Fixing A Troy-Bilt Mower Making A Strange Sound
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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Thanks for watching. This mower was making a terrible chattering sound and it turned out to be the recoil.
Best mower repair channel on youtube...very entertaining and well put together videos
thank you I appreciate that
I agree! I've learned a lot just by watching his videos.
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Your comment about quality of repair reminded me of a saying 0:14 our department had with the shop that worked on our vehicles. Invariably our vehicles would come back with more issues than they were sent in for. We coined the motto for the motor pool: They may not have time to do it right but they have time to do it over. I’ve always kept that in the back of my mind when it comes to any repair.
nice, I like that saying
How about when you take it in and it comes back with scratches in your black paint or broken plastics under your hood, new scratches in your plastic interior parts or scratches on your leather steering wheel and or seats... Gotta love that.
No no it was like that when you brought it in..
I did a cute little repair today which was actually more of an extensive tune up. This wonderful video from this talented young man was on in the background. A nice listen sir. Thank you.
thank you I appreciate the kind words.
All my mowers had their start handle on the recoil so no worries about that problem. Good fix and Blessings
thank you !
@@HomeGaragechannel U 2!
I think the repair was spot on. The only other two things I was thinking about was putting a drop of oil in the recoil hole and maybe putting a wedge below the handle and the plastic if there is enough room. Thanks for the videos.
thank you for watching !
Your motivation is high this year. If I had to guess, multiple changes in life-management recently helped propel you forward, albeit in some new, particularly painful ways. Productivity is up overall and your work shows. 😊
thank I appreciate you noticing
@@HomeGaragechannel Hey nobody said life was easy :) I'm happy you're keeping your chin up through what seems like an endless horror show nobody understands
Simple fixes are always the best way
correct
Nice machine great fix yep not happy with all that plastic either !
I know right, it's almost detrimental to the whole machine
Great video as always. I had a toro I was working on that sounded like it was falling apart. Turned the deck was the culprit. I had to spot weld many different areas to fix it. All I could figure was they were mowing rocks or something that would knock the deck lose.
nice work!
Good work! Maybe set up a customer maintenance program? Each fall they give you the mower for 30 minutes, fresh oil, air filter if needed, 15 point inspection and cleaning.
that's a good idea, I have to wonder how many would go for that though
@@HomeGaragechannel charge for parts and transport (maybe a mobile service) it becomes a niche business? People throw away good equipment and buy a new “box” mower because they can’t maintain it.
Hey bro what's up? It was interesting to see how basic and simple adjustments and maintenance to your equipment can have them performing close to a brand new piece of equipment.
I know right, and thank you for your time.
A fix that works is a fix to me. I change the oil in my mower before every 5th mow. Starting is no issue, & I simply let it run for a couple of minutes to warm up, pull the dip stick, empty the oil into a tray, then fill it with recommended oil.
nice, I like your method
Thank you for always sharing good content in your videos
I appreciate it!
Some mowers have a small metal crimp in the recoil rope which prevents the rope from going in and out with the movement of the handlebars
Do you have a video on adjusting the valves on the previous generation flat head mower. I have a few that struggle starting and the compression is too low. This video as usual is top notch.
I do, but I think it's on a classic engine, so 3.5 ti 5 hp and unfortunately there will be no adjusting them since it requires the valves to be either clearance, lapped, or even replaced.
I might have tried something to bolster the handle. Maybe a piece of old inner tube. Hard to tell from the vid. In the end your solution was totally acceptable.
interesting idea.
Hi hope you can help. Carb problems. 6 horse gas engine. Jet came out easily. Another part fell out. Cylindrical with tiny holes. One end bigger than the other. Fell out and I don't know which end goes in first. Thank you
Should only go in one way. Is one end more narrow, so the tip can pop up into the venturi? Then the jet screws in, holding it in place.
sure push it into the carb and the look into the carb's air intake and see if you can see part of the emulsion tube sticking into the passage, try it with either end, one way will stick out the furthest. that's the way it goes in.
Fixing the handlebar was just fine, least invasive is good. I would still look to see if there is any shearing marks under the starter or recoil assembly. Still would check all screws and housing for loose screws/bolts. Great job yet again!!! 😉
thank you and those are really good ideas on where to look!
Great repair as aways. 👍🙏👍🙏
Thank you! Cheers!
cannot wait for video on how u fixed the electric start troy built
thanks
One brand you rarely hear of any more, and I can't recall if you've had one on this channel, is Snapper. For some reason I thought of that when I first saw this video. At one point when Honda mowers really became popular, all the other brands tried to "look" like a Honda.
I never thought about it that way before.
