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Took me a couple of mouth fulls of alloy chips laying under a mower before it dawned on me that I should start the threads before I drop the engine in. Then a couple of loose fits because the self tappers are not quite the same as a proper UNC thread before I twigged to only 1/2 to 2/3 threading...

Have a polite chat to your rep I had some do a similar thing a long while ago & Stens replaced the pulleys and a belt . Now there is a bit of a trick here a well If Stens list the pulley as a replacement for the OEM one in there catalogue then they will replace them But if you have just found a...

The ratchets are handed and the owner has them on backwards

The 4 bolt spindles are now available from China for almost nothing and yes they are cheaper than just buying quality bearings But the bearings in them are junk made for the Husqvarna clones and designed to fall apart 3 seconds after warranty I buy them for the spindles & housings as of course...

I find that weird than almost every mower will allow you to do that when a simple relay would prevent it . Now back to the OP Tapers are easy to damage so get some very fine lapping paste ( I use Brasso ) and lap the flywheel to the taper . Keep on going till it is nice & shinny

You obviously have a switch problem Believe it or not I have seen a similar case where it was ants in the switch The problem is finding a good ground on mowers where everything is plastic . If you mower has a carb solenoid and the solenoid works then you can ( for the purpose of testing only )...

Yep those radial roller bearings get crud in them and fall apart It will not be a catastrophic failure but the steering will just get heavy again Having said that I have done the same conversion several times and it works well because after 2 to 3 years the steering gets heavy again so they...

You have missed one set of criminals that have a bigger effect on what you pay than the government, well 2 sets actually 1) currency speculators who push the value of your $ up & down all the time 2) futures speculators who force wholesale prices up & down One of the reasons why petrol got so...

Aussie leather Been resoled so many times it is not funny Stitched on soles and the bootmaker has to reset his machine so it uses the same holes because there are now way too many holes in the leather A bit (well a lot ) of leather dressing every season makes all the difference. People have...

probably crud stuck under the float needle The dim witts in the EPA decided that the carb bole overflow / vent had to be internal so when the float bowl overfills the fuel flows out of the hole in the back of the carb and directly into the engine manifold giving you an effective main jet of...

If the filter elements rattle then they were defective parts bough as scrap the on sold as good products. I have been buying my filters direct from China in 100 lots ( MOQ ) from the factory and never ever had a problem Probably fitted around 1000 by now . The last batch were around 25¢ each...

It should drop strait in There may be different alternators & regulators but they will swap over from one engine to the other mounting centres are universal Short block castings are all the same so every thing from one will swap to the other but you may need to tap a hole or two if the control...

This is why we continually beg people to supply the FULL MODEL numbers from mowers & engines because as I have never come across a FR 691 with a mechanical pump I would have given you the same answer and I have installed better than 50 of them as replacements because I used to get them cheap...

I want to know how you get it out of there .

Never assume anything when it comes to wiring,, Check The solenoid wires will be clearly visible under the carb The magneto wire is a ground wire & the tiniest amount of power on that wire will fry the timing chip . Now if you have to make new plugs then battery voltage all the time goes to the...

G'day all Got a TS 142T husqvarna fitted with a Loncin CC HV764 engine Displays typical no ACR symptoms so after wasting a day trying to find the specs for the engine , I thought i might just have a stab After fighting with the glued on rocker covers for an hour I find every rocker has a...

Under load you are using the main jet Without the blades you are running on the idle jet Water in the float bowl can cause this Debris in the fuel tank can cause this Exceeding the tilt angle can cause this Also check the fuel outlet and see if the problem goes away when the tank is full

A sheared flywheel key with a slightly loose bolt / nut will allow the flywheel to turn on the shaft but the shaft not turn in the engine So get under the mower and try turning the drive pulley by pulling on the belt .

You can get a lot of wear in the brake arms to the point that they jam when there is a load on them but not when the deck is there between your knees Their pivot points can also wear oval and that again can jam up the mechanism when there is weight on it Also part 185 the actual lever can wear...

They can be repaired if you can fu=ind a shop that repairs hydros by machining the kidney plate & valve chest then shimming them to the right spec . Some old time tractor shops as in farm tractor shops do this because a lot of old heavy ( 100hp ) draught tractors had a hydro drive for going...

So zinc is mostly needed for the cam lobes & followers It does 5/8 of SFA anywhere else in a mower engine IT is not needed because the scuffing forces on mower lobes is quite low Try compressing a car engine valve spring with your fingers then try your mower .

You have an air leak or the idle mix is just a tiny bit on the weak side If it came in my shop I would go with a new gasket between the carb & manifold & a diaphragm & Gasket kit which is the 2 diaphragm & gaskets inside the carb .

