Snowblower Doesn't Move In Reverse || Troy Bilt Shift Cable

How to adjust the shift cable on your troy bilt, mtd, yard machines, craftsman and similar snow blower that has no reverse.

[@BUGMAN63]

thank you, had mine for 3 years and it never backed up . one was too slow one, never work.. now it WORKS.... yeah...... cant wait for it to snow...

[@davidbattaglia5472]

Thank you for an excellent video, and the answer to my problem. I didn't have to remove the cover, since all I needed to do was move the cable lever.

[@paulmysliborski4832]

Excellent description, and great video. Another thing most owners do not realize is that the drive disc itself is adjustable on the hex shaft. After you dial-in your cable/bracket, you can slide your drive disc further toward the reverse side (past center) to gain reverse speed. What you gain in reverse speed is lost on the top end of forward, but who cares? Forward speed 6 is stupid fast anyway. Lol I made this adjustment on the first day my 3090 Storm was delivered to my house after assembly, and it was WELL worth it.

[@zombiemontage]

Thanks for the explanation. I lost both my reverse gears and this explains it!

[@EuropaMan]

Thank you Blake for the clear explanation. This has been a headache for a couple of years. I can do this adjustment on my Yard-Man. So slow in reverse. Appreciate your video.

[@richardmilla9891]

Great presentation! I have been having problems with this for years. This fixed my problem. I now have power in both rear drive one and two, and all six forward drives. Thank you.

[@BlakesGarage1]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching. Like and subscribe if you're interested

[@KPussGT]

Thanks for an easy, well explained fix - much appreciated.

[@ChavezOG]

Great video! Adjusted my Cub Cadet because I had no R1 and my 1st gear was too fast. Now it drives as it should. Thank you

[@SkidderOne]

Thanks, and she works fine now! : )

[@CTPark-so5sk]

Damn!! You solved my problem in 2 minutes!!! Thank You!!

[@waynefoy4790]

helped me big time, thanks

[@judyjohnson630]

Thanks for the video. This takes the cake, Blake!

[@BlakesGarage1]

Give me a break! (Thanks for watching)

[@Mikethefisherman]

Just what I needed thanks!

[@StormbringerMM]

Perfect video, same problem here. Excellent. Subscribed.

[@sinabagherisarvestani8924]

Nice video , thanks for the upload , this model looks almost identical to my model but its a different brand

[@grahmpike9032]

Great Video, Thanks

[@dennisobrycki4029]

Great video this is my exact problem. Is removing the cover really necessary? Seems like you can adjust the cable without removing the cover. Thanks

[@veritas4685]

Very informative

[@PainterD54]

I've only found one machine so far that I cannot find any type of adjustment on the friction drive wheel. Most of them have some kind of adjustment rod or on the newer ones, a cable adjustment somewhere. Once you take the belly pan off, and move the gear selector back and forth, you will see how it works and what moves the wheel. The just look for some type of adjustment in the system. Easy on most machines. It seems the cheap cables on the newer machines like to stretch and need adjusting after a few years.

[@antonioestrada1489]

Thanks.👍🏼🇺🇸

[@ronforan3864]

Thanks great video very helpful

[@memphis3748]

Thx man

[@johnd911]

My troybilt doeasn't have the adjustable plate , pain in the rear playing with the holes on the handle and holes on the non-adjustable plate

[@Ivan-Torres-1979]

Nice

[@bradbecker9425]

my cable ends broke (cheap) put small turnbuckle on shift lever with knot in cable now i can really fine tune my forward& reverse speeds and whith the heavy snows in the black hills there is no need for speed

[@BlakesGarage1]

Excellent idea!

[@griffan8605]

Good video. Did you find making this adjustment made shifting the knob into reverse any harder? Just bought a new Troy bilt and there seems to be so much tension when trying to Move it into reverse 1 or 2 .

[@BlakesGarage1]

It is a very high tension cable (poor design) but surprisingly I've only seen one or two broken cables across 50 or 60 units. The misadjustment is much more common.

[@griffan8605]

@@BlakesGarage1 yeah it really is a weird design... other than that , this model had everything I wanted. So I decided to put up with the heavy tension getting into reverse. I guess there is no way to loosen that up with adjustments you're saying ?

[@BlakesGarage1]

@griffan8605 correct. Unfortunately not. I think it's solely based on the installed return spring.

[@griffan8605]

@@BlakesGarage1 thanks for the info! Have a good one

[@davidlumpkin9253]

Anyone have troy bilt 2890 that has issue with turn right trigger. My unit will not turn right....any ideas

[@XRP-fb9xh]

I bought a new on with the exact same setup. It’s so hard to shift that the shift lever wants to bend and feels like I may break the cable. Was yours like this? Thanks

[@BlakesGarage1]

Sounds like the shift shaft needs a good cleaning. Grease and grime can become built up so the friction disc won't skies easily left to right. Try a can of brake clean and rag to get the shift shaft cleaned up while moving things through each gear.

[@XRP-fb9xh]

@@BlakesGarage1 Thank you! Will try this in the weekend.

[@ES-ge7bb]

Er, if I have to flip my snowblower upside down to do some work on it, must I empty the fuel or oil first?

[@BlakesGarage1]

No

[@BlakesGarage1]

Correction, don't flip it upside down. Rock it forward onto the auger housing.

[@josephcadieux715]

reverse is still too slow for me and even forward. Maybe I need a tractor instead. I hate slow joe's.

[@GLRAKER]

Fantastic!! Thanks very much. I think I can't fix it now.