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BXR836 RIDE-ON TROWEL INSTRUCTION MANUAL
WON'T START
Throttle fully open
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Hand lever wire broken
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No gas
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Dirty gas
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Gas filter plugged
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Gas line plugged
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Hole in gas line
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Gas supply valve turned off
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Dead-man safety switch inoperable (foot lever must
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be depressed)
Safety switch wire or connectors not making good
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contact
Other engine problems (Refer to engine manual)
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STARTS BUT NO HIGH SPEED
Engine problems
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Throttle cable broken or seized
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Throttle lever and connectors loose or out of adjust-
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ment
Clutch shoes worn
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TROWELS TURN, ENGINE AT IDLE
Idle too fast
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Belt too tight
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Clutch seized
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MACHINE JUMPS ON FLOOR
Concrete hardened on bottom of spider plate
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Trowels unevenly worn
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Spider plate seized
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Spider plate loose
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Trowel arms bent
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Adjusting screws (carriage bolts) incorrectly set -
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use spider plate adjustment jig (pg,13)
Mainshaft bent
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Steering handle too far right or left
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SPIDER PLATE HARD TO GREASE
Fittings plugged
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Cement in grease grooves of arms
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Grease fittings too tight
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PITCH CONTROLS WILL NOT OPERATE BLADES
Cable broken or out of adjustment
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Slot screw missing (under-side of handle)
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Pressure plate and/or yoke arm broken or badly
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worn
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Hand crank adjuster not working
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BELT WEARING RAPIDLY
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Belt adjusted improperly
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Pulley out of alignment
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Wrong belt/defective belt
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Clutch sticking
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Gearbox seizing
OIL LEAKS
a) Top of gearbox
• Engine leaks
• Relief valve broken
• Too much oil in gearbox
• Set screw missing in cover
b) Between end cap and gearbox (recoil side)
• "O" ring damaged
• End cap not tight
c) At mainshaft or countershaft
• Relief valve seized
• Shaft and/or seal worn
BLADES HITTING EACH OTHER
(MODIFIED MODELS ONLY)
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Blades out of synch
Sheared key in spider plate or gearbox
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Drive shaft misaligned
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WON'T MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE
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Pins or forward/reverse lever broken
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Rod end seizing on F/R lever
Connecting rod broken
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WON'T STEER LEFT OR RIGHT
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Steering arms broken
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Linkage worn out
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Gearbox stud sheared
Rod end connecting shaft loose
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DRIVE SHAFT WILL NOT TURN
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Universal joint(s) seized
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Yoke arm broken
Spline stripped
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Key sheared
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Created: 05/2012
Revised: 00
CREATED: 07/04
Revised: 05/2012
REVISED: 06/14
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