Recent content by wardm

Probably try to find a teardown video on youtube... and start disassembling it

https://www.troybilt.com/en_US/prior-year-models/tb30-r--troy-bilt-riding-lawn-mower-/13CC26JD011.html not sure if there is anything useful in the manual - but they are on their site.

Was in the middle of cutting the lawn and something let go in the motor and started shaking the entire mower like crazy. Definitely the engine as I shut off the blades and it was still doing it. Immediately shut it down. I'm guessing the motor is toast, but anyone have some troubleshooting...

SO turning one wheel whether in gear or not the other wheel should turn opposite - which mine seems to do. That would seem to indicate driveshaft is all ok. It's not clear from the figure exactly how the shift fork engages forward and reverse, but that sure seems like its the likely culprit in...

well learn something new everyday. Makes sense. SO when I had the rear up off the ground I could turn one wheel in one direction and the other wheel went in the opposite - normal behavior I believe. Right now I believe it will push in any selector position. So some issue between input pulley...

I believe that it is in moving into both forward and reverse. I guess my real question is can the top pulley that spins the shaft going into the transmission spin without actually moving the wheels, ie could the belt be slipping enough on the pulley that it's not spinning fast enough to...

Pulley on top of transmission seems to spin when the pedal is depressed, but no attempt at forward or reverse motion. It's a hydrostatic transmission. I removed the brake and cleaned up the pins and regreased them as the rear was locked up originally. Now I can push it back and forth in...