I know that newer briggs engines have problems but I actually quite like this particular engine cause I've never had any issues with it on my power washer. They are also really easy to service as well.
nothing wrong with them, I like them too
Hi James. From the video, it looked like the joints connecting the upper and the lower handle were loose or was flexing too much. That seemed to be the cause of the excessive handle play. How did you fix the speed control? Great video as usual. Thanks.
unfortunately I did tighten up and there's still to much flex at the very bottom of the handle
Pretty close to my mower except larger wheels in the rear. I have the same problem with the 1-4 thingy for speed. Probably need to take it off and give it a little lubrication? I noticed the front cover that's over the wheels (10:50) is away from the assembly a bit on one side. I have the same problem but worse. Even after tightening up a few screw underneath its still there. Trying to get it off was a little hard without any help. The one thing that realy drives me crazy it the paint is peeling away.
wow I haven't seen paint peeling on these but I'll have to keep my eye out for it, thank you
I think the starter cord broke and some just used the old cord rather than put a new one on.
interesting idea
yah i thinks thats what happened too bruv
I had a toro with a briggs engine making a chattering sound, it ended up being the muffler bolts backing off. After fixing that a similar sound came back about a month later and before I could find the source of the noise it ended up shearing the blade bolt off inside the crank and the blade shot out from underneath the mower
nice diagnostic
I don't even like plastic lids for jars. Much less on anything with moving parts.
I know right
The pull cord is missing the metal tab that keeps it from retracting too far. That will fix the noise fast easy and cheap.
thanks
My first thought was to extend the pull rope to avoid drilling a hole in the handle.
Most of the factory holes are not simply drilled straight through, they are dimpled in a good amount on both sides. I believe this gives them some extra rigidity to help avoid cracking from flex. Thin and light handles are a way to make the mower lighter but it ultimately cuts production costs, not consumer costs.
Thinner and thinner metal.
More and more plastic.
Plastic wheels with no metal inserts or bearings.
Planned Obsolescence, I wonder just how much of a disposable world they want to make it..
thank you
I use to love doing the valves on cars in the past but not now I have a diesel engine car and I think it has hydraulic tapits it now go's to my local friendly machine for a service whom dose a great job a reasonable price
Great point!
I wonder if taking a loop of pull rope off of the recoil spindle might have solved the noise issue and still allowed for a full pull start.
Yes, adjusting (shorten) the length will solve the issue.
maybe
I'd like to see how.
@@HomeGaragechannel I was thinking that if moving the attachment point closer to the engine was enough to keep the dogs from engaging the flywheel, that perhaps the recoil had a wrap too many on the pulley, making the cord too short.
What did you set it at,i need to check mine.same mower
in the video I set the valve lash to .007"
How do you know what gap to set ut with the feeler gauge
looked up the information in the owners manual.
Hey! I own a Briggs & Stratton 500e series engine, and I wonder what the valve clearance should be, because I can’t find anything online..
it's based on the model number, not what the sticker says. If you look at the side of the engine, right next to the muffler, it should be engraved there.
@@HomeGaragechannel Thanks! You saved another engine :)
You did good
thanks
i saw those plastic battery mowers from stihl and any other brands and man those are designed to rot get large cracks or the battery failing overtime. so i hate dealing with stupid battery equipment. instead i get the gas ones so i dont have to deal with stupid issues.
nice, and yes plastics don't feel expensive compared to metal
I would have thickened the handlebars near the bolts that holds them with some tubular shims made from scrap metal.
interesting idea. thank you
Very nice Vid👍👍
thanks
No problem
I enjoy your videos. I would have put on a new pull rope about 6 to 8" longet.
Good call!
the same thing happened to my father’s old craftsman 21 inch mower he since then replaced it from the sound of it I think that this mower just needs a new pull cord & from there I think the problem will be solved 😀😀
Thank you for the suggestion
changing oil every year is too often? I use full synthetic and change sometimes twice a year. I change the oil in my trimmer more often than that because the oil always looks dirty to me.
nice!
That noise is recoil trying to engage. Maby shorten or lengthen rope.
My mower does that same noise only when you pull on the word as the mower is running.
hope you get it fixed
I would have fixed it like that myself. I usually change my oil at least 2 times a year
nice, and thank you !
I list what compression was and that valves adjusted plus all new parts and type of oil in it
Tagged and I don’t have to try to remember it😊
nice idea
where do you get your free mowers from?
craigslist and FB marketplace
My troy runs great does a good job even though it says don't change oil I still did
you can do whatever you want and if you don't change it, hopefully you at least check it like it says
Mower prices have escalated substantially over the last few years. How costly would they be if not so much plastic utilized? How much of mowers' increased costs are to make them Eco-friendly? So is plastic (and Eco-friendliness) making mowers cheaper or is it the reason for their increased cost?
to me it would seem as a "gas guzzling" tax picking gasoline no other reason for me.
Make the rope 6" longer & change the oil at least once a year
great idea! thank you
I think it's a good idea the way it fixed it No I don't like those battery mowers On my other youtube channel talking about a eighty year old man Spend eight hundred dollars on a lowe's battery mower He had something hard Broke the plastic that holds the blade And they don't even make a part to fix it So eight hundred dollars in the garbage Thank you for the video
thank you for sharing the story!
Only a couple of minutes in. Pull rope too short. I’d put on a new rope to keep from drilling a new hole in the handle.
interesting interpretation of the problem
Tecumseh would put a metal clip on their pull ropes right at the pulley opening to prevent this from happening. I bet it would fix this issue.
it's possible
It's the pull start system making the noise when you lift the handle upwards
yes it is.
@@HomeGaragechannel well at least you know what to do with that issue
I think it’s mandatory to adjust every ohv engine that I get
nothing wrong with that
yet the price is just for the name tag. not for the whole plastic bs that is on the whole mower itself.
you make a good point
Garbage mower
LOL!!!