Remembering the past year's hurdles. My craftsman 247.88755 snow thrower has less than 25 hrs of use. One of last years storms got a small branch wedged in the auger . My investigation found the shear pins failed to shear, leading to the gear box Breaking. The gear box part cost is about $200.00 . That's a rip-off fix for an engineering flaw!! I like the machine so please offer me a Reasonable fix. (How about you send me the part(#618-04292a ) and i will labor to remove and install ). Frank bruno ([protected]@aol.com )