Posted by Kohler on March 10, 2012 at 09:03:07 from (68.149.42.239):
In Reply to: KOHLER ENGINES posted by JR FRYE on March 10, 2012 at 06:36:55:
It isn't uncommon to remove them. If I remember right the 12 H.P. model didn't use them in the first place but the 14 H.P. did. I worked at a golf course that had a 14 H.P. Kohler blow a big hole through the block because of the balance gears. I took the block to a specialty welding shop I knew and they brazed a mild steel plate to the block to repair the hole. The engine was put back together without the balance gears and ran fine. I wish I would have had a camera. The repair was made with a piece of 1/8" steel that was formed to match the contours of the block, then the block was heated super hot for the brazing. After the brazing the block was slow cooled and wrapped in several layers of fire blankets.
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