OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Victa Lawn Mower Frames Victa 550 - motor change??

Hello all I have 550 that runs great but the drive unit mechanism seems siezed, and the belt is badly cracked

i have a spare one that the mechanism works fine

My question is.
Would it be easyer to swap the motor over onto the one that works or
swap the backwheel settup .
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
hope this is in the right spot
cheers

depends on what the bases are like , if both the same condition just swap engines , the drives are harder too do . or just look and have a scratch think about it . you could get a book to explain the drive system too , but might be easier to take off the wheels , remove the drive gear and use it as a push mower

They are both pretty much the same



will have to change the side chute



Will let you know the outcome.

Hurumph and dagnabit, swapped motors. starts great, push propel lever, no go forwardness, i suspect i have two drive units u/s.

Guess i will be pushing it as i have looked into the diagrams of the drive unit and its way out of my league

back again just spoke to bill in the shop he recons i can get a gearbox for about 360 but as i have two i may be able to swap parts/gears. he recons you fellas can help. part no CH85352A. the pulley at the back spins when motor running but no wheel movement. with motor off when i turn the back wheels the pulley doesn't move. smashed gearing i presume



muchos gracias

chance favors the prepared mind

has anyone any experience pulling one of these apart. or have a spare????

is the engagement lever always been cut like that?? do the drive dogs spin when you spin the pulley with the lever pulled forward?
(the inside of the wheels may be stripped), i haven't pulled a gearbox apart , never had to, but i have a spare, just have to make sure it's ok.
also, the belt in the top pick is not on right, check the wear on the post...

squizzy the wheels start to turn the gearbox but then just run freely??

so take the wheels off and check the drive dogs, also check that the pulley is not spinning on the shaft, maybe broken roll pin?

squizzy i have it in front of me in the lounge room, drive dogs? will check in tomorrow the cold to go out. thankyou mate night

yep drive dogs, the little wheels inside the big wheels, they fit on the end of the drive shaft , hold one of those while you spin the pulley , with the lever engaged.....to cold alright, nite

it would seem that the one with the seized up cable's gearbox works, but i broke the engagement lever. got it off. worried about breaking the other one when i take it off or put it on. the drive dogs drive

when i engage it and turn the pulley the drive dogs turn.
so basically i think i need to try and swap over the engagement lever and put it all back together????

sounds like a plan.....

i will let you know when i break it

looks like 2 push mowers cummin' up just easy does there arny take it slowly relaxxxxxxx

I am relaxed im listening to the blues train 106.9. i find i dont break stuff when listening on tues night

cool dude,

wheel bearings too i hope ? dont try to repack them , it just doesn't work they are looking really sad . great too your cruising there good time to chill , think , eeeeeeeeeezy does it .
try the allsteel bearings they work well and dont wreck axles when too worn

will look into it, i really would not like to push it, or get her to do it and tell her its self propelled, that may be a plan

the gearbox on the right works, I think, the cable on the left is siezed, the one on the right seems to have only 1 inch movement, is this enough to engage the gears or should i take one inch off the cable casing with my side cutters to make the cable longer.
havent broken anything yet got the broken lever off and the new one on. pure luck i think

try hanging the cable , drip wd into it or make a small cup out of a thing called plastcine i think its called not sure of spelling on that one cup around the top of it and fill with wd crc or the like , dont cut cables that do a specific job as they are a correct length inner and outer .
yeh trim throttle cables but not those , the fit into brackets at both ends so to shorten will make it tight outer , stressed inner (like me) we gotta keep sharp things away ?

vccomm can you please expand on the subject of the siezing of old cables as i have a few and was going to put them all in a bucket of petrol too soak?

try diesel it penetrates better didnt ever free up a cable on your bike when a kid ? platsicine is sort of playdough , but today i think its been classed as unsafe .
find something like it if you can , at the top of outer cable when its hanging (from a door,gutter, a tall slow moving kid ) make a little cup type thing out of t , mould it to the outer cable so penetrene wd diesel crc wil soak into the inner of it , then just ease it slowly sometimes or most times it will free up work it untill its nice and free keep it lubed .
soak for as long as it takes , most times it has worked

if the cable inner is moving freely, then 1" movement should be fine.....as vc has said , never cut a specific cable, it will never work! if it's not moving freely just free it up as suggested.
by pulling the lever your engaging a clutch in the gearbox, so not much travel needed.
put the blues back on , breath deep and it will all be ok...ok.ok

diesel and auto trans fluid - used that mix to unseize engines a few times. The Diesel penetrates and the ATF lubricates ...

WD40 has worked on cables plenty of times too. Just need to be patient and persistent.

Good luck!

Pete.

I am not going to do anything on it tonight,
paint fumes got me.

But I do have a surprise for y'all. he he ...