Troubleshooting Chart - Craftsman 917.387206 Owner's Manual

3.5 horsepower 20" side discharge rotary lawn mower
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TROUBLESHOOTING
CHART
PROBLEM
CAUSE
CORRECTION
Excessive
vibration
Starter rope hard
topull
1.
Replace blade. T_hten
blade bolt.
2.
Contact an authorized
service center.
1.
Worn, bent or loose blade.
2.
Bent engine crankshaft.
1.
Engine flywheel brake is on
when control bar is released.
2.
Bent engine crankshaft.
3.
Blade adapter broken.
4.
Blade dragging in grass.
Cutting height too low.
Lift on blade worn off.
Catcher not venting air.
Grass is too high or wheel
height is too low.
2.
Rear of lawn mower
housing or b_x:le draoj_ng
in grass.
3,
Grass catcher too full.
4.
Handle height position not
right for you.
1.
Depress control bar to
upper handle before
pulling starter rope.
2.
Contact an au',hofized
service center.
3.
Replace blade adapter.
4.
Move lawn mower to cut
grass or to hard surface
Grass catcher
1.
1.
Raise cutting height.
notfllling(Ifso
2.
2,
Replace blade.
equipped)
3.
3.
Clean grass catcher.
Hard to push
1.
! 1.
Raise cutting height.
2.
Raise rear of lawn mower
housing one (1) setting
higher.
3,
Empty grass catcher.
4.
Adjust handle height to
suit.
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