FAIL Thread

Murraymountain wrote:

Ouch. Looks expensive.

Honda parts are remarkably cheap. I ordered a new OEM U joint, u joint boot, and a couple bushings directly from honda. Only put me out $65. A whole new top end to this engine (cylinder, head, valves, piston, rings, and all the involved gaskets) is only $180 OEM. One good thing I like about Honda 4 wheelers. Their parts are really cheap.

This is what me and a friend found at a house her and her family were looking buying.... Not sure who thought this was a good idea but it sure was a smart one I must say...

Pulley off the 18 horse Husky...





Typical plastic pulleys.


MM's belt. It's only 2 months old (I cut it though)...




Debating getting a new one... Not sure yet.


Stamped frame's front end died...




Big OOOF.

That's a lot of fail!

I saw a plastic mower transaxle at a scrapyard the other day.

MightyRaze wrote:

That's a lot of fail!

To say the least.

RichieRichOverdrive wrote:

I saw a plastic mower transaxle at a scrapyard the other day.

Straight out of a Husqvarna! Them things are indestructible...... That's why they all got recalled. We love our el cheapo engineers! They all need to be fired and banned from the lawn equipment industry.

My brother slightly modified the L120 because we're too cheap to get another belt. It is now a 36" cut with a twin.




I can foresee a catastrophic failure in the future here.

That's suppose to be a 5yo starter. Me thinks not! I think something stinky was afoot!

This thread needs more catastrophic engine fails.

I... I.... Don't even know what to say. Thats...... Intense.

How bout this @AllisKidD21





Not mower related but...just watch the video. That’s catastrophic engine failure if I’ve ever seen it

Yeah I watched that when you posted it on YouTube. Definitely a good one, haha.

Hope I’m not reviving a dead thread... sorry if I am.
So last year, and some background here is I don’t think things through very well. So anyways, there is this spot in the edge of the woods where there is no trees but a lot of thick stemmy weeds. Anyway, my one functional brain cell decided that “Meh. Steep drop, unknown ground condition, crummy tires, mow it!” Anyway, picture the mowing tractor (D140 JD) stuck 20 ft down a grade with one pass and deep brush on either side, it wouldn’t start, and my neighbor had to get his Yamaha four wheeler out and administer my haul of shame. This is now a running joke within my family. To quote Homer Simpson:

Here is another one: The aluminum manifold feeding into the carb on my vanguard is now broken. I was incredibly stupid. Somehow I managed to tighten it to the top of the thread (wrong bolt, coulda sworn it was the right one) and my brain followed this train of thought: “Hmm, feels like the threads are gooped up. Better tighten it some more to make sure. Oh it gave way! Hey, why is that crack ther- Oh. ****.” Anyway, not good. Methinks that will be expensive or a jb weld exercise. Also, I stripped the head on the starboard side main jet (2 barrel Nikki carburetor, Briggs wants $300 to replace it) So I’m going to try the sharp screwdriver trick. Not good. I’ll get some pictures tomorrow.

Oh well, time to make your own dual tecumseh carb cross ram manifold. Stuff happens.

mr.modified wrote:

Oh well, time to make your own dual tecumseh carb cross ram manifold. Stuff happens.

That would be cool. Fortunately the manifold itself is fine, the elbow that feeds the carb is broken. I put some sealant glue on it and I will see about finding a new one. The Nikki that’s on this thing is cool. 2 barrel and it runs decent. It needs tuning still though.

I will keep the dual carburetor idea in mind though if I come across another project someday when I get a barn built, thank you!

Three Honda GC fails here, got a nice bent crank:



Busted camshaft:





And my favorite, a slight valve relocation:



Then a few extras:

Personally I’ve never had any issues out of my GC engines. Smooth, quiet, and sip fuel. Honda definitely thought outside the box with that design

I can only imagine how unpleasant that would be, ouch.

My Mower At The Local County Fair Doing Some Racing....Spindle Gave Up Before The End Of The Race.

This is what happens when you get a bunch of crappy gas that smells like alcohol.

MTD mowers with the fnr axle have no reverse lock or stopper so it just slams in reverse so now my troy bilts transmission is blown to smothereens no imput shaft anymore. so next time im making a pinned reverse lock or like a springed bolt or something

At some point I will have to get a picture, but I can also join the transaxle blues club. The fill port/dipstick is about a quarter inch wide, so I have resorted to buying a condiment squeeze bottle to fill it. Also, checking the oil the other day I found that apparently the dipstick was getting gnawed on by a gear so not good. I gotta get some pictures here soon...

My Jacobsen had a rough go at the end of last weekend:

Oof. Bowl gear has left the chat

Yikes! Got another trans lined up for it?