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Default Briggs & Stratton Rewind Starter Service

On Jul 8, 12:15 pm, pc_whocares wrote:
The starter on my horizontal shaft mid sixties mower has started to
chatter while the mower is running. I've seen that kind of business
on outboard engines when I was a kid.

I took the cover and rotating screen off, and five or so ball bearings
dropped out. I didn't look under a magnifying glass, but it basically
looked new, and w/o lubricant inside.

I'm guessing all it needs is some light, perhaps, lithium grease on
the balls to hold them in place whilst I reassemble it?

tanks

mac


Although the edger is 40 years old, it has only had about ten or
twelve seasons of use.

I laughed when I put it back together.... it was only then I realized
it's a centrifugal design where the ball or balls near the top engage
due to gravity, then fly out when it starts to spin to disengage the
ratchet assembly. My grease kept them from engaging! Too funny!

It really looked good inside... sparkling, spanking assed clean. All
I found were some tiny dings on the "rewind ratchet" [find 70 in the
parts manual] (or, "sprag", if you will.)

I'll clean it up carefully, give it some graphite this time, and if it
is still burping, try a stone on the dings.

Thanks to all.