[AT] Weird broken crank(not the 430!)

[charlie hill]

Go to Harbor Freight and buy a Chinese Honda knock off for $100.00 and
forget you ever owned the Briggs.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Spencer Yost
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 9:25 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Weird broken crank(not the 430!)

It's on a lawn vacuum, and it was running fine.  My wife was operating it so 
I didn't hear it.  She  said it just stopped, making a bunch of noise in the 
process.   The crack occurred right behind the bearing, inside the crankcase 
at the flywheel end, not the impeller end.

There was a good level on the dipstick and an oil change in the winter so it 
was not oil related.

Spencer Yost

> On Aug 1, 2017, at 9:05 PM, vschwartz1 at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Spencer; I do not have any real knowledge about this kind of break but it 
> would appear to me that one side or the other would be smooth. I simply 
> have a case of nose trouble. What was the engine doing when the crank 
> broke? Was the break at the throw? For both pieces of the crank to be like 
> that photo looks I would think there must have been some end play. Maybe 
> that is a normal thing, now define normal.
> Just wondering,
> Gil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 6:04:09 PM
> Subject: [AT] Weird broken crank(not the 430!)
>
> I have a small Briggs that broke a crankshaft yesterday. The weirdest 
> thing I've ever seen. Have you ever seen a crank break and leave this type 
> of a star pattern on both ends?
>
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> Spencer Yost
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