450 impeller shaft
 

I'm in the process of tearing down my 450 snow thrower. Is the shaft that goes from the impeller to the front auger gear box supposed to be sloppy? I have the impeller with the shaft still roll pinned in place and it has a lot of slop in it. Just didn't know if this was normal. I'm probably going to be buying a new impeller since mine is heavily bent and the splines in back are shot.

I can not say, but if I was to venture a guess, I would be inclined to think....no slop.

And I would have to agree 100%, splines are made to be a snug fit.
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The splines appear to be separate from the shaft. There is no movement of the spline while moving the shaft.

Have you priced that impeller? :biggrin2:

$171.84 on Amazon

You can fix a lot for $178.....

You mean if I had a welder and machine shop? Or if I knew how to weld or machine things? The impeller splines are all but gone. The impeller fins ingested a frozen 2x4 last winter so they're not looking too good either.

Or took it to one of those places.....