My front wheels won't engage on my Toro. Belt is fine, and spool is turning. Looks like the box isn't in the right position for the gears to engage. Is there a simple fix?????
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One, the wheels have plastic hubs with gearing on the inside shell, they may be stripped and not engaging.
Two the transmission is shot; you can check this by removing the belt from the blade pulley and engage the drive control handle; then manually turn the pulley on the transmission by hand, if the wheels engage the tranny is ok.
If the wheels and the tranny are ok then it could be the cable or belt.
Some have gear in each wheel. Remove wheel see if plastic in wheel is worn out. Home Depot or Lowes carries some replacement wheels. Lawn mower repair shops sell them also.
im assuming you dont here any grinding, start by tightening the cable ( loosen the cable mounting bolt slide the cable towards the engine, make sure you leave some play in the cable so its doesnt engage constantly and re-tighten ) this is most likely your issue however if you re-test and get grinding you either need new drive gears and wheels, new transmission or possibly both, you said it does something just not powerfully this pretty much rules out your belt, highly doubtful its that worn out and if it came off of a pulley it would do literally nothing, however if you tighten it and the drive is almost normal but still weak you do have a worn drive belt
remove the rear wheels and check the gears in the wheels- they are plastic and part of the circumfrance on the inside of the wheel. If worn replace wheels.
also check belt- it should be tight with very little play when drive is engaged ( obvioulsy check this with engine off).
Remove the front wheels and see if the cogs that are molded into the wheels are stripped. If they are stripped out that could be where the noise is comming from.
most likley it is the gear box has failed but first take one of the wheels of to make sure that the plastic teeth on the weels didnt go bad (unlikley but wishfull thinking)
If you take the wheels off and remove the belt from the small pulley on the the front axle underneath the pulley you should see a small transmission. You usually can split this unit in half . You will see two gears and sometimes one plastic and one metal. The plastic one is usually the culprit. Hope this will help you out. Donnyb60
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