+wfharty3 -- Me. too. Same snowblower, same issue. Ready to tackle this.

Even knowing how, these units are a pain in the ass to reassemble. The plastic body parts never want to fit back together. I've been fixing small engines for eons, and I still dread taking these apart. I think a lovely design feature would be an access panel in the center of the panel the gentleman removed in this video to provide access to the primer bulb/hose, switch wiring, carb etc without having to remove the whole panel. I'm sure that will never happen! Most manufacturers of non-commercial equipment aren't in the business of making life easy for the one performing service and repair to their products. After all, if they were easy to fix, fewer people would get frustrated and buy a new one. Same reason why you never get real world, helpful info regarding how to properly put your machine up for storage in the off season. I would say that 90% of all my business is people bringing in snowblowers in the early winter and mowers in the early summer that have gunked up carburettors as a result of not being properly stabilized at the end of the previous seasons usage. Incidentally, if you want to know the right way, here it is: 1. Ignore what grandpa used to tell you about running all the gas out of it and it'll be fine. It won't. I promise. If you have done and it was fine, consider yourself very lucky and/or in possession of a very unusual machine. 2. First, do your normal end of season oil change, lubing, blade sharpening etc per your machines service manual. If you don't have a service manual (not owners manual) go online and find one and print it out. 9 out of 10 times they are available free, unless you have something obnoxious like a John Deere. 3. Fill up the fuel tank with HIGH TEST gas. The highest you can get in your area of the world. Near me it's 93 octane; some Sunoco's carry 94 octane. 4.Fill er up and add fuel stabilizer. Common one goes by the name Stabil. Get the marine type if you can. If not, it's ok. Add it to the gas (mix ratio on bottle) but increase the mix ratio by a factor of 2. In other words, double the amount it tells you to use. Mix up the gas and stabilizer by moving machine vigorously. Actually, if you know how much gas your machine takes, add the stabilizer first, then pour gas in. It will pretty well mix itself that way. Either way, make sure it's mixed up. 5. Here's the critical step many people miss. Start and run the machine. I'll repeat it with gusto: START AND RUN THE MACHINE!! What you are doing is running the stabilized gas all through the fuel system, from the fuel lines, to the filter, pump (in you have one) and into the carburetor. Any carburetor is a maze of tiny holes and passages through which fuel passes. If you don't get stabilized fuel into all of these micro holes, all of your efforts is for naught. Anywhere there is raw, untreated fuel, there is a good chance that over the course of the off-season, the fuel will evaporate out of these little passageways, leaving behind either a thick gooey sludge, a hard yellow-brown varnish type substance, or both. All it takes for the machine to not start next season is for one of these little passages to be clogged up with the aforementioned crap. So, take it from me. I've spent many a well-paid hour cleaning out nasty carbs that would have been absolutely fine but for a bit of preventative maintenance the previous season. In case you are wondering why I would encourage people to perform maintenance that will effectively take business away from me, rest assured that no matter how hard I try, there will always be an unlimited supply of people that just don't do it, thereby keeping me busy from now to infinity. Good luck and thanks for reading!

+revmpandora thats because people are lazy and just want to use it and put it away expecting it to perform flawlessly next time they need it.

Yup.

fiddler2u Did you have any success with this?

try some silicone spray to make it slip on.

Dino Marchesini What model number do you have?

+Nicholas Dumas According to information I can get on your tool, Them M-28 is listed with model number 0726-20. The brush assembly for this model is located at the following link:www.ereplacementparts.com/carbon-brush-kit-p-721090.html We have many of these in stock and can easily get the assembly out to you.

+ringtrap exactly what I did today when test running my new to me CCR powerlite!