TROUBLESHOOTING
CHART
PROBLEM
CAUSE
CORRECTION
Excesslva
I. Worn, bent or loose blade.
1. Replace blade. Tighten
dbratlon
blade bolt.
2. Bent engine crankshaft.
Contact a Sears or other
qualified service center.
Starter rope hard
to pull
1. Engine flywheel brake is on
when control bar is released.
2. Bent engine crankshaft.
3. Blade adapter broken.
4. Blade dragging in grass.
Depress control bar to
upper handle before
pulling starter rope.
Contact a Sears or other
qualified service center.
Replace blade adapter.
Move lawn mower to cut
grass or to hard surface.
Loss of drive
1. Drive wheels not tuming
Adjust or replace drive
with ddve control engaged,
control cable.
2. Belt not ddving.
Put bait on pulleys or
replace baits it broken.
Grass catcher
1. Cutting height too low.
Raise cutting height.
notflitlng (If so
2. Lift on blade worn off.
Replace blade.
;equipped)
3. Catcher not venting air.
Clean grass catcher.
I-lardto push
Raise cutting height.
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4.
1. Grass is too high or wheel
height is too low.
2. Rear of lawn mower
housing or cutting blade
dragging in grass.
3. Grass catcher too full.
4. Handle height position not
rightfor you.
Raise rear of lawn mower
housing one (1) setting
higher.
Empty grass catcher.
Adjust handle height to
suit.
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