Wow, ya'll remind me of the picture of how a woman gets through a store vs a man. Lift the damn thing up and look under it you'll see what's bent. Nvm- never saw the post that the crank was bent, been too busy TL;DR.
swap the crank out yourself it is the only cost effective way, repair shop will be equal to a new lawn mower
I used to get them straight enough to use with a 3lb lead babbit.If you get lucky and get it pretty close to straight,it won't vibrate your teeth out
look on CL... theres always someone selling a decent rig for under $50. bending a crank is pretty cool...lol. I once sprayed the remaining nitrous in a bottle into a mower that had a rod knock... the rod came out the block about 8 seconds in...lol
Club Cadet 28 inch mower. 5 more inches! [add length jokes here ] I love that it cut time from my, sometimes twice a week morning schedule.
I use a Toro TimeMaster 30”. People don’t believe how much time is saved, until they use one. I’ll never mow with a 20”-22” ever again.
We were straightening crankshafts in lawn mowers 60 years ago when I worked in our family lawn mower/chain saw business. It's easy with a special steel bracket (dad make ours) and a 4 ton hydraulic jack. Any decent lawn mower shop will have one and should be able to straighten the crank for $25-$50 if you take the engine to them (the local guy charges $25), more if they have to take it off the mower. You can pull the crank and replace it, simple on a lawn mower. However, if the crankshaft is bent too much, the bottom cover of the engine can't be pulled off over the bend, and it has to be straightened while in the engine.
I thought about that. When I first got it I snapped the rear wheel drive cable and that beotch was a bear to move without the rear drive wheels engaged. I could see it being difficult to maneuver as I get older. It’s definitely more difficult around close obstacles.
I refuse to mow grass. It's cheap enough to sub out so it just doesn't make sense. Yeah, it's easy and marginally gratifying, but with finite time in my day, year, and life, I don't want to be tied to it. Nothing worse than having to skip a day of [whatever shit you like to do] to mow your lawn.
Do you also pay to have someone rub one out for you as well due to lack of time? Pussification of a’murica
The assholes around here charge $60/mow, and if it’s been raining they do it twice a week. No way I’m paying $480/mo from March to November to mow my fucking grass. Even if they cut back to once a week August to November it’s still like $3k.
If I keep the mower gassed up, blades sharp and ready to start, my wife likes to mow. It takes me hardly any time at all.
Do you live in the Arctic. I thought you were ballin’? Or do you need that extra $480 for hookers & blow?
what if one likes to do it... and doesnt burn up precious weekend days? Like you said the services are "cheap" & "plentiful" but never found one that does as good of a job on a consistent basis. So when neighbors ask "Who does your lawn?" I just tell them some stupid dipshit.
Lol for sure, @JBraun is a total pussy. You should ask for his ‘man card’ or some other thinly veiled homosexual dog whistle to let us all know you’re the real alpha in town. What a fucking joke. Insecure much?