Chain Lubrication on LX2980 snow blower

[camaro88lover]

Hello. I am brand new here and I come here out of a sad situation. My fiance of 24+ years passed away almost 3 weeks ago in a solo snowmobiling accident. He was the one who did everything in the yard. He was the one who serviced our 2023 LX2610 and all the attachments. He fixed everything. So now, with him gone, I'm trying to figure out how to do at least basic maintenance and I'll have to have the place he bought it from do the bigger stuff.

Anyway, I come here with a question regarding the snow blower. It's a front mount LX2980 snow blower. On the blower, it says to lubricate the chain every 4 hours with chain lubricant. I did find what lubricant he was using, but I don't know how to lubricate the chain properly. This is probably a stupid question for you guys/gals, but how do you do that? How do I rotate the auger by hand? I tried (with the tractor off of course), and the auger doesn't move. Do I also spray lubricant on the sprocket the chain moves on? Do I spray any lubricant on anything else - perhaps where the chute rotates? How often do I do that?

I tried finding videos on it, but I only got videos on greasing certain points and other pre-use maintenance.

Thank you for your help.

 

[Toyboy]

Get a can of foaming motorcycle chain lube. You can rotate the chain however is the easiest. I like to use the foaming type because it sticks to the chain (when foam subsides it turns into a grease) and easy to use. No need to lube sprockets, the chain will transfer to them.

 

[tthorkil]

To turn the auger by hand - PTO(Power Take Off) or Tractor not running - push 'engagement Lever(#1 in drawing) away from snowblower(it has a rather stiff spring) towards front of tractor - this disengages the snowblower from tractor mid-PTO.
When done make sure to move engagement lever towards snowblower to re-engage snowblower to tractor mid-pto and turn the auger to make sure the 'dogs'? are re-engaged(can no longer turn the auger by hand.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Sorry about your loss!

Just spray some lube on what chain you can see or get to, if you overspray on the sprocket no worries.

When you get a chance look at the OPS manual for the tractor, that will help with all the maintenance.

 

[camaro88lover]

To turn the auger by hand - PTO(Power Take Off) or Tractor not running - push 'engagement Lever(#1 in drawing) away from snowblower(it has a rather stiff spring) towards front of tractor - this disengages the snowblower from tractor mid-PTO.
When done make sure to move engagement lever towards snowblower to re-engage snowblower to tractor mid-pto and turn the auger to make sure the 'dogs'? are re-engaged(can no longer turn the auger by hand.
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THANK YOU! I'll go try this out. This is the info I needed. May I ask where this diagram is from? I have the owner's manuals for everything, as well as the shop manuals. But I'm a bit overwhelmed with everything, including figuring out how to even use the tractor. So, I'm just trying to take it a little bit at a time.

~Sharon~

 

[tthorkil]

Page 15 of the LX2980 Snowblower Owner's Manual

 

[camaro88lover]

Page 15 of the LX2980 Snowblower Owner's Manual

Oh boy - I would have never found that! I have the manual, but I didn't go through the assembly section as it was already on the tractor. Thank you again!

~Sharon~

 

[tthorkil]

The reason that it is in the assembly section is that part is a portion of the LX2940 SUBFRAME & 4-POINT HITCH - the framework behind the snowblower allows for the mounting of the snowblower/snow blade/ and a rotary brush for cleaning snow off surfaces.
After removing the snowblower the subframe is easily removeable also by disconnecting the PTO shaft from the mid-pto disconnecting a couple of hydraulic hoses that go to the lift cylinders on the subframe and removing two pins(rear one first then the front pin) and lifting the front hooks off the mounting frame.