JDgreen227
Super Member
Yesterday I pulled the flywheel on my step mom's '05 vintage Craftsman to replace the flywheel key on the Tecumseh, and I got to wondering:
Exactly what is the purpose of putting a key atop the engine, when it seems having a key down at the blade would be much more practical and much easier to replace should it be required? If you hit something and the blade bends, you are going to end up removing and replacing it anyway so why don't they put the key there in the first place? She told me she got one estimate of $50 to replace the key on her mower, which I thought was simply obscene as it is a half-hour job and only a $1 part.
Exactly what is the purpose of putting a key atop the engine, when it seems having a key down at the blade would be much more practical and much easier to replace should it be required? If you hit something and the blade bends, you are going to end up removing and replacing it anyway so why don't they put the key there in the first place? She told me she got one estimate of $50 to replace the key on her mower, which I thought was simply obscene as it is a half-hour job and only a $1 part.