The width of the blade is also important A common problem is people fit a 3" wide blade of the same length as the original 2" wide blade thinking the bigger blade will be stronger & last longer But it is actually a tiny bit shorter because it is a diagonal length so you do not get enough...

Only one company that wholesales replacement work boot soles Trouble is glues now days do not stick so my cobbler puts steel tips on the toes , a inch or so of stitching on the sides and often steel cups on the edge of the heels My motorcycling boots are no 50 years old . I bought a pair off...

penetrating oil is of little use The self tapping threads have very sharp edges that raise stresses so initiate a failure They are also induction hardened and that makes them even more prone to cracking . The bolt is steel the mandrel is aluminium so you get galvanic corrosion if the two metals...

You have that backwards Pull a seal out and have a good look at the direction of the lip It keeps the grease in not water out And yes the water sits on top of the hot bearing then gets sucked in as it cools Replaced so many of them it is not funny and for some reason Cubs seem to be the worst...

Gave up trying to track stuff years ago because different depots & companies do it differently The mob Stens used to use had a sub contractor to do the last leg but there was no way to hand it over to them so when that happened it showed up as Delivered . Finally got them to use Australia post...

Gees I thought that sort of crap only happened here . I just got done for $ 8,000 for parts ordered from an on line parts shop attached to what used to be a big 5 dealer mower shop . Some parts had been on back order with them for over 2 years and of course , we the customers can whistle dixie...

Up until Australia made the last "free trade deal " with the USA we had a regulated car market which stipulated a 10 supply for all parts . So because of this the number of models of imported cars was quite restricted Part of the US deal was scrapping this and when this happened the 10 year...

As I regularly state the problem with the USA is Wall St not the White House Wall St actually runs everything As for obsolesence yes they are correct This is being typed on a 2012 I Mac that I will either have to find a patch for or dump because it can no longer make an SSL connection with a...

Te bolts are about $ 1 a piece from all of the aftermarket places like Stens, Rotary, Prime Line Usually either one jug fractures ( not a problem 3 will work fine but 2 won't ) or one of the bolts breaks

Side chute chipper not feeding in will be because the blade is blunt or warn too far . It must have a knife edge sharpness and after a few sharpenings it wears short so will need some STEEL shims to return the working clearance If it is a hammer mill style shredder then the hammers are either...

leave the blade on remove the pulley nut & pulley, they usually come off easy Slip the nut back on 2/3 of the way so it is not flush with the end of the spindle Put a drift onto the end of the spindle and give it a good whack The shaft will drop out a bit. loosen the nut a bit more & repeat Just...

Remove the finger guard over the flywheel & remove the nut / bolt that retains the flywheel. You will see a square hole that is 1/2 in the flywheel & 1/2 in the crankshaft The 2 sides must come together to make a perfect square if not then the flywheel has slipped on the crankshaft & the spark...

Also check the ground connection to the voltage regulator If yours it bolted to plastic it needs a good ground connection particularly when drawing heavy current

Lots of methods to remove stumps My favourite is to place an oil drum we call the 44's because we have real gallons down here in the USA they are probably 50's over the stump and dig around the outside 1 spade width to get the size Then dig out all of the dirt around the stump If you have not...

I have had some mowers that just will not purge no matter what to the point I had to rig a vacuum pump up to suck the air out. The other big thing is the wheels must be off the ground so they offer no resistance or rather than the oil displacing the air it will just compress it so the wheel...

I have found that threading with a standard tap makes for a loose fit if you are using the std self tappers So I use my air ratchet to prethread the holes before fitting. It is near impossible to push up hard enough to cut the threads when you are under the mower and there is nothing holding...

Thin if it has to flex Thick if it does not move Look at the cables on an electric welder Just about hair wire thickness Now downside of thin wire is the ends must be sealed well . I use liquid electrical tape The reason for this is capillary action will cause multistrand wire to suck up a...

OK, Let's clear things up for ones & for all There is no such thing as a water tight bearing they simply do not exist without external seals . A rubber seal bearing has a rubber seal, with the LIP POINTING IN to prevent the grease getting out not to prevent anything else other than dirt getting...

Yep I use ZZ in place of RS and grease.

There is a bush at the bottom of the steering shaft which goes oval if you do not keep it lubricated. As it is almost impossible to get to no one but the most fastidious techs ever lube it Because the rack gear is curved turning the wheel one way pulls the gears together while the other...

