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25-11-2005, 02:24 PM
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Craftsman lawnmower opinions?
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:45:22 GMT, John Crichton
wrote: My Honda is the smoothest running mower I have ever owned. Mine is a Honda mower (with a Honda Engine of course) and it is very quiet and has less vibration than any other mower I've ever used. It is very possible that the motor is not the source of the vibration. An unbalanced blade will vibrate like hell. Take your blades off and sharpen and balance them or take them to a mower service place that can do it for you. The first time I took it back to Sears for the excessive vibration problem, they supposedly replaced the blade. That made it even worse. It's unclear to me if they really did anything the second time I took it back. The repair order says that they *balanced* the blade. The vibration remained unchanged. Most folks are speculating that the real problem is a bent or otherwise defective crankshaft, or possibly a bearing problem, but I suppose it is possible that their blade balancing efforts were faulty. I am planning to take it back to a different Sears store this weekend. Jake |
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#47
25-11-2005, 07:53 PM
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It does sound like it could be a bent crank. It doesn't take much.
I bought my Mother a 5 horse mower ( don't remember the brand) and operated it at just a medium speed. I hit a small something that didn't damage the blade at all but it was sufficient to bend the crank. |
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#48
26-11-2005, 02:29 AM
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I second a bent crank, All you need to do is remove the spark plug and have somebody put the handle on the ground and pull the rope while you watch the blade bolt for any wobble.
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26-11-2005, 07:08 PM
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Craftsman lawnmower opinions?
On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:29:33 +0000, restrorob
wrote: I second a bent crank, All you need to do is remove the spark plug and have somebody put the handle on the ground and pull the rope while you watch the blade bolt for any wobble. Yeah, good point. I should try that approach before taking it back again. I tried judging by the blade height itself (i.e., distance up to the housing) over all 360 degrees turned manually, but I couldn't really tell. It wasn't much different than my other (LawnBoy) lawn mower, which doesn't vibrate at all. Jake |
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