then put blower back down on the ground then proceeded to work new belts back on to the belt top pulley and the drive bottom pulley.
17. Tipped up blower on front and checked to see nothing looked out of place then removed the clamps.
18. Pushed the Auger and the frame back together and started the bolts on the side they were removed from.
19. Reinstalled guides to original position using pictures taken for reference.
20. Rechecked the bottom to see if the belts were in proper place.
21. Tightened all bolts on auger to frame.
22. Reset cable tension and worked the handle clamps watched action of the idler pulley and adjusted the blower belt so when handle clamp was made up the blower belt would spin and turn auger with it not made up it would not spin and did not turn the auger
23. Did same with the drive belt and with the handle clamp made up checked to see the blower could not be moved when released it could adjust tension to provide this
24. Reinstalled the spark plug and put gas back in blower checked to make sure oil level was correct
25. Started blower and made sure the belts worked made small adjustment to tension with blower started and the blower was like night and day difference in throwing distance
26. After looking to make sure everything was routed and working properly shut off blower removed spark plug and replaced all covers
27.Rechecked to make sure all bolts were now tight that were loosened
28. Put old belts in the bag for future reference making note the drive belt was still working but the blower belt was not and dated the bag the belts were in with new part number labels that I bought from ereplacements.

Slow and easy

Snapper I522 Snowblower, was Name by the factory "Snow King". Auger bearings don't last over 5 seasons, or at least should be checked every 5th year, depending on location and the amount of snow you get. My snapper is a Old Unit, but well built back then to last. No rust, very little wear. Oil always changed every Fall. On these snowblowers you have to remove both belts, which requires some tricky work, best to remove the belt pulleys and walk off the belts below on the two pulleys. Then split the box from the engine housing and pull that out to separate the unit. Once that's done remove the two pulleys, belts, and auger bearing and spacer. Reassemble those parts and place the two belts on the pulleys and slide the unit back together, having a helper keeping the belts on the pulleys, start two or three bolts to the box unit , Then before the rest of the bolts on the box unit install the belts on the two upper pulleys. Took me a few trys, but it is the only, easy way to install the belts. Once that's completed, install the rest, pulleys, and adjust the belts for the snow auger and drive traction. Once I figured that was the easiest way to remove and install and adjust it works great. Oh and the auger pulley has a rubber brake on a arm that stops the auger when not blowing snow, check that rubber brake pad, seems to be just a piece of 3/8" rubber hose about 3/4" in length. Done. Thank You.

1 Removed upper belt guard, I removed to snow chute to gain better access to belts
2 Removed bottom cover to access drive control
3 Move gear lever to reverse
4 Remove traction belt, belt is tight so you will have to roll belt off upper pulley, once off pulley pull out through bottom of machine.
5 Remove blower belt, will have to remove some bolts that hold the belt retainers in place for belt removal, may have to also roll belt off upper pulley to remove, once off remove from the bottom of machine.
6 Now you can install new belts, make sure to install blower belt first then traction belt.
7 When changing drive disc, you can tip the machine up on its auger end, I tipped it up and supported the back end with a jack stand.
8 Now you need to remove the screws that hold the drive disc retainer, mine had five, I used a vise grip to hold the drive wheel from turning when breaking the screws loose.
9 Once all screws are removed the retaining washer should fall off and you can slide the old drive disc off the hub and put on new one, then replace retaining washer and screws and tighten.
10 Replace bottom cover and then set back on wheels.
11 Replace belt cover and snow chute and then start machine and adjust belts as needed