On the first start this summer the engine started fine but would
not come up to speed in the usual way with warm up. It stopped and
would only click versus crank. The flywheel was locked. That
turned out to be loose magnets under the flywheel.
I found two pieces of a magnet inside. A pushed a little on an
attached magnet and it fell off. Then another fell off. I moved
more and found I could lift them a little as the glue soft. Maybe
it softened up over the years. ??
All the magnets are loose and can be lifted.
To repair it it seems I would have to remove all the magnets
and epoxy them in. I use the riding more only for pulling a
small trailer but no mowing so not used much but very handy.
I’d like to have it available but not sure if gluing the magnets
will be worthwhile.
I have some questions about this.
Are the magnets only for lights and recharging the battery?
Can I just charge the battery and run the flywheel with no
magnets? With a decent batter that is charged about how many
starts would I get?
One If I cleaned up the flywheel well I could reglue them. I think
there are 13 magnets. There are some location lines where the
magnets go. My guess is where they go does not have to be
exact but just center each on the two lines.
Two There are 11 complete magnets and two damaged. One of the
damaged ones has a chip broken off and I think that would not
matter. The other is broken. It is in two pieces of about 2/5ths
and 3/5ths. They don’t match as I think one got chipped where
it fit to the other so I would just clue in the 3/5ths one. I think
that would be ok and not cause a problem.
Three Is this a doable task doing so many? I know people
glue magnets back in. Would regluing all 13 work? What
are the issues I could run into?
not come up to speed in the usual way with warm up. It stopped and
would only click versus crank. The flywheel was locked. That
turned out to be loose magnets under the flywheel.
I found two pieces of a magnet inside. A pushed a little on an
attached magnet and it fell off. Then another fell off. I moved
more and found I could lift them a little as the glue soft. Maybe
it softened up over the years. ??
All the magnets are loose and can be lifted.
To repair it it seems I would have to remove all the magnets
and epoxy them in. I use the riding more only for pulling a
small trailer but no mowing so not used much but very handy.
I’d like to have it available but not sure if gluing the magnets
will be worthwhile.
I have some questions about this.
Are the magnets only for lights and recharging the battery?
Can I just charge the battery and run the flywheel with no
magnets? With a decent batter that is charged about how many
starts would I get?
One If I cleaned up the flywheel well I could reglue them. I think
there are 13 magnets. There are some location lines where the
magnets go. My guess is where they go does not have to be
exact but just center each on the two lines.
Two There are 11 complete magnets and two damaged. One of the
damaged ones has a chip broken off and I think that would not
matter. The other is broken. It is in two pieces of about 2/5ths
and 3/5ths. They don’t match as I think one got chipped where
it fit to the other so I would just clue in the 3/5ths one. I think
that would be ok and not cause a problem.
Three Is this a doable task doing so many? I know people
glue magnets back in. Would regluing all 13 work? What
are the issues I could run into?