old ice auger trouble shooting

[RICKD]

I am an ice fishing novice!!
I recently came across an older eskimo ice auger....age/power unkown. I can get the motor to run but when I start drilling into the ice the auger quits turning. after running a few seconds in engage the auger again and it runs just a few seconds and then stops rotating...is there a clutch ajustment or what?

[Jimmy]

Sounds like either a bad clutch or a shear pin in busted from one of the gears.

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Jimmy

[walleyedr2]

could be lack of gas or air maybe? check gas cap for a cheap way out

[Surface Tension]

When your auger stops it'll most be from one of two things. Lack of power which would be a dirty carb or a carb that needs adjustment or a bad clutch. If its your clutch you'll hear it ratchet if its power it'll bog.

[metro 1]

I'll go with the bad clutch, I own a old Eskimo and mine had similar problems . You could just take the lower clutch assembly apart . It's easily done and you just need to put new gear oil in after. My auger was broke where the centrifugal clutch met the gears (drilling in dirt ..Bad for them) .I now have a Strikemaster and everthing is ok.Metro

[RICKD]

thank you for the responses. As it turns out I just needed to have the carb adjusted...was running way to rich.....now it works like a charm....gone fishing!!!