BillH wrote:
I did some maintenance on my $100 snowblower yesterday, rebuilt the leaking carb ($5 float needle), changed oil, lubed it, easy until I hit the augers. You're supposed to pull the shear bolts so you can spin the augers on the shafts while lubing. Noticed one bolt was broken. Then found out some idiot put regular bolts in instead of putting in $4 shear bolts. The threads on the broken bolt cold welded the bolt into the shaft and it had to be drilled out. Except the auger blades were in the way of the drill so I had to force my right angle drill attachment beneath the auger blsdes and also use drill bit extensions to get it drilled. Added an hour to a 5 minute job.
I hate it when people do half ass repairs.