Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Does anyone know the allowable shaft play on the B & S engines? It
moves about in and out .020" on mine.

The oil seal is leaking and has to be replaced, but I'm wondering if
the .020 is normal or excessive. There are not many hours on this
in the past 18 months or so it "should" not be worn yet, but . . . .
. .
Briggs & Stratton Intertek 206
6 HP Model 126312 Type 0212

Up an down, along the axis of the shaft, I can see twenty mils being within
spec.

Side to side, radial to the end of the shaft, not even close to spec.

Jon