Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

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Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy
Most likely the blade is loose, or rather the bolt holding it to the shaft
is loose.
With the mower OFF, turn it on its side, have an adjustable wrench handy,
set the blade properly and tighten it down.

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Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

After reading your post I have concluded the best thing for you to do is
hire someone to do your lawn.

Srgnt Billko wrote:
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Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

After reading your post I have concluded the best thing for you to do
is hire someone to do your lawn.

LOL.. what size stick was it? those 10" sticks are KILLERS..

Clark...
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Srgnt Billko wrote:
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Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

After reading your post I have concluded the best thing for you to do
is hire someone to do your lawn.

LOL.. what size stick was it? those 10" sticks are KILLERS..

Clark...
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Mow cautiously and watch for big sticks ? I get the impression this poster
doesn't have the foggiest - hasn't even disconnected the spark plug and
looked underneath.

If you only hit a "stick," it is extremely unlikely to have done any damage
at all to anything. The blade is probably just "hitting something
slightly,"
like the stick for example.

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Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

"Clark..." wrote in message
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Srgnt Billko wrote:
wrote in message
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Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

After reading your post I have concluded the best thing for you to do
is hire someone to do your lawn.

LOL.. what size stick was it? those 10" sticks are KILLERS..

Clark...
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Don't you have Google in your part of the world?


Bent the blade and twisted and bent the front circular shroud on a push
mower last year. The shaft attached to the blade and engine rode up the
engine. Lots of oil loss. The mower never ran again. Ran over a pitcher
plant (locals call it that). Looked harmless enough.

Brief description of plant. Long, spiney and pointed, green leaves that
surround the center. Center has a long, tall stalk. The stalk produces
pods in late spring.

Fixed the pitcher plant with my new riding mower.

--
Dave

My vote in this primary was for the lesser
of many evils...

Be careful. These mowers almost alwaysy have the ignition permanently ON.
You press the button to 'kill' the motor, but don't have to press or switch
anything to start it.
Turning a blade by hand can cause the engine to start, and take fingers or a
hand off. When doing any work under the machine, always make sure the
sparkplug wire is off the plug and not able to come back into contact with
it. Safer yet, remove the plug.
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Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy



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On Mar 19, 1:45*am, wrote:
Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? *Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

blades have different bends in them, even if it's the right size.

On Mar 19, 6:43*am, "Alexander SuperTramp" wrote:
wrote in message

... Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? *Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

Most likely the blade is loose, or rather the bolt holding it to the shaft
is loose.
With the mower OFF, turn it on its side, have an adjustable wrench handy,
set the blade properly and tighten it down.

I found out that it was part of the steel edging, or flange/rim
underneath the mower that
had somehow gotten slightly bent. But the blade only
hit it when you raised up the front of the mower to turn a corner.
The blade and rotor were fine.
I bent it back with vice grips and now no noise. Hey I did read the
manual
and unplugged the spark plug. Btw I live near a huge amount of
pine trees and sticks and pine cones hard as bricks are everywhere. I
think a stick caught by the blade hooked the flange and pulled it
inward.
Heh.

itchy

On Mar 21, 11:58*am, "theChas." wrote:
Be careful. * These mowers almost alwaysy have the ignition permanently ON.
You press the button to 'kill' the motor, but don't have to press or switch
anything to start it.
Turning a blade by hand can cause the engine to start, and take fingers or a
hand off. *When doing any work under the machine, always make sure the
sparkplug wire is off the plug and not able to come back into contact with
it. Safer yet, remove the plug.

You know, I'm all for safety. And obviously the safest thing for most
people to do is to remove the sparkplug wire. But I'd like to hear
if anyone has ever actually seen a mower start from anyone just
removing a blade to sharpen it. The new mowers have brakes which
prevent them from turning without the lever being depressed. With
that feature, I no longer bother disconnecting the plug to remove the
blade or clean underneath. All the mowers I've ever seen need one
hell of a pull spin to fire at all. And at most, I'm taking the blade
off, not spinning the crankshaft around. I can't fathom that barely
moving a blade is going to start the thing going. To get an ignition
spark, the magneto needs some minimum amount of speed.

This sounds like a good test for the mythbusters.






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Hi,
I have a sears self propelled walkbehind mower. I've hit
bricks, sticks, etc, and it works fine. However I hit
a large stick the other day, and when I push down
on the handles to raise the front wheels, [to turn a corner]
it makes a loud racquet, like the blade is hitting something
slightly. Is that just a bent blade or could it be the shaft?
Is there a way to tell? *Plus do I have to get the sears
blade or will any 22" blade work?

thx

itchy

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