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ice auger help please!!!!! hole drilling

mustangt69

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hi i have an older ice king ice auger, i believe its similar to jiffys. Anyways this past weekend i was at the lake drilling a couple holes and i would get almost all the way through and the auger would start binding in the hole. Seems like it would start when the auger first breaks through and water comes in. to get it all the way through i had to rev up the auger and try to chip through the last little bit. The auger works great until then. It was about 19 1/2 inches of ice. am i doing something wrong or is something wrong with my auger?

thank you

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ozzie Grand Master

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On the mechanic side I have no clue as to why this happens but when ever I have that problem of cutting a hole and the auger locks tight in the hole I usually lift up and remove shavings from hole and go back at it but I have never had the problem of not breaking through unless I needed the extension!!

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Kyle Sandberg Mentor

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How cold was it when you were dilling the holes. I know some guys when they drill in cold weather have had the auger lock up on them. The metal shaft of the auger gets so cold that when the water rushing up meets the cold metal and snow it instantly freezes binding the auger in the hole.

I could also be a sharpness problem. Check the blade and consider getting a new one.

Your motor sounds like its running fine. Most augers will bog down right before breaking through but a carb kit wouldn't hurt anything.

Also, make sure your using the right gas mixture and oil. If you've changed stuff rectently it might have too much oil/not enough gas reducing power when breaking through.

I hope you get it figured out.

K Dawg

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IcePro Proficient

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There is nothing wrong with your auger and you are not doing anything wrong.

You will experience the blade binding right before the auger breaks through the ice on most single chipper blade units.

The reason for this is as the blade goes around it will break through the ice. Once the blade has broken through the ice it is now below the ice and the remaining ice is not cut. The flitting of the auger is what is breaking through the rest of the ice.

One thing that will help is as soon as the auger breaks through lift the auger up and put back down, this will cut more of the ice that was not originally cut.

Others things that will help especially in thick is lift the auger up and remove the shavings out of the hole while drilling to reduce the amount of weight and had pressure on the auger.

Sharp blades will assist as well.

Jiffy’s STX units have extra cutting blades on the pilot point and reduce the binding 110%.

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My Jiffy does the same. I have found that if I choke it a little bit it will give it the extra power it needs to get through the last bit of ice. The tension spring attached to the throttle on the underside of your motor may also be a little loose after all the years of use. If I am not careful when I choke the motor the engine floods on occasion but for the most part it has worked great.

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Mustang69, I have an old ice king as well, and it does that same thing. Will cut through the ice fine until it breaks into the water. Kind of a pain but lifting it up and down a couple of times will get it through. I was wondering if there was something wrong with it as well. I am glad you posted...

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Hey there Mustang69--

I have an Ice King Auger as well -- do you know where one can get replacement blade(s) for it? Mine is real dull. I mean, it took me about two minutes per hole drilling through 16 inches of ice. I have searched the internet world over, but cannot find any replacement blades for an old Ice King.

Any information will sure help!

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