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- posted November 16, 2018 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Snow Blowers
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To wrap up our snowblower saga....we ended up purchasing an entirely new plastic console piece, installed it, which corrected the broken arm issue on the gear shift. We then promptly put it up for sale on our local classified service for $400 and it was out of our lives a week later. As a result of what we went through, and the clearly poor manufacturing standards for the Husqvarna snowblowers, we will never buy another Husqvarna product again. We went out and bought a Honda snowblower.
- posted January 7, 2018 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Snow Blowers
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Just out of curiosity, were you able to find a part to repair this that isn't the entire control deck housing? From what we could gather when looking for the part is that it appears to be the entire plastic unibody piece that encompasses the whole top panel. We are still trying to figure out if we can have our machinist neighbor help us mickey-rig some sort of thin steel or aluminum plate to attach to this area of plastic to strengthen the area where this connects to the pulley/gear bar (not sure what it's called exactly). Why a company would design this part out of plastic is beyond comprehension, the amount of torque on the plastic is sure to break it, especially when it's cold, plastic and cold don't mix well.
- posted January 6, 2018 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Snow Blowers
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We also read that in the manual as well. We're frankly just shocked that Husqvarna isn't reading these threads and realizing they have a few major issues with inferior design and manufacturing and taking the time to make it right by issuing more durable replacement parts for those dealing with either this issue or the belt issue, which seems to be another hot topic on this website. We are going to fix it and promptly sell it and buy another brand. We just don't want further headaches down the road.
- posted January 6, 2018 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Snow Blowers
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Sorry for the non-technical speak. I have no idea what each part is called, but basically ours won't shift out of reverse because there isn't anything to support the "bar", the whole plastic piece underneath basically buckles due to the break in the plastic housing.
- posted January 6, 2018 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Snow Blowers
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In photo #2 it shows exactly the piece on ours that broke. The plastic snapped behind the bolt shown above your index finger in photo #2. We looked up the part on jackssmallengine.com and it appears this is a uni-body piece, which requires that the entire control cover be replaced. Not thrilled about that design flaw. We may need to mickey-rig a thin piece of steel cut to fit directly behind the bolt to help support the plastic when the gears are being shifted. It's just so frustrating given how few times it's been used since we purchased it. Why they would make these moving parts out of plastic is beyond comprehension.
- posted January 5, 2018 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Snow Blowers
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Ahh man! That's horrible. Sounds like a vast majority of consumers have been taken for a ride and essentially bought lemon snow blowers at inflated prices. I'm wondering if Husqvarna was bought out by some giant company? We read reviews for months prior to our purchase and were certain we were buying a quality product (as it should be when spending $1,000 on a snow blower). Boy were we wrong and, like you, will NEVER purchase another Husqvarna anything again. We were stunned to see that the gear assembly is essentially held together with a piece of plastic that isn't even as thick as the lid of our kitchen trash can! Ridiculous! We plan to repair our broken piece of plastic and sell the snow blower immediately and buy another brand. We've just read too many complaints on this website describing numerous issues with these snow blowers and don't want the headache of having more things break as time goes on.
- posted December 29, 2017 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Snow Blowers
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I couldn't have said it better myself! Kudos to you for being so direct. I, too, will never buy another Husqvarna product again after the issues I've had with the ST227P snow blower, which I purchased from Lowe's in 11/14. We had virtually no snow the winter of 2014-2015 so it I only used it once in early spring 2015 and then 3x during winter 2015-16 and once in early 2017. It's literally been used a total of 5x since I purchased it! It is stored in a heated garage and I even have a custom cover for it. I take good care of my tools and equipment. When I pulled it out to get it ready for winter 2017-18 the blasted thing is stuck in reverse! Not to mention the chute has never worked right since I bought it either. Pissed is an understatement, that's $1000 down the drain, I'll be lucky to get a third of that if I try to sell it. Thanks for sharing the alternate belt info, that is a life-saver!