Does it harm a self propelled mower to be pulled back with the drive disengaged?

amyotte · 2007-05-01T21:32:19+00:00

I am looking at buying a self propelled lawnmower and was a storetoday and the clerk said that is hard on the mower when you pull itback. So if I cut forward into a tight area I would need to pull itback also. He showed my on a model he had, don't recall the brand,and there was resistance felt and what felt like a gear click.I went to Sears and ask this question and they had not heard of thatbeing a problem. Once the drive lever is released there didn't appearto be any resistance.Is there merrit in the first clerks comment about the reverse thing?Brian

May 01, 2007 Last reply: 5 years ago 20 Replies

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gfretwell 5 years ago

That would give you a different symptom but looking at it wouldn't hurt. When that bushing fails the gear doesn't "free wheel" in neutral.

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