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The G3 is not going to perform better than the Toro blade.

4.5" angle grinder with a 40 grit flapper wheel. You will get the hang of it. A nail in a tree or a cheap cone balancer is all you need to balance them.

You are getting closer to the answer.

That would apply to the The worm drive clamps are on Kawasaki FR series engines. Kohler uses a different design.

One more thing. Yamaha is or has divested itself from the power and small engines. EPP of Japan is to get that segment. It will be very hard to get replacement parts for the Yamaha MX engines.

I use grease on the intake horn were the filter attaches. The fines will not get past the grease.

Yep! It's critical to service that pre-filter. It catches most of the junk. Washing it and oiling it every 25 hours is important. I like the aerosol foam filter oil. It's easy to apply and pretty tacky.

Here's the deal. Bad Boy, Gravely, and Husqvarna all offered Yamaha engines at one time. Their failure rate was higher than the Kawasaki, Briggs, and Kohler. All three dropped them. My Gravely dealer used my old mower as a loaner. The last time I talked with him, it was on it's third Yamaha...

You may not be able to get a replacement Yamaha engine. Go with a reliable replacement.

Replace it with a Briggs, Kohler, or Kawasaki. The Yamaha engines were junk. Bad Boy, Husqvarna, and Gravely used Yamaha engines at one time. I had a MX800V on a Pro Turn 160 that was nothing but trouble. The dealer gave me full credit towards another mower at 87 hours.

Does this engine have the cylinder shaped air filter? If so, it should also have a green foam pre-filter. The pre-filter should be cleaned and re-oiled every 25 hours. The filter should be replaced every 100 hours. The filter housing should also be cleaned ever 25 hours.

Verify that your fuel pump is working. A small container of fuel is needed. Place the line between the filter and pump in the container. Disconnect the line between the pump and the carburetor. Spin the engine over. If there's gas flowing, the pump is good. That means that you need to dump the...

I thought the same thing about the fuel pump.

The small line is the vent line.

Here's the parts manual. This should help. The deck will need to be supported by 2x4 or 4x4. You will need some slack in the chain deck hangers. Remove the chains at the attachment points. You may be able to replace the spindles without removing the deck...