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I buy aftermarket carbs from Made-in-China .com or Alibaba , com ( not Ali express ) Way too many scamazon or evilpay vendors are selling defective stuff they bought as scrap metal then pass it off as "fits a" or "OEM part" Made in China is a B 2 B site so you are always dealing with a real...

Check the timing key

As you can see from Stars post, the board is the bits inside the dotted line 2 fuses 2 relays Key switch

Yes the idle circuit on your carb is blocked

Unless it is a substantially different mower to the one I think it is I seriously doubt it will be the key switch as JD use relays every where What usually causes grief on LX's is the fuseable link so the starting / ignition module gets either no power or poor power so start by checking you...

Carefully remove you old one Search "control cables manufacturers " There are hundreds of them, usually found near light air craft airports because they use cables to control the aeroplanes Usually they will be able to make a new one or just replace the inner . I get a local to do them for me...

I usually drop the transmission as it is just 6 bolts and a couple of links so I can get to the top pulley easily The most common reason for the drive belt jumping off is the anti rotation bolts at the front of the transmission breaking off / coming loose . This causes the whole transmission to...

Not sure what type of mower you have as that number is not familiar to me IF you have a belt drive to the deck remove the belt and see if you can spin the blades by hand

I am assuming that your Yardsman is a tractor style mower The most common reason for the engine stopping the instant you turn the blades on is a faulty seat switch or a stuck reverse switch Simple test is to start the mower, set the parking brake then lift your butt off the seat . If the...

You will get a poor cut and depending upon just how soft the soil is can even make ruts in the soil which will require top dressing. No one ever dies because they did not cut their grass every week .

No I would say your being sensible My battery tools live under the steel welding bench and get recharged on the top of the welding bench with a lot of free space around them and near to the front should the worst happen . All the other stuff like phones , computers & cameras get recharged in the...

You do not need much latteral movement about 1/16" is more than enough Did you use flanged bearings A common mistake is to use plain bearings and if you do then you have to make a spacer to go between the bearings The wheels on most ride ons are pretty much junk from day 1 and require constant...

Yes no perhaps maby So if you go to the Stens web page , in the top menu bar select resources at the far right > quick reference guide > chart - blade size All of their blades are listed by length which is the diagonal length from corner to corner This is a PDF file so you have to print it out...

Like the above 2 I have repaired decks that are more rust than steel

Read what I said in post # 4 the get back with the results.

Pull the engine apart and have a look at the sump The sump gasket is the oil level ( well a tiny bit lower actually ) Now look at the position of the oil pump & pick up pipe / strainer . Imagine just how little of a tilt it would take to have the strainer out of the oil so the pump was pumping...

Sorry Tony but fuel tanks rusting only became a big problem when some idiot 1/2 wit convinced government ministers who know nothing about chemistry & metallurgy to stop the use or Tern Plate for fuel tanks. For those who do not know Tern Plate is like tin plate but the coating is 99.99% pure...

OK well I will weight into this one 1) the first consideration is the size and quality of the bearings . the bigger the bearing the faster the balls roll over the races and the faster they roll the lower the wear till they end up sliding rather than rolling The quality of bearings varies...

It is a big job on that mower You need to remove the sides & hood as a unit ( easy ) then the heat shield & muffler ( usually rusted in bolts ) After that really easy , pull the PTO off , carefully drill 3 small holes in the seal and screw in some self tappers about 1/4" Use a claw hammer or...

Items # 58 & # 15 are belt keepers and the belt should run between them and the pulley as they are designed to stop the belt falling off the pulley when clutching Usual burning belt is because the belt is on the wrong side of the keeper

Your module is gone They are a great idea because they allow for a much better advance curve so you get better torque because when the engine sped drops, the spark retards . However they do not last for ever because they do the advance / retard bit by tossing in some gates & resistors. Remember...

Err if no air gets in how does the fuel get out ? All tanks are vented some where

High octane is necessary in high compression engines Mower engines are pretty low compression & low reving as well They would be happy running power kerosene once the manifold got hot enough to vapourise the kerro. There is a massive amount of ignorant B S spread by the ignorant &/or...

B & S Australia are pathetic and only interested in wholesaling to Bunnings & Mitre 10 I no longer fit B &S engines unless specifically asked to do so B & S Australia will tell you things are NLA when they are readily available either from the USA directly or from John Deere Australia because...

Check the oil level If the fuel leaked into the engine because the carb float needle is not sealing the sump fills with fuel and that causes a lot of smoke This is probably the most common engine problem I come across on new engines . The oil will need to be changed 2 times and of course the...

I have an old Kawasaki water cooled engine that I inherited with the business Owner always thought it was under powered for a big engine There is only 1 piston in the engine and it only had one in there from new