WALK BEHIND POWER TROWEL INSTRUCTION MANUAL
TROUBLESHOOTING
WON’T START
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Throttle fully open
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Hand lever wire broken
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No gas
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Dirty gas
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Gas filter plugged
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Gas line plugged
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Hole in gas line
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Gas supply valve turned off
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Dead-man safety switch
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Safety switch wire or connectors not making
good contact
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Other engine problems (Refer to engine manual)
STARTS BUT NO HIGH SPEED
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Engine problems
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Throttle cable broken or seized
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Throttle lever and connectors loose or out of
adjustment
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Clutch shoes worn
STARTS AT HIGH SPEED, WON’T SLOW DOWN
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Same as above
ENGINE WON’T STOP
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Safety switch, wire or connectors not making
good contact
ENGINE STARTS BUT WON’T TU RN TROWELS AT
ANY SPEED
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Clutch seized
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No weights or broken clutch
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Wrong belt
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Broken or missing key
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Clutch
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Pulley
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Worm gear (countershaft)
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Main gear
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Spider plate
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Gearbox seized
TROWELS TURN, ENGINE AT IDLE
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Idle too fast
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Belt too tight
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Clutch seized
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Pulley out of alignment
TROWELS BLADES WEARING UNEVENLY
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Spider plate seized
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Arms bent
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Adjusting screws (carriage bolts) incorrectly set
MACHINE JUMPS ON FLOOR
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Concrete hardened on bottom of spider plate
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Trowels unevenly worn
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Spider plate seized
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Spider plate loose
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Trowel arms bent
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Adjusting screws (carriage bolts) incorrectly set
use spider plate adjustment jig (pg,13)
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Mainshaft bent
PITCH CONTROLS WILL NOT OPERATE BLADES
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Cable broken or out of adjustment
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Slot screw missing (under-side of handle)
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Spider plate seized
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Pressure plate and/or yoke arm broken or badly
worn
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Hand crank adjuster malfunctioning
BELT WEARING RAPIDLY
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Belt adjusted improperly
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Pulley out of alignment
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Wrong belt/defective belt
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Clutch sticking
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Gearbox seizing
OIL LEAKS
a) Top of gearbox
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Engine leaks
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Relief valve broken
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Too much oil in gearbox
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Set screw missing in cover
b) Between end cap and gearbox (recoil side)
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“O” ring damaged
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End cap not tight
c) At mainshaft or countershaft
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Relief valve seized
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Shaft and/or seal worn
TROWEL BLADES WILL NOT TURN
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Yoke arm broken
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Key sheared
SPIDER PLATE HARD TO GREASE
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Fittings plugged
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Cement in grease grooves of arms
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Grease fittings too tight
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CREATED: 07/04
REVISED: 05/10
CREATED: 06/12
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