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

[Cecil Bearden]

Charlie:
I would second that.   I replaced a briggs on my sprayer with one, and 
when the fuel tank corroded up I jus t replaced the entire engine 
again.  I keep 2 of then in the shed all the time for a quick repair.  
Just a note, if you use 2 cycle gas in small engines, when they set, 
they will not corrode so bad due to the ethanol that is always in the 
gas even no ethanol gas.  The oil film stops the corrosion.

Cecil


On 8/2/2017 11:59 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> [image/jpeg:image1.JPG]
>>
>>
>>
>> Spencer Yost
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