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Mower Rear-Wheel Ratchet-Spring Frustration
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| 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.
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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.
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> 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.
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