Posted by Goose on January 01, 2016 at 08:20:57 from (70.198.47.178):
As I recall, a month or so ago I mentioned on this forum that I had a 24hp Poulan garden tractor with hydrostatic drive problems. Whenever the pedal was pushed for either forward or reverse, it would just make a lout buzzing noise and not move.
I stopped at a large local small engine place, (I've bought a couple of Stihl chainsaws there) and asked one of the counter men if he had any ideas. As soon as he found I wasn't working on an ultra high end, professional grade unit, he became openly disdainful. When I mentioned the unit had only 320 hours on it, he replied that that's about all those things last. I mentioned I had run an identical one well over a thousand hours and it was still going strong he subtly made known the conversation was over. I left, swearing never to darken their door again.
I put the unit up on jacks in my shop and dropped the transaxle out of it, figuring if nothing more I'd get the exact model number and maybe search ebay.
To make a long story short, all that was wrong was the brake was stuck. It had sat through enough wet weather so a couple of parts in the brake mechanism rusted enough to stick. Cleaned and lube the brake parts, and with it sitting on saw horses I put a drill on the input shaft. Worked fine. Re-installed it in the tractor and it's working great.
Outside of my labor, the only cost in the deal was the small engine place lost a customer.
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