Snow Blower Parts -Upper Auger Cable, Stock #303200018A

Snow Blower Parts -Upper Auger Cable, Stock #303200018A is a control cable, the sheathed steel wire that carries a lever movement at the handle down to the clutch it operates. It is listed under Parts and Accessories. The stock number is 303200018A. We list this as 303200018A precisely because near identical parts are not interchangeable.

Choosing a snow blower upper auger cable for a Canadian driveway

Cable adjustment is the first thing a good shop checks and the last thing most owners do. Steel stretches under repeated load. A season of squeezing a lever is exactly that load.

The stock number is 303200018A. It is listed under Parts and Accessories. The figure is $13.94, quoted the way every price on this site is quoted, in Canadian dollars.

Key figures

At $13.94 Canadian, this sits where you would expect for the class. Late summer through October is when choice is widest across the whole catalogue.

Signs it has reached the end

Components in this family announce themselves fairly consistently. Any of the following is worth acting on before the next storm.

• visible fraying where the inner wire leaves the sheath
• a sheath that has kinked or been crushed
• stiffness that appears only in deep cold
• an adjuster barrel already wound to its limit
• a lever that must be squeezed fully before anything engages

Cables usually outlast several belts, but salt and grit inside the sheath shorten that considerably. Order before the first forecast moves demand and the item is on a shelf rather than on a backorder.

Delivery, returns and warranty

The listed price is $13.94 CAD and that is the figure you pay, because the stock is already in the country. Parcel delivery on small components, free freight once the order passes $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.

We would rather answer a question than process a return, so ask through the contact page. Consumer rights when buying a snow blower upper auger cable in Canada, above any retailer policy, are set out by Consumer Protection Ontario.

Identifying the correct component

Stock number 303200018A is what to quote if you email us to check a fit, because it removes the guesswork entirely. Model names persist for years while the components underneath them do not.

Check that the lever fully releases after adjustment, not just that it engages. Free the sheath ends of grit before fitting and a drop of light oil at each end keeps water out.

Where to find the stamped number on each part is covered in the snow blower repair guide. We would far rather answer a question than process a return, so ask before you order if there is any doubt.

How to change it

Disconnect the spark plug lead before anything else. It costs five seconds and removes the whole category of accident. Bag the fasteners by stage rather than tipping them into one tin.

Leave a little free play deliberately. A cable adjusted with no slack holds the clutch part engaged all winter. A side by side check catches the small dimensional differences that photographs never show.

The chute rule is the one that matters: engine off, auger stopped, and the clearing tool rather than a hand. The same rule applies whenever the auger housing is open.

Regional notes

If you are clearing in the Ontario and Quebec corridor, the local pattern is moderate depth with the plow ridge as the deciding factor. Stock moves quickly once the snow starts, which is the only real argument for ordering early.

Freight across the country slows once the first storms arrive, so autumn is when a spare actually reaches you quickly. Thirty year normals for your own station are published free by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

best snow blowers in Canada sorts picks by snowfall band and snow blower prices in Canada sets out what each class costs in Canadian dollars.

Reading the listing

This is catalogued as upper, auger, cable, and every one of those terms is doing work. Position words such as upper, lower, left and right are the ones people skip, and they are the ones that cause returns.

This line is 303200018A. Get that right and the rest of the order takes care of itself.

What else to check

Since the assembly is open, spend five minutes on what sits next to it. Do not close the assembly without checking the return springs at each lever. Look at the belts and their guides before you close it up. Give the shift and steering linkage a proper look while access is easy.

None of those are expensive, and snow blower parts has them by number. 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.

Planning ahead for February

There is a short list of components that fail during a storm, and every one of them is inexpensive if bought before the storm. Keep the stock numbers written inside the machine cover and reordering takes under a minute.

Those parts live on snow blower parts, and the maintenance checklist says when to check each of them. October is the quiet month for this. February is not, and freight times show it. Store it off a bare concrete floor. Concrete wicks moisture and rusts steel from the underside where nobody looks.

Two practical notes on choosing a snow blower upper auger cable. First, match it to the surface before the snowfall, because surface is the constraint that cannot be worked around. Second, a snow blower upper auger cable is only as useful as the wear parts you can get for it in February, which is why the stock numbers on this site matter more than the badge.

If you have owned a snow blower upper auger cable before, you already know the failure points. If you have not, the short version is that a snow blower upper auger cable fails at its consumables and almost never at its castings.

Common questions