charleswrivers
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So I had an issue with my mower a couple weeks back, right before I left town on vacation and looked into it today. Here's what happened:
Mowing my neighbors yard after mine... he throws me some $$$ and I try to be neighborly. I went over a spot that has a few roots at the same height I've been but I managed to catch one (fun). Engine slows down but doesn't stall. Mower immediately runs rough with a miss. I figured I bent one of the blades... so I shut off the blades. Nope... engine still runs poorly. I ran it back over to the house and finished that last couple square yards with a weed eater and called it good for the moment.
After doing a little reading, I saw that most mowers have a shear key between the flywheel and crank. Today... I popped off the flywheel and...
flywheel key looks perfect. Put it all back together and there's zero play between the flywheel and crank. On the bottom of the engine, the engine is mated to the blades through a belt and a pulley set. I figured the crank/rod would have been fine but... meh... now I'm starting to wonder. Any ideas? It's a light duty Craftsman Riding mower that's seen some pretty hard use over the 3 years I've owned it, and was bought a couple years old. Any suggestions are appreciated however.
Mowing my neighbors yard after mine... he throws me some $$$ and I try to be neighborly. I went over a spot that has a few roots at the same height I've been but I managed to catch one (fun). Engine slows down but doesn't stall. Mower immediately runs rough with a miss. I figured I bent one of the blades... so I shut off the blades. Nope... engine still runs poorly. I ran it back over to the house and finished that last couple square yards with a weed eater and called it good for the moment.
After doing a little reading, I saw that most mowers have a shear key between the flywheel and crank. Today... I popped off the flywheel and...
flywheel key looks perfect. Put it all back together and there's zero play between the flywheel and crank. On the bottom of the engine, the engine is mated to the blades through a belt and a pulley set. I figured the crank/rod would have been fine but... meh... now I'm starting to wonder. Any ideas? It's a light duty Craftsman Riding mower that's seen some pretty hard use over the 3 years I've owned it, and was bought a couple years old. Any suggestions are appreciated however.
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