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Mower Rear-Wheel Ratchet-Spring Frustration
I have an old MTD self- propelled lawnmower that has a ratchet assembly on
each rear wheel which depends on a threaded nylon leaf- spring to operate. The previous springs lasted several years each, but just this summer I bought a replacement set after the previous ones failed (broke) and the replacements have just lasted seven weeks, and seem to want to curl or jump off their tracks. Should I just try another pair, or has anyone found a good workaround? I can just lift the rear wheels off the ground to back the mower up if necessary, but that doesn't allow mowing in reverse and is a little hard on the back. -- ..sigzip:* |
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:33:16 -0400, mimus wrote:
I have an old MTD self- propelled lawnmower that has a ratchet assembly on each rear wheel which depends on a threaded nylon leaf- spring to operate. The previous springs lasted several years each, but just this summer I bought a replacement set after the previous ones failed (broke) and the replacements have just lasted seven weeks, and seem to want to curl or jump off their tracks. Should I just try another pair, or has anyone found a good workaround? I can just lift the rear wheels off the ground to back the mower up if necessary, but that doesn't allow mowing in reverse and is a little hard on the back. Nev' mind. Gonna try internal retaining disks. -- ..sigzip:* |
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