Another example of a quick task taking far too long to complete
Decided to hop out to do a quick mow, so everything was going well until when I finished the front yard and as I was removing the clippings bag, I noticed a rear wheel was cracked almost all the way around the inner diameter of the wheel.
Quick parts search for "Poulan" and 11" wheels revealed nothing on Amazon...only 8" wheels, so off to the online Poulan website. I did a parts search for my specific mower model found the wheels, but they were not available. I tried e-replacement parts and a similar online parts supplier to no avail. They didn't have them either. Back to Amazon for a universal 11" wheel...
I only had the diameter and width of the wheel to search. I started looking at generic wheels and found a similar dimension Husqvarna wheel, but I thought I better compare it to the one from my mower.
That Husqvarna wheel that came up had an embedded 40 tooth drive gear, but my wheel has more teeth. I cleaned the gear wheel and found a part number. I punched that into another Amazon search (along with Husqvarna) and it came up with a wheel...and the cog on this wheel had the same number of teeth. In the description, it said it was a replacement for the part number on my old one. Final confirmation! (The time I spent searching for a replacement wheel was probably twice as long as it took to mow my front yard.)
I reinstalled the wheel to mow the backyard, and it snapped off as I set it down. My mowing is done for the day! Replacement wheels arrive Sunday.
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10mo
Get some Gorilla Glue and give it an hour while you drink a beverage and you'll be right back at it.
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10mo
parts search and found that the “ assembly” was no longer available.
However the individual parts, spindle casing, spindle shaft, bearings, etc are all still a go. Decided I had too much going on to do that myself and took it to my reliable but slow repair guy. He called me two weeks later and told me his snapper rep told him there was no way to get parts now. I told him I had found them and would be glad to order. “ well…well, let me do some more digging”. Next day “ oh, I found some parts”. He recently became a rep for a line of mowers.
Trying to con me into buying a mower? Afraid of losing his markup on parts? I try to be a trusting guy, but going through exact same scenario with my old garden Ford Explorer. Arrrrggghhh.
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10mo
is now in its 8th year and otherwise performing quite well. This part is what hangs down off the rear of the body to keep ****e from flying out into your ankles and shins. Ryobi doesn't stock the part and neither do Home Depot or Lowe's.
I got it from Dr. Mower in a little town 40 miles north of Calgary, AB and it arrived today after an 11-day trek down from the Great White North.
** Edited by PhotoHokieNC at 9/12/2025, 6:32:11 PM
** Edited by PhotoHokieNC at 9/12/2025, 7:09:16 PM
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