BX5450 auger bearings

[Cfrazer]

Does anybody have an easy way to change the bearings, the left side needs to be changed and only way I see is to remove the entire auger and fan assembly, just thinking there has to be an easier way.

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[Cfrazer]

Ok got this far but can’t seem to get the shaft all the way out, do I need to remove the plate in the 2nd pic holding what I believe is the impeller shaft bearings?


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[200mph]

The shaft should slide through the bearing without removal of the bearing. Is the fan able to slide easily along the shaft?

Is it possible just to rotate the auger CCW a bit more than shown in picture #2 to gain additional clearance to remove bearing?

 

[Cfrazer]

The shaft should slide through the bearing without removal of the bearing. Is the fan able to slide easily along the shaft?

Is it possible just to rotate the auger CCW a bit more than shown in picture #2 to gain additional clearance to remove bearing?

Thanks, I thought it should slide through the bearing, but it’s not doing it, the fan slides along fine but it appears the bearing is not allowing the shaft to slide through at the very end of it, spraying it all with pb blaster now to see if it will loosen up.


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[Cfrazer]

Well I had to remove the bearing from shaft with a crowbar but it’s off anyway, might as well replace all the bearings seeing I’ve gone this far.

Hopefully it goes back together easier than it came off.

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[thebicman]

Do you mind me asking how many hours are on the blower? Looks almost brand new. Premature bearing failure, why?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

The end of the shaft sounds to be mushroomed out, dress it up with a fine file or emery cloth so it will slide easily onto the new bearing.

In the picture it looks like the bearing locking collar is still in place?
That would make it very difficult to remove the bearing.

 

[Cfrazer]

The end of the shaft sounds to be mushroomed out, dress it up with a fine file or emery cloth so it will slide easily onto the new bearing..

Think you nailed it NIW, the new bearing didn’t want to go back on either so per your direction ran a file around a bit and it did seem to help but still needed a little persuasion.

Probably wouldn’t have been too bad if that shaft would have slid out of the bearing as it was supposed to, anyway it is all back together and working so I’m happy.

Thanks for everyone’s input, I’m definitely a newbie at all this so really appreciate it.





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[Cfrazer]

Do you mind me asking how many hours are on the blower? Looks almost brand new. Premature bearing failure, why?

This is only my 3rd year with the tractor so I***8217;d guess the blower has no more than 50-60 hours on it.

The left auger bearings locking collar basically split, the other side and impeller bearing were fine but I replaced them anyway as I ended up taking it all apart.

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[DustyRusty]

I have seen a bunch of these bearings fail, and I am inclined to believe that it is because they weren't properly greased at manufacturer. Pack all new grease in the bearings whenever I replace them. Sealed bearings are the worse, because when you use a pin to pry up the seal, and you see there is very little grease in there, you know that it is going to fail prematurely. I have never seen a collar failure like you have pictured.