Tyler, that is a good suggestion to use what will go to waste.
Norm, I think I finally figured what you have done. You put in a piece of tight fitting round solid steel in the hollow of the lower handle tube to stop the torque from the nut being able to collapse it.
Hi Norm, clearly you have too much time on your hands, and single handedly trying to rectify Victa's design flaws one mower at a time.
Hope you're keeping well and we'll talk soon.
Norm is just doing his thing finding ways to extend the life of these things. This could benefit many people down the line. The weakness with two stroke Powertorque mowers is they only fit properly on their own frames and they wear out at a greater rate.
People like Norm and Carbymaster are contributing to helping to keep remaining Victa mowers viable where they would otherwise be replaced through attrition.
Good to know be uses his spare time this way rather than hitting a ball into a hole and not gaining much fitness from it.