Good evening all

Hope everyone had a a great Christmas day !

I chanced upon an SB 45 twin rail 17 that I think the bones are great and is a late model with the sticker id later than the metal plate. The clutch half is no good and also damaged the crank end. I intend to re power this mower with a new engine, the rails look fine. The original briggs weighs about 12 kg, a new replacement briggs is about 2 kg heavier and a honda 3 kg heavier. My question is if rail damage is caused by engine weight or smoothness of running ?

Cheers
wce