Snow Blower Parts, Hex Flange Washer Screw (M6×10), Stock #303020492

Snow Blower Parts, Hex Flange Washer Screw (M6×10), Stock #303020492 is a fastener, the specific nut, bolt, screw, washer or clip that holds one part of the machine to another. The stock number is 303020492. The thread is M6, and the next size either way will not do. It is listed under Parts and Accessories. If you are cross referencing an old component, compare the stamping against 303020492 before ordering.

The case for this snow blower hex flange washer

Hardware is where amateur repairs go wrong. The part costs pennies and the thread it strips costs a housing. A snow blower shakes, freezes and thaws all winter. The hardware holding it together is doing more work than it looks like.

The thread is M6, and the next size either way will not do. It is listed under Parts and Accessories. The stock number is 303020492. You are looking at $4.18 CAD delivered into the Canadian market.

Specification at a glance

You are looking at $4.18 CAD delivered into the Canadian market. Order before the first forecast moves demand and the item is on a shelf rather than on a backorder.

How to tell it needs changing

Watch for these. Catching any of them early is the difference between a part and a repair bill.

• a rounded or stripped head left by an earlier repair
• vibration that appeared after work was done nearby
• visible corrosion at the thread or under the head
• a fastener that turns without tightening
• a washer flattened out of shape

A fastener that has been rounded once should not go back in. Late summer through October is when choice is widest across the whole catalogue.

What it fits

The identifier that matters here is 303020492. Machine names change between production years and the number does not. Manufacturers change suppliers mid model, which is why two identical looking machines take different parts.

Count the threads showing on the original and match them on the replacement. Use a thread locker only where the manual asks for it, and never on a nylon insert nut.

the snow blower repair guide shows where the manufacturer stock number is stamped on each common component. Fitment questions get answered the same business day, which is faster than a wrong part takes to arrive.

What Canadian weather asks of it

Two cities can share an annual snowfall figure and need machines two sizes apart. What separates them is how the snow arrives: many small falls or a few large ones, dry or saturated, with or without a municipal plow sealing the entrance afterwards.

Check your own station against the ECCC records before comparing any two products.

Installing the replacement

Work with the plug lead pulled on a petrol machine and the pack out on a cordless one. Note where the longer bolts came from. They are rarely interchangeable with the short ones.

Check whether the original had a nylon insert, a flange or a shoulder before substituting anything. Do not throw the original away until the repair is proven on a real pass.

Impeller injuries remain the most common serious accident with this equipment, and they happen to experienced operators who took one shortcut. The same rule applies whenever the auger housing is open.

Ordering and delivery

It is priced at $4.18 in Canadian dollars, with no conversion applied at the checkout. Canada wide delivery, with freight free above $999. shipping and delivery has the detail.

Before starting a return, read returns and refunds, because a machine that has had fuel through it is treated differently. Every machine carries its full manufacturer warranty. The exclusions are on the warranty policy.

The contact page is the fastest route to a straight answer on fitment. Consumer rights when buying a snow blower hex flange washer in Canada, above any retailer policy, are set out by Consumer Protection Ontario.

Reading the listing

Listed as hex, flange, washer, screw, which is the level of precision this catalogue works at. Two lines can differ by one word and be entirely different parts.

This line is 303020492. Thread size M6 is exact and the adjacent sizes will not thread correctly. That is the level of detail worth checking twice before you click buy.

What else to check

The second strip down is the expensive one, so look at the neighbours now. The same visit should cover the covers and guards for cracks. Give the seals at every shaft exit a proper look while access is easy. Look at the bearings for play and roughness before you close it up.

snow blower parts carries the whole list, searchable by stock number rather than by machine name. the maintenance checklist sets out the seasonal order to work through them in, and the snow blower repair guide covers what to do when one of them turns out to be the real fault.

Building a small spares kit

Nothing on this list costs much. That is rather the point: the components that immobilise a snow blower are almost all cheap, and the expense is entirely in the timing of when you discover you need one.

We hold them on the parts catalogue with profile, length and stock number printed on each listing.

Questions and answers

How this one differs from the line beside it

The catalogue splits these by an M6 by 10 millimetre thread, stock number 303020492, and this is that one. Order against 303020492 rather than against a description. That number is what our catalogue and the manufacturer parts diagram agree on, and it survives the model name changes that happen between production years.

Thread M6 by 10 millimetres is exact rather than nominal. One size either way will either refuse to start or will strip the casting it goes into, and an aluminium thread gives no warning before it lets go.

Where two lines share a body and differ on the numbers, the numbers are the product. Everything else is packaging. If you order by telephone or email, give 303020492 rather than a description of the part.

The variant question

Two components can sit next to each other in a catalogue, share a photograph and fit nothing in common. This one is 303020492. Position words, thread sizes and assembly descriptors are the whole difference and they are the part people skip.

If you are working from a parts diagram, match the callout number to the stock number rather than to the picture. Diagrams are drawn once and reused across several production years, so the illustration is often a generation behind the component actually fitted.

A photograph of the machine plate settles this in one message. It is faster than a return and we would rather answer the question.

Snow blower hex flange washer, in short

If you are searching for a snow blower hex flange washer and want the answer without the reading, this listing is it. A snow blower hex flange washer is judged on fit and on supply rather than on badge, and both are covered above. Order the snow blower hex flange washer you actually need rather than the one that photographs best.