Snow Caster vibration

[DavidBarkey]

Snow caster shake / vibration when engaged .
Tried it out on an snow bank . Chewed through it quite well and shot the snow / ice granules about 20' in the air and about 10' to the side with the deflector all the way up. Better side distance with the deflector half down . I may need to do a wedge cut half way up the chute to get better side distance . Normal snow and getting wipers on the auger paddles will help as well

Ok , back to the vibration / shake , under load or not . This is my second caster , the first shuck violently but was visible bent . This one is straight , I checked . This thing has all new auger,shaft, pulley bearings ,chain and belt . The clutch has been rebuilt as well . I did notice that the gap between the auger is different from one paddle to the other one ,but is consistent along the auger along the length of it .
Any of you run into this before . I can' afford to have it machined true .

Dave

[Timj]

is it annoying bad or is it going to shake apart bad? Do you think it's an out of alignment issue or out of balance?

[Eugen]

Hm.. the auger in your caster is the auger I had in mine and I can't recall any bad vibration. The shell of yours is from a caster I had that I never used. The reason I put the auger from the one I never used into mine was because one of the bearings was not the right type, the previous owner did that. I opened it with plans to put new bearings and then the snow started and couldn't wait for bearings so I just used the other auger which had old bearings but still functional. My point is that I don't know why yours would shake, as it didn't in mine.

[DavidBarkey]

Hm.. the auger in your caster is the auger I had in mine and I can't recall any bad vibration. The shell of yours is from a caster I had that I never used. The reason I put the auger from the one I never used into mine was because one of the bearings was not the right type, the previous owner did that. I opened it with plans to put new bearings and then the snow started and couldn't wait for bearings so I just used the other auger which had old bearings but still functional. My point is that I don't know why yours would shake, as it didn't in mine.

Still trying to figure it out .

Dave

[MattA]

Is this the caster you added rubber paddles to? Are the paddles the same size and the same distance out on the auger?

[DavidBarkey]

Is this the caster you added rubber paddles to? Are the paddles the same size and the same distance out on the auger?

I have not added the rubber paddles / wipers as yet .
I am putting the chains and weights on the rears . Then I will take the auger drive chain off and engage the pto to see weather it is the auger or the drive that is the source .

Dave

[propane1]

Driveshaft from belt pulley to chain cog bent. Or bad bearing on either end bad.


Noel

[Jancoe]

Did you reuse the driveshaft pulley? Maybe a wobble in that pulley where it's pinned on?

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[DavidBarkey]

@Propane57 @Jancoe Yes I reused the pulley and shaft . I still have to unhook the auger and run the drive to isolate which side it is coming from . But that will have to wait until tomorrow . It took me all day to fitt the chains and put the weights on the rears , but they are good and tight with no bungees. But that is done and it is back on the lift again .

Dave

[Jancoe]

I'm wondering if the uhmw guides on the chain are causing a vibration? I want to add uhmw to mine also.
What model caster is it?
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