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Sears Front wheel Drive Mower- Wheels Froze up
I have a Sears front wheel drive lawn mower, 21 inch 6.75HP, model #
917376551, that is about 6 years old. Today while mowing, when I engaged the front wheels by squeezing the lever on the handle, I heard something “POP” and then the wheels froze up. The drive wheels had been making a “slipping- as if a gear inside wheels was slipping and then re-engaging” noise periodically for the past few months. I took the plastic cover off the drive assembly area and the cable from the handle lever is not broke, it stills seems to move the lever that is attached to what appears to be a gear box. Both wheels are frozen and will not turn by hand. I read some of the previous posts in the forum, but still getting educated on mower repair. Any ideas on further troubleshooting to see 1) what problem might be 2) is it something I could repair(reasonably handy) 3) not cost effective to repair 4) or any other things I failed to think of ? thanks in advance for your help. |
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Sears Front wheel Drive Mower- Wheels Froze up
On Nov 29, 5:29*pm, Paul wrote:
I have a Sears front wheel drive lawn mower, 21 inch 6.75HP, model # 917376551, that is about 6 years old. Today while mowing, when I engaged the front wheels by squeezing the lever on the handle, I heard something “POP” and then the wheels froze up. The drive wheels had been making a “slipping- as if a gear inside wheels was slipping and then re-engaging” noise periodically for the past few months. I took the plastic cover off the drive assembly area and the cable from the handle lever is not broke, it stills seems to move the lever that is attached to what appears to be a gear box. Both wheels are frozen and will not turn by hand. I read some of the previous posts in the forum, but still getting educated on mower repair. Any ideas on further troubleshooting to see 1) what problem might be 2) is it something I could repair(reasonably handy) 3) not cost effective to repair 4) or any other things I failed to think of ? thanks in advance for your help. Is the belt that goes around the motor shaft, just above the blade, going around a pulley that is on the gearbox? That is step 1. Step 2 is call a handy neighbor and ask them if they could give you 5 minutes of their time. That is all it should take to figure out what is going on, it would take more than that just to tell you what things you should and should not be doing. Jsut watch very closely and learn. |
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Sears Front wheel Drive Mower- Wheels Froze up
Paul writes:
I have a Sears front wheel drive lawn mower, 21 inch 6.75HP, model # 917376551, that is about 6 years old. Today while mowing, when I engaged the front wheels by squeezing the lever on the handle, I heard something €śPOP€ť and then the wheels froze up. The drive wheels had been making a €śslipping- as if a gear inside wheels was slipping and then re-engaging€ť noise periodically for the past few months. I took the plastic cover off the drive assembly area and the cable from the handle lever is not broke, it stills seems to move the lever that is attached to what appears to be a gear box. Both wheels are frozen and will not turn by hand. I read some of the previous posts in the forum, but still getting educated on mower repair. Any ideas on further troubleshooting to see 1) what problem might be 2) is it something I could repair(reasonably handy) 3) not cost effective to repair 4) or any other things I failed to think of ? thanks in advance for your help. No experience with gear drive, but I'd suspect ground up gears. Can you detach the gear box or open it? -- Dan Espen |
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Sears Front wheel Drive Mower- Wheels Froze up
On Nov 29, 10:21*pm, wrote:
Paul writes: I have aSearsfrontwheeldrivelawnmower, 21 inch 6.75HP, model # 917376551, that is about 6 years old. Today while mowing, when I engaged thefrontwheelsby squeezing the lever on the handle, I heard something “POP” and then thewheelsfroze up. Thedrivewheelshad been making a “slipping- as if a gear insidewheelswas slipping and then re-engaging” noise periodically for the past few months. I took the plastic cover off thedriveassembly area and the cable from the handle lever is not broke, it stills seems to move the lever that is attached to what appears to be a gear box. Bothwheelsarefrozenand will not turn by hand. I read some of the previous posts in the forum, but still getting educated onmowerrepair. Any ideas on further troubleshooting to see 1) what problem might be 2) is it something I could repair(reasonably handy) 3) not cost effective to repair 4) or any other things I failed to think of ? thanks in advance for your help. No experience with geardrive, but I'd suspect ground up gears. Can you detach the gear box or open it? -- Dan Espen Turns out the belt was off the drive shaft that blade is on. Got it back on and all fine. thanks to all. |
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Sears Front wheel Drive Mower- Wheels Froze up
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:45:00 -0800 (PST), Paul
wrote: On Nov 29, 10:21*pm, wrote: Paul writes: I have aSearsfrontwheeldrivelawnmower, 21 inch 6.75HP, model # 917376551, that is about 6 years old. Today while mowing, when I engaged thefrontwheelsby squeezing the lever on the handle, I heard something “POP” and then thewheelsfroze up. Thedrivewheelshad been making a “slipping- as if a gear insidewheelswas slipping and then re-engaging” noise periodically for the past few months. I took the plastic cover off thedriveassembly area and the cable from the handle lever is not broke, it stills seems to move the lever that is attached to what appears to be a gear box. Bothwheelsarefrozenand will not turn by hand. I read some of the previous posts in the forum, but still getting educated onmowerrepair. Any ideas on further troubleshooting to see 1) what problem might be 2) is it something I could repair(reasonably handy) 3) not cost effective to repair 4) or any other things I failed to think of ? thanks in advance for your help. No experience with geardrive, but I'd suspect ground up gears. Can you detach the gear box or open it? -- Dan Espen Turns out the belt was off the drive shaft that blade is on. Got it back on and all fine. thanks to all. If your transmission is like several I have seen, there is a plastic plug in the top that will allow a couple of thimblefuls of a good lithium grease to be added which should alleviate the common freezeups with this device. -- Mr.E |
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