It looks to me that these plastic gears on both front rear wheel drive mowers are garbage. My neighbor services lawn mowers the #1 problem he sees is stripped wheel gears. Some of these mowers are only 1yr old! You should see the stack of stripped out wheels he hasOMG! Time to change this design. Looks to be across the board with any manufacture using this style system. The replacement wheels aren‘t cheep either. $30-75 Anyone else experiencing this problem?
that's why there plastic , more $ for repairs
I have a 1985 Lawn boy self propelled. The gears and the propel rollers are steel. I have never had to replace them or have them serviced, and my mower runs great for 24 years old.
Its called buy a HONDA!! All of their lawnmowers are self propelled. Make sure to get one with a hydrostatic transmission. No stripped gears. Adjustable speed control. Runs like an automatic transmission in a car. I have a 1988 Honda hydrostatic lawnmower. Never had a problem with it. Never done any maintenance on it other than topping up the transmission oil once. Plus, they are rear wheel drive so the weight of the mower gives the wheels traction. Not like the front wheel drive geared lawnmowers that have no traction and gripping power because there is hardly any weight on the front wheels! Honda's always cost more, but they will last you a lifetime. You get what you pay for! Hope this helps!
