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WTF? [Riding] Lawn mower trouble

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Great. You have the engine that has tons of parts on National Backorder. Great. The starter should be fine tho. I will look it up when I go to work on monday. I will LYK the cheapest place to order from in the country.
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
Great. You have the engine that has tons of parts on National Backorder. Great. The starter should be fine tho. I will look it up when I go to work on monday. I will LYK the cheapest place to order from in the country.
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Haha, of course I do. That's my luck for ya! That would be really cool of you, I appreciated it!

Thanks,
Dan
 
HD sells the repair manual as well for $9.99. But the starter is only 4 bolts, and a power connection. Can't really screw it up. Just take it off, swap out the gear, and you are good to go.
 
Originally posted by: dmurray14
OK, update...

I took the engine cover off and took a look...

Looks like the starter gear is stripped to hell? Where can I find another starter for this guy? Edit: I would assume it wouldn't be extremely hard to install the new starter, would it? I think I'd have to take the flywheel off, but that doesn't seem like it's too hard.

Thanks.

gear unengaged
unengaged, wide shot
engaged, wide
engaged, close up
pic of engine
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wow that gear is worn down to nothing, i'm surprised it worked at all 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
HD sells the repair manual as well for $9.99. But the starter is only 4 bolts, and a power connection. Can't really screw it up. Just take it off, swap out the gear, and you are good to go.
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Sounds good, is there a trick to getting the gear off?
 
Hah! I thought those were session IDs that timed out. Now THAT was stupid of ME! 😱

I've got PDF manuals of as many of my tools and appliances as I can get my hands on. I LOVE that. Sometimes easier to find than the printed copies I have in my files.
 
Reference #783, pg. 17 of MS0635.pdf. Part #693059, Gear-Pinion. Or assembly #876, part #495877, which includes spring, pinion and more.
 
Originally posted by: JC
Originally posted by: Ornery
Hell, if that's electric start, it may be the battery doesn't have enough gumption to throw the solenoid of the starter into the flywheel, so it's not fully engaged.
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Hmm? Most small engine starters I've seen only use the solenoid to kick on the starter motor, the gear rides on a spiral spline on the starter motor shaft. When the starter motor spins, inertia sends the starter gear up the spiral to engage the flywheel gear.
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when the battery doesn't have enough juice, the solenoid rapidly clicks on and off (rattling) and the engine will turn very slowly or not at all....
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Reference #783, pg. 17 of MS0635.pdf. Part #693059, Gear-Pinion. Or assembly #876, part #495877, which includes spring, pinion and more.
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We have a winnar! 🙂

I came up with the same parts. I found the 693059 online at sears. (sears part 71.500.693059 for $4.25 picked up from a service center) 495877 was $17.80

Sorry took so long to post. I posted this earlier tot his thread at about 6:00 but it seems to have dissapeared *shrug*
 
No problem, thanks anyway. I ended up getting it from "Jacks Small Engines" - it was only $7 so it's all good. Thanks again for all the help.


Dan
 
OK, got the part and have the engine all apart. Question is, how do i get the gear off? Theres a top peice holding it on, and I have no idea how to get it off...

Thanks,
Dan
 
Originally posted by: Ladies Man
starter isn't in the proper spot and is spinning freely instead of actually hitting the gear to start the motor
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exact same thing happened to my riding lawn mower... it's a briggs and stratton motor... maybe you have the same issue
 
Originally posted by: CraigRT
Originally posted by: Ladies Man
starter isn't in the proper spot and is spinning freely instead of actually hitting the gear to start the motor
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exact same thing happened to my riding lawn mower... it's a briggs and stratton motor... maybe you have the same issue
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Thanks, actually we have the problem all figured out, and I got the new part. Just can't figure out how to get the starter gear off.
 
Uh oh...looks like I need to get the flywheel off before I can take the starter off...this is a problem. I have no wrenches this big!

Dan
 
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