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

I removed the electric start from my 5hp snowking  because it was not engaging everytime.   I  put some oil on the  shaft  and reinstalled the starter   Now it doesnt seem to contact the flywheel at all.    Is there a trick to installing one ?      All I did was line the holes up  and put the bolts back on.  do I have to do anything else?

thanks

any metal to metal contact such as in a  starter is going to create excessive wear without lubrication.......thats why starter mfgrs use lubriplate or similar white grease sparingly in these applications, dont go overboard but a bit of lubrication is necessary to get long live from a starter. (assuming as asked in an earlier post, that the starter motor runs ok and the bendix is just not engaging) and if the bendix is worn out, it could be due to lack of lubrication causing excessive wear. personally i wouldnt reassemble one without a bit of lube.

Well some say lubricate some say's no but one thing for sure this unit becomes hot after time if it runs to long over 10 seconds is too much it could get hot if you want to put lithium grease a bit I dont see an inconvenient but all my starter here doesnt have any grease at all and I never had problem with it as long that id no water going on the shaft and pignon

Walby

On the oiling thing, there is only one type of oil that can go on electronic parts without any damage. WD-40

I have a Murray RER that no longer runs. When I first got it, the startor would exibit the same symptoms as yours. All, I did was clean in up with WD-40 and she never had problems again!