On 06/12/2015 01:15 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:

I never heard lawn mower brake, but clutch. My mower has that same
feature(John Deere) it does not bother me. When it's time to empty the
bag, I let go of the handle, after bag is reattached, one pull starts
again. Not such a big deal. Safety feature is not made for only you, LOL!

Mine had a crude safety feature that shorted out the coil when the
handle was released. On a Briggs I work on from time to time, it has
that, plus a clutch that consists of a flexible strap with some sort of
friction material embedded on it; when the deadman is released the coil
shuts down and the strap pulls tight against the flywheel, quickly
stopping the rotation.

I removed the safety feature on mine during maintenance, but I left it
on the Briggs because it isn't my mower.

Jon