B & S 23 hp Twin V Tek - only 200 hrs rings bad, cylinder bad -Recourse from B & S???

[earthworm]

Re: B & S 23 hp Twin V Tek - only 200 hrs rings bad, cylinder bad -Recourse from B &

Avoid the "cheap" American made - anything !
Even a Chinese engine would be better, and they are cheap.
The B & S engines are throwaways...this should be illegal, but the current political climate protects the big business from the people...IMO.
Buy Japanese or German..
Our people, our business, our government will learn, one of these days.....

 

[ancientoaks]

Re: B & S 23 hp Twin V Tek - only 200 hrs rings bad, cylinder bad -Recourse from B &

Avoid the "cheap" American made - anything !
Even a Chinese engine would be better, and they are cheap.
The B & S engines are throwaways...this should be illegal, but the current political climate protects the big business from the people...IMO.
Buy Japanese or German..
Our people, our business, our government will learn, one of these days.....

did exactly that. bought a Cub with a Kawasaki....may not work out any better, but at least we're trying something different. never even heard from Briggs..they 'claim' they respond in three working days.. what a joke..they didn't respond at all...NEVER again.....
it's the 'new normal'...pay good bucks, and EXPECT it to be a throwaway, don't hold them accountable, they know it and they know there is another sucker out there waiting anyway....and everyone just shrugs and says 'oh well, that's the way it is'......50 years ago you had to make a good product and stand behind it or you lost your shirt and your business. not any more...

 

[motoman]

Re: B & S 23 hp Twin V Tek - only 200 hrs rings bad, cylinder bad -Recourse from B &

earthworm, you seem bitter....:laughing: They say we vote with our pocketbooks. Seems like BS would begin to feel the heat, but it's in the numbers. If you build millions ,but only hundreds fail that is noise level . The car companies do the same. Until feds goose them they will not always respond ( witness recent Chrysler gas tank bru ha). Silly Sears still trying to live on the old househhold rep , but selling the BS in the Craftsman.

 

[earthworm]

Re: B & S 23 hp Twin V Tek - only 200 hrs rings bad, cylinder bad -Recourse from B &

earthworm, you seem bitter....:laughing: They say we vote with our pocketbooks. Seems like BS would begin to feel the heat, but it's in the numbers. If you build millions ,but only hundreds fail that is noise level . The car companies do the same. Until feds goose them they will not always respond ( witness recent Chrysler gas tank bru ha). Silly Sears still trying to live on the old househhold rep , but selling the BS in the Craftsman.

Yes ! I am, and think of how much more the OP is.....extremely bitter.....
Our companies , our government, and our people can do better...
The "weak link" ??????

 

[TnHusky]

Re: B & S 23 hp Twin V Tek - only 200 hrs rings bad, cylinder bad -Recourse from B &

And Kohler gets a bad rap. This is why I didn't buy the Briggs and chose the Kohler. :thumbsup:

 

[den052]

Re: B & S 23 hp Twin V Tek - only 200 hrs rings bad, cylinder bad -Recourse from B &

And Kohler gets a bad rap. This is why I didn't buy the Briggs and chose the Kohler. :thumbsup:

The valve train issue with The B+S Twin VTek is the steel valve guide (exhaust), moves out of location in the aluminum head, causing the pushrod to bend when the rocker arm contacts the out of position valve guide. People have fixed this by repositioning the valve guide where it should be in the head, and drilling a small hole between the aluminum and 1/2 of the valve guide (to create a groove in the exterior surface of the valve guide). Then they drive a 3/16 roll pin in the hole to prevent the valve guide from moving when the aluminum gets hot and expands.