Wheel Assy Frictio 984-0042C

Took the back plate off, drained the gas from the tank, tipped the snow blower on its front, removed the wheels pulled the axle removed the old part replaced it with the new part and reassembled.

Removed worn parts and reinstalled new parts. It took about 1 hour including readjustment of cable actuating friction wheel. The compartment where the friction Disc assembly is contained is very tight requiring the plate be inserted at an angle before inserting pivot pins in their proper holes. Reinstalling the friction wheel was simple with the bearings removed, after the friction wheel was in place the reinstalling the bearings was easy.

Removed skid plate by removing four 3/8 hex head screws
Remove 1/2” bolt in the ends of the drive shaft
Using snap ring pliers remove or slide to the center of the driveshaft the retainer ring for the chain drive
Slide driveshaft towards the chain drive pulley and out of the barring .
You should have enough room to remove old friction wheel off the opposite end of the driveshaft. If you need more room to remove the actuator remove the cotter pin and separate amateur.
At this point your Removal is done.

Install new friction wheel make sure to insert the actuator and slide the driveshaft into the barring and in stall the bolt. Now slide the chain drive pulley back over to where it belongs. Slide snap ring over to retain the chain pulley in its place. Put the other bolt in the end of the driveshaft. Make sure the actuator is working properly before reconnecting the amateur with the cotter pin. Make sure snap ring is in the retaining grove. If all is operating correctly replace skid plate. Tighten all bolts.... now wait for the next snowstorm