On Jul 8, 6:24*pm, "James H." wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 11:19:20 -0700 (PDT), Joe wrote:
When you get your replacement mower

I may have to buy a new mower.

You guys were 100% right (that the flywheel key was broken); but the vidoes
on how to repair a briggs and stratton were ALL WRONG!

There is NO WAY you're gonna leverage the flywheel up. I tried, and I ended
up breaking a gas:air tube from the air filter. I'm not sure now if it's
worth repairing as multiple parts of plastic and aluminum are now broken.

For the record, the ONLY way to get that flywheel off is with a harmonic
balancer puller (an 8-inch gear puller failed to take it off). I still
don't have it off because I didn't have the right sized bolts for my
harmonic balancer puller ... but anyone who says you can leverage the
flywheel off with a screwdriver is mistaken.

I may need to buy a new lawnmower.

What Eric said but to explain it a bit mo Lever pressure on the
screwdriver and smack the NUT on the crankshaft. That nut needs to be
loose with no crankshaft threads showing above it.

I am a member in the church of "a BFH will fix most anything"

Give it a try on your junker.

Harry K