20 Most Recent Toro Lawn Mower With Toro Power Tools - Page 9 Questions & Answers

each side has its own pump and it own release levers on the rear make sure the releae is ok

I cannot believe that someone suggested grinding off the rivets. If the bottom portion of the rivet falls down and gets caught by the magnet on your flywheel and you try to start it you are going to do some SERIOUS damage.

Here is the instructions DIRECT FROM BRIGGS & STRATTON:

This is a relatively simple process, but you have to be VERY careful when doing this. The spring is long, under some tension and has sharp edges. Anytime you are dealing with the manual rewind starter assembly, there is risk of the spring coming out and possibly injuring yourself or others. If you do not feel comfortable performing this repair, I strongly suggest visiting one of our many authorized dealers in your area and have them do this for you.
You will have to remove the gas tank to get at the rewind and blower housing. Remove the entire blower housing and rewind assembly and turn it upside down.
NOTE:You do not have to drill out the rivets to get to the back of the rewind assembly. This is only necessary if you are removing the ENTIRE rewind assembly, (metal housing and all) and are separating it from the blower housing.
You'll need a pair of vise grips or a screw driver, some rewind rope, a long thin sharp tip flexible object (the wire from a coat hanger may work) and a lighter handy.

1. Take the pulley and start to turn it so that the rope becomes loose.
   
2. Remove the rope.
   
3. Once the pulley is all the way out, with the most tension, either use the screwdriver between the spokes of the pulley, or use the vise grips to hold the pulley in place; be careful not to place too much pressure on the vise grips, the plastic pulley may break!
   
4. Make sure that the hole in the pulley lines up with the hole on the rewind assembly.
   
5. Using the wire from the coat hanger, push the rope through the hole of the rewind and pulley. Pull the rope through the pulley and tie it off. Now use the lighter to burn the end of the rope to prevent the not from coming off.
   
6. Now, remove the screwdriver or vise grips, while holding on to the pulley.
   
7. SLOWLY let go of the pulley and the rope should feed back into the pulley as you do this.

Take a look underneath, either the belt has stretched too much and its too long now or it has broke or fallen off. It could be that one of the pulleys have become frozen but you should hear squealing or the engine might stall. Good luck.

need the ser number of the unit. the pulley don't split its one part, i need the ser number . this is no easy job. good luck

How thoroughly did you clean the carb? They need to be fully disassembled. There are some small orifices in them that need to be cleaned with either a jet cleaning tool or a piece of wire.

I have a toro mower and it has same problem,my husband replaced some parts&it worked but then started same thing again,he hasn't had time to mess with it again seeings hes been working reg. job&every other spare minute been spent trying to fix our truck! Id love to see an answer for mower to help this person&us also!!

did the belt break or fall off?are the push control rods pulled out to push it ?

first check the air pressure in the tires make sure they are the same then move the linkage rods on the slower side to balance the speeds out if it doesn't balance out you might have a pump or drive motor failing each side has its own pump and drive motor assuming you already check the fluid level

the spider gears are in on the wrong side more less like you put the rear end in backwards

There are none, it is not good stuff.

did you put a little gas on the plug before you put it back on and make sure the spark plug is gagged correctly. And with the plug out and connected to the wire holding it with a tool you should be able to see sparks. If not it could be a faulty wire.