just look at the video. i think that you will have to find the parts diagram to see where they go.

@@georgerogero3185 Thanks. I took it back apart and figured it out. Your video was very helpful.

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Sto usando un traduttore. La tua motozappa potrebbe essere diversa dalla mia. Sembra che la macchina non stia uscendo dalla folle. Mostro il cambio a 2:30 e a 3:02 mostro la posizione neutra. Buona Fortuna

@@georgerogero3185 Chiedo scusa, il suo video e grazie al quale mi ha prmesso di Risolvere. Avevo montato un ingranaggio all'incontrario. stamani ho controllato meglio e funziona tutto adesso. solo grazie a lei e sono qui per ringraziarla. un saluto e grazie anche per la risposta.

Make sure you use a magnetic to check for washers

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​@@georgerogero3185 imagin but lego tho

i don't have any suggestions. the grease works fine if you have enough. i don't know how you could seal it up all of the way.

I don’t know exactly what the problem was, but it was either the wrong flywheel, or the shaft is not manufactured correctly, because both of my engines broke off in the exact same way. If you look at the end of the shaft it looks really like crystals of metal, and it doesn’t look like the metal failed because of fatigue.

​@@georgerogero3185I'd tend to think wrong flywheel. The crank is ductile cast iron. Sounds like brittle fracture. What would a cast iron break by fatigue look like or differ from what you see?

Was thinking a stone, piece of granite, that a branch grew around. DR is Generac which is where the buck stops. B & S Engine Application Center, BASCO EAC, is available to Generac, DR, when their product is developed. Generac also manufactures engines. The BASCO engines, alone are tested running for 800 hours. Whether or what DR's testing protocol is, is a mystery to me. While it's possible the cranks metallurgy to be amiss, I'd bet on the application. BASCO engine production per model is in the millions, a quarter century ago 11 & 13 million wasn't unheard of for the smaller engines.

thanks

Clean it good and they paint parts in contrasting colors, take photos before taking apart and as you disassemble it.

It doesn’t sound good. I think you’ll probably have to take it apart. It must’ve been bad luck because I’ve had some pretty big rocks and kept going.

not really/ you can see from my video how easily it is for me to rotate the gears.

One person found a broken chain when they took it apart.

Thanks

I put it back together and it runs fine

I didn't need a chain but i got the part i needed from Craftsman/sears

sears? just put in the model number in duckduckgo and it should pop up

Hey George, I'm just wondering if the wheels should free wheel when the machine is in neutral? Also, do the tines spin forward or reverse (mine seem to spin the opposite direction of the wheels when it's in Ff. Thanks

Did the grease fitting fix the problem? I have an 850 that is locked in neutral.

@@codyandbarbarakillingswort5546 well...there is still snow on the ground here, won't likely be using it until May, but I'm confident it won't make it worse 😉👍

On the internet. You can see a parts diagram at the start of the video

@@georgerogero3185 took mine apart and it all fell out. Lol. Have no idea where to put any of these washers.

@@TylerHankss if i remember only one washer was different. look up a parts diagram and you should be able to figure it out. just use the model number and put in parts.

@@TylerHankss Just make sure you get all of the washers. i keep telling every one to check the grease with a magnet so that you get all of them.

@@georgerogero3185 thanks for the info. My model is the yellow one and so far I’ve found 3 different sized washers… lol. Can’t find any info on my particular model. It’s the 917294482. This one seems to be rare. Everyone seems to have the black model one.

The only reason I was using marine grease was it’s water resistant. I never saw a spec. that called for the use of the grease you’re talking about. I had paper gasket but it was in bad shape and had ripped in a couple places so I topped it off with some of that liquid gasket, It comes in a tube.

@@georgerogero3185 Thank you for replying. I got my case separated yesterday. No gasket; they used a bead of sealant (akin to Flexseal) on the inside lip. I also noticed that a silicone adhesive was used to hold the flange bearings in place . I'll research marine grease. They use the bentonite grease because it doesn't melt at high temperatures. Mine looked contaminated. Noticed damage on the case from hitting granite cobbles (salvaged 2 tons in 3 months). There's room for me to add wear plates to protect the case from further damage. The axle & tine shafts both required filing where the holes were; a bit of distortion from the shear pins. The chain to the tine shaft was sloppy, but not enough to remove a link. The seals on that shaft will need to be replaced. No idea how to remove them, except with a dremel. I'll know more when the parts arrive. I did not find any filings in the case. The axle broke clean; the only collateral damage was a thrust washer.

I don’t think they are that bad but they do have some problems.