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Old 01-26-2015, 04:23 PM
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Can someone do me a huge favor and post a picture of the tensioner pulley spring on your 551 blower? Can you also grab a couple dimensions (length, spring diameter, etc)?

Last night I realized my recent purchase of a 551 did not come with that spring. All local Cub dealers don't have it in stock, and I'm hoping to give it a workout tonight. Hopefully I can find something similar at the local hardware store (if they're still open).
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Old 01-26-2015, 04:37 PM
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Looks like the spring is going to be worth the price of gold by what I've seen.
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Just my 2 cents but it may be a bit late to get your blower ready at least for this storm. But good luck. Hope you have a plan B.
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Day late or a dollar short as always. Haha.

You're probably right, but I work best under pressure so we'll see what happens. Plan B is my old neighbors f450 mason dump with a v-plow. Actually truth-be-told, that's plan A. The cub is plan B.
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Day late or a dollar short as always. Haha.

You're probably right, but I work best under pressure so we'll see what happens. Plan B is my old neighbors f450 mason dump with a v-plow. Actually truth-be-told, that's plan A. The cub is plan B.
Better plan, the F450 has a cab and heat.

Good luck stay safe, warm, dry and keep us EX Yankee's posted.
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I don't have a 551 to get you a length..... But, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out. Mount the blower, use your hand or a pry bar to hold the tensioner pulley tight. Measure the distance between the spring mounts, and get a tough spring that is shorter than that distance. If you don't get a tight enough one, they are only like $6..... so guess. Should be pretty easy.
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Can someone do me a huge favor and post a picture of the tensioner pulley spring on your 551 blower? Can you also grab a couple dimensions (length, spring diameter, etc)?

Last night I realized my recent purchase of a 551 did not come with that spring. All local Cub dealers don't have it in stock, and I'm hoping to give it a workout tonight. Hopefully I can find something similar at the local hardware store (if they're still open).
Mark, I looked on Partstree and found the spring part # to be 932-0384. I then googled the spring to see what was available. Believe or not there were a lot of hits for it - even Sears!. One of the places listed the following - Extension Spring, - .62 X 6.12 .

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Hope this helps you outsomewhat. I also crossed the number to see it it was the same spring as used on the 450 blower. It is not. Prices range from $ 4.00 to about $ 9.00. Seeing your in CT, I see there's someone who has one used from an MTD Tiller in Turners Falls,MA
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