Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

hey guys I have st824 932 series and the speed selector lever broke and it flopping around like a wet noodle. I looked and noticed a broken spring but for the life of me cant find how it hooks into the shaft of the lever . I looked in the service manual but doesnt show it too well .. please help me out boys! picture would help thanks!

no its just a small spring that attaches to the lever underneath the dashboard.. the machine still moves and operates just fine

I no longer have my ST824 (mine had the 6-forward, 2-reverse setup). But on my current Ariens, I believe that spring pulls the shift-lever to the left, to hold it into the cutouts for the different speeds. I move the lever to the right to get it out of the cutouts, then move the lever forward/back to change speeds.

If yours works similarly (notches to the left-hand side, going down the gear-selector channel in the control panel), I'd look for something underneath the panel, to the left of the shift lever, that the spring could hook onto.

If yours works differently, then disregard this.