Trouble with first power auger

[holehawg]

pics please when finished....

[michianafisherman]

I'll do better than that! I will drive it to PA so you can see it in person

[holehawg]

you do that and i'll have steaks on the grill and some cold ones waiting for ya...lmao...

[neil2fish]

Hey Toothfish,

The first bolt I took outta there was an M8 x 1.25 pitch.  Couldn't find that in grade 8 and I looked in 3 different hardware stores that have nice selection.  Tried stainless as I thought that it might be a little harder.  Actually took the auger in to make sure of the size because the far side is tapped as oppose to passing through and using nylock nut. Just got another one at my local HW shop and when I get her runnin' again I'll see how that does.  Thought M8 was weird because I thought Strikemaster was US built???

[toothfish]

Everything is going metric (I think the Canadians are behind this .. )
Stainless is soft. Probably better off with steel metric bolt and replace it once in awhile.

[neil2fish]

OK Fellas, for all who have helped and any who are watching - Good news and bad.  Easy to open up and I found it very simple inside.  The primary gear comes don from the motor where it is attached to the clutch drum.  This spins a compound gear with a large wheel on top and a small wheel on the underside - !st reduction.  This spins another large gear to which is welded the PTO shaft or the part you attach do your drill -2nd reduction.  pretty straightforward.  Bad news is that I toasted the compound gear and busted a tooth on the PTO gear.  Good news is that they are very easy to swap out and D-Rock in MN had both parts which will ship Monday and I'll be running again by weekend. $70 + shipping.  Also, found out while talking to D-rock that the reason it broke is that when my buddy put the new blade on he put it on bottom of plate instead of on top.  Creates a lot of torque because it sits too close to drilling point.  Bottom line is that we have nice strong motor a good clutch and learned a lot without anybody getting hurt.  When new parts arrive I will take more photos and post the whole things.  Thanks to all who responded and helped.