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Old 01-18-2011, 05:37 PM
Roanoker494 Roanoker494 is offline
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Originally Posted by TEET View Post
Ouch! Typical fragged junk plastic governor gear. It would be nice to try and locate a metal replacement, but they are getting hard to find. Cant say Ive seen a cam break like that, but when things let go in these engines, its always a surprise when you open them up. Thankfully the cylinder is in great shape as you say....looks like a strait forward repair :biggrin2.gif:

Jeff (teet)
As soon as I seen the plastic gear in pieces I knew I was not the first person to have seen one bust. Why would they use plastic? That is some straight up box store Briggs & Stratton stuff there.
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