Rustyred 63 #1 Posted June 1 I need your advice pertaining to the part pictured below. When I try to start my lawn tractor, the gear on the starter motor springs up as it should to start the engine. However, the starter motor runs without the starter gear turning! So I took it all apart. Should the white plastic part which the gear runs up and down on be fused to the steel weight pictured??? Because right now the white part spins inside the steel weight. Could this be the reason the starter motor runs while the starter gear doesn't turn? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,828 #2 Posted June 1 What model tractor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,077 #3 Posted June 1 Looks like you are missing the gear. The spiral is what forces the bendix upwards. Engine numbers will help us help you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustyred 63 #4 Posted June 2 The tractor is a Murray 12.5 hp IC 40, with a Briggs and Stratton engine, model number 286707. (Built in 1994) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,077 #5 Posted June 2 Toro used that engine but with different spec number Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,077 #6 Posted June 2 https://www.partstree.com/search/?type=model&term=286707 Select your specification number from the list. Noticed the gear is different for steel or aluminum or plastic ring gears. The part with the white plastic may be a roller clutch. Should turn only one way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howie 892 #7 Posted June 3 (edited) The white part should not spin inside the metal part. Edited June 3 by Howie 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
