Do I Have a Bent Crank Shaft 

I'm sure glad you're crank wasn't bent. That would have been an expensive problem. I hope everyone is doing well. Continued prayers for you and Nannie and I'll see you on the next one.

Not bent but I’ve been called cranky! 😂 Glad it’s not a major problem. Figured if it was too bad you’d be waiting for Joseph (Garden Tractor Boy) to finish his testing so he could fix it. 😛

No bent crank, now that's great news. I like how you did your inspection. Hope Nannie is feeling better. God Bless.

Looks like the Old Crank still has some life left.

Looks like just a little cleaning and mantance and good to go! We are always praying for you and Nannie 🙏🙏🙏

Seems that Fiona just keeps on giving and giving...guess we'll all see power rates go up to pay for the $35M the power company spent on clean-up. On the positive, good that the crank shaft doesn't appear to be needing replacing. Really on a lighter note, did you know that there is a whole comic strip called Crankshaft!? There is a striking similarity between you and the main character, Ed! LOL Have yourselves a wonderful Canada Day weekend!!

Good evening Mike, glad it wasn't bent and things worked out. All the best to Nanny. Have a great Canada Day weekend, Ben 🇨🇦👋😎👍🇨🇦

All good now to drive it into Digby 👍

Glad to see the crank is OK. A little service will get rid of those squeaks and pops. Best wishes for you and Nannie, Cheers Mike

Glad it wasn't bent. That hurricane was tough on your place

Hello Grampie. I'm glad to see that the crankshaft is not bent. It usually happens on mowers when the blade is attached to the crank and you hit something. Have a great day my friend 🙏🔧👍

Good to see how you check the crank. Nice that it’s not bent. A little grease and oil and you’ll be back in business 👍💪

Good evening Mike. It was good to rotate the crank, but I would have also rocked it by pulling on the slip clutch. It's more often than not that an excessive vibration would come from damaged blades or a damaged mandrel assembly / mandrel bearings. Have a good one!

Hope everything is going good with you and Nanny. that's good about the mower Have a great weekend

Bonsoir Mon Ami, vous etes un excellent technicien 🧐👍Be Well Both Of You and My Best Prayers for you two CHeers 👍👍🧐🧐👌👌🍻🍻

When I first saw this I thought you bent the crankshaft on your Massey 😮 .lol. Have a great Canada Day weekend

Good day Mike - your videos always lift my spirits so thank you - well, that’s some good news regarding the crank! I’m happy for you and you got to do some additional maintenance while she was on stands - win, win in my books eh? Cheers and thanks

Hi Mile sure happy the crank isn,t bent. Sending my love and prayers to you and Janet.

Good diagnostic and Inwould say it would take a terrible shock to bend the crank. I have seen a long time ago a shock had Sheridan the key way on the flywheel and the small engine didn’t want to start. That’s a story for another day….CHEERS

Great that it’s not bent. That would be expensive. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Hard to say what the shake is. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I some times drill a 1/8 hole in those tie rod ends, above the ball and squeeze grease in with my finger or use a spray grease. Sure helps lube those tie rod ends. Then when done fill the hole with grease to help keep the dirt out. Hope Nannie is well and you both have a great Canada Day weekend. 👍🏻👍🏻👋👋🇨🇦🇨🇦💥💥💣

I'm glad to see it isn't the crank shaft. My guess is the vibration is coming from something on the mowing deck. I recently had a bad vibration with my tiller on the GC2610. Turns out is was a u-joint on the jack shaft that needed grease. Nice, easy, and cheap repair!! Take care, Mike.

Hi Mike, good thing it wasn’t bent 🥵. Happy Canada Day weekend Mike and Nannie 👍🏻🙋🏼‍♂️🙂🇨🇦🍻

Glad the crank is not bent. Those vibrations are hard to chase. I have one on my mower and it showed up after I put a new clutch in it. Got to keep the mower going at all cost or you will end up using a push mower. Thanks Mike. Stevo

Nice video Mike I look forward to your videos

Hey Mike! Happy to see all turned out well in this case. Continued maintenance sure is important. Have a great weekend Brother!

Lol @HuntingFarmerOffical, mike sure glad its not bent, good maintenance

Hello Mike! Most likely vibrations on a mower usually come from a bent blade or shaft on the deck. Even a severe build-up of dirt under the deck could make it vibrate. Happy Canada Day buddy.

Some folks say I am a bit cranky. And I tell them to get bent. LOL Enjoyed the video - Enjoy the journey - cheers

Hi Mike 👋,thats a good way you checked the crank, and lucky it wasn't bent, thats a bit of a puzzle why that belt guide keeps breaking 🤔

Good maintenance Will keep it working for many years :) Great tips Mike !

Glad that turned out ok Mike,,,,,,all good

HowDee old friend. Summer is well on its way or there now. I hope you can get Nannie J outside to soalk a bunch of it in. Good medicine from the sun and fresh air eh. Do you not have a dial indicator and magnetic stand ? They are not that much $ wise and invalyable on things like this. Perhaps a friend there may have one to borrow for a quick test of that cranky crank. A cleanish part of the mower deck should be magnetic. Place the stand on a clean ish spot and adjust the indicator to a spot as close to theplace where the crank leaves the crank case and "0" it by gently pulling the indicator in and out a couple times making sure it reads the same every time. "0" the indicator again and rotate the engine. What we/you are looking for is a reading of no more than .004 inches. You want the test area as clean as possible. Some coarse #80 sand paper on the crank etc. If it passes this test do the same on all the vertical shafts that are within the mower deck. If you don't find a guilty part it must be a belt or ? .004 is about twice the thickness of a human hair and won't be easily seen from an untrained eye. Even then a hard one to see. That's why we have indicators bud. Let me know how you make out. If a test shows .010 don't run it. Take it to a machine shop and they may be able to get it within tollerences. You are well capeable of taking the crank out yourself bud.

I'm so disappointed that it wasn't bent. I love to tear things apart and I was hoping that we'd see the engine in bits all over the floor, but not this time. Could the broken belt guide be from the belt being too tight? I admire how many videos you produced ahead of the surgery. That's impressive. We hope nanny is doing well! Best wishes as always.(and a pat on the head to each and every little squirrel...... and rabbit)

it does look like the belt should go between the short piece of the belt guide and the main support.. It would be very rare if the crankshaft on a riding mower would get bent because the belts take up most of the shock if you hit a rock or stob and it would be hard to actually run the pulley into something solid with all the tractor framework in place.

Hey Mike. Does it vibrate with the blades engaged only or all the time? I'm just wondering if it's the blades causing the issue.

Who is Vernon, LOL.