Well.....it happened....I got all dressed up to clean the drive-way of two feet of snow we had. I said to myself, "Ok....this has to be done".
Little did I realize what was in store....
After putting the gas in, starting it.... I got no more than 7 ft. into the yard and the right wheel popped out.... 
So....ok....don't panic.... first, well.... shut the ignition. Yes, that is very important.
Then, I managed to haul the thing (now folks, this is a BIG snowblower....big....and it's a heavy piece of metal, ya know?....).....so....I managed to
haul it back into the garage.
The winds are howling.... the gusts of snow are there....I have weird flashbacks of being in the Artic or some remote Alaska station in the middle of
nowhere... ......... Ok.....enough of that vision....
So.....back to reality.....the snowblower.... hmm.... I start an interior conversation with myself....outloud in the garage.... with the garage door still
open because I needed the light to see how I could fix this....
*Ok Shan, you can do this.... simple as A, B, C.....no sweat....just take little by little....that's all....*
So, I march courageously in the house, to the utility room....get my rachet set....my pliers...my hydraulic lift ....k....the weight of the hydraulic lift
alone zapped the energy out of me....heh....
Ok....so... like.....it's cold out there....my fingers found that out when touching the cold hard metal....yes....brrrr....cold....hmm....k.....gotta
close the garage door...yes....turn on garage light
Hmm....now.... I had to turn that HEAVY piece of metal on its side.....k.... lift....huff puff....k....this thing is not lift....not budging....oh yes,
ofcourse...the hydraulic lift
.....so....I
proceed to lift this HEAVY piece of metal....well... on its side....the rest was easy..... letting it drop on its side.....k.... so far so good....
*Shan's muscles are already tired now*
K..... next....
Instructions
1. Unscrew bottom panel....k...
2. Place bolts where you can find them after....k....
3. Take plate off slowly.... k....
4. Watch the pieces inside fall on the garage floor....
5. Do NOT Panic... repeat..... do not panic.... this is just the beginning....
6. Pick up the pieces... put them in a place separate from the bolts.....k....
7. Warm up your fingers, there's frostbite now...k
8. Proceed to examine the interior
9. Go get a lamp in the house because you can't see the interior (insuffient lighting)
10. Plug lamp in 
11. Re-proceed to examine the interior....
12. Do NOT panic....repeat.....do not panic....
13. Slowly examine the pieces
14. Wipe your glasses from the vapor breath condensation
15. Take the cold steel toothed wheel and place the chain back on it
16. Warm up your fingers, there's dried ice on the metal wheel (OUCH!!!!!!)
17. Take your glasses off and place them on a flat surface, preferably OFF the garage floor
18. Examine pieces carefully
19. Try to place the sprocket with the chain, connecting to the thing-a-ma-jigum piece that fits in the side hole, but from the inside
20. Do not swear
21. Step back and re-examine the situation
22. Undo the side handle bar, thinking it will allow more space inside to fit the sprocket with the chain and that thing-a-ma-jigum
23. Re-examine the situation
24. Re-try to place the sprocket with chain carefully aligning the thing-a-ma-jigum
25. Pick the pieces back up
26. Do not swear
27. Go inside to warm up
28. Do not fall asleep in the chair
29. Return to the cold...brrrr....garage and continue the work
30. Take into consideration your "flash
idea"....release the other wheel by pulling out the "pin" and allowing the wheel to fall to the garage floor
31. Examine the situation
32. Do not swear
33. Go back in the house to warm up again, and take the time to relax
34. Go back in the garage and re-assemble the wheel that fell to the garage floor....you now have an idea of what the wheel you need to fix should be
like 
35. Do not get discouraged when you realize all that time was for nothing and you're back to square one....
36. Remain positive at all times....this is important.....yes....remain positive.... you can do this....
37. Try to re-align the shaft to the sprocket and the chain AND to that thing-a-ma-jigum
38. Carefully lift the wheel and insert the extension through the outer hole, trying to insert the extension through the sprocket and chain, that
thing-a-ma-jigum and the shaft....
39. Do not swear and do not get discouraged when the pieces fall all out again.
40. Repeat the procedure....this time, just be more careful.
41. Again, do not get discouraged when the pieces fall out again.
42. Return to warm up inside the house after 10 repetitions.
43. Remain positive.
44. Do not listen to your tummy growling from hunger pangs.
45. PRAY.
46. Align the pieces again, and PRAY...now slowly insert the wheel.
47. Do not get too excited if the wheel extension has finally managed to pass through that "thing-a-ma-jigum and the sprocket with chain, but has not
entered into the shaft yet.
48. Take the big bags of salt off one of the lawn chairs, and sit on the lawn chair in the garage to relax.
49. Do not think of the pain in your back, your sore fingers and do NOT get discouraged.
50. Pick yourself off the chair, and try to lift the snowblower a bit in order to move the bottom wheel to position the shaft.
51. Do not swear if it does not move.
52. Sit back down to re-couperate.
53. Get back up and re-try again.
54. Do not sprain your back.
55. Do NOT kick the snowblower in frustration.
56. Pick up your tools, AND your glasses and return into the house.
57. Collapse on the bed.
58. Rest, get some sleep, wake up and return to the snowblower with new ideas. 
59. Under NO circumstances allow yourself to get discouraged.
60. Oh, and don't forget to call the landlord to tell her that the snowblower is not yet fixed and there's still 2 ft. of snow outside....heh.
61. Find your rachet before re-commencing.





