Hello everyone. I'm Jeff. I've been operating a small lawn business for about 8 years. My favorite mowers are my two Toro Commercial 21" with the Honda engines. One of my customers recently gave me his Lawn-Boy SilverPro Series with the 2 cycle Dura Force engine. It's in great shape. I thought I might use it to mow my yard because it's really light weight and runs great. Thing is after using my Toros for so long, it seems like it just creeps along speed wise. Anyone familiar with these? Can the tranny be beefed up to move on pace with my Toros?
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If you got the 4.5 hp model, it travels a bit slow (in my opinion) but this is relevant to RPM. If you run your mower on full throttle it will travel faster. Of course you may have a stretched belt and it would cause it to slow down. The larger 6.5 hp Lawnboy DuraForce moves along at a much faster clip.
Make sure you grease the transmission zerk fittings on each side of the housing. Clean the air filter and keep the blade very sharp. I find the Duraforce L.B. single speed is fairly fast and I'm tall with long legs.
Jeff
Jeff
The zerks are just for the sprockets on rear wheels, to grease gear box you have to take the bottom cover off.
If you have the same 3 speed transmission that I have with a duraforce 2nd is plenty fast, I cannot ever think of using 3rd, you almost have to run to keep up. You have to remove engine block from exhaust plate to remove belt. Not as bad as it sounds, make sure to not lose exhaust gasket. Make sure the gear box is putting enough tension on belt, there is a spring you can adjust.
If you have the same 3 speed transmission that I have with a duraforce 2nd is plenty fast, I cannot ever think of using 3rd, you almost have to run to keep up. You have to remove engine block from exhaust plate to remove belt. Not as bad as it sounds, make sure to not lose exhaust gasket. Make sure the gear box is putting enough tension on belt, there is a spring you can adjust.
If he has the Silverpro, he doesn't have the 3 speed tranny. I have a 10547 with the 3 speed, and yes 3rd gear was for sprinters, lol.
If you remove the rear wheels and black plastic gear covers, you'll find packed old grease and grass. Clean that out and regrease. Grease the wheel axle bolts. I find the ground speed increases noticeably after performing this basic maintenance work.
Forgot to mention, if the previous owner had the mower set up for mulching (it will have the Easy Mulch cover plate), chances are the black plastic belt cover is completely packed with grass. The 10323 I just bought off Craigslist had this condition.
Jeff
If you remove the rear wheels and black plastic gear covers, you'll find packed old grease and grass. Clean that out and regrease. Grease the wheel axle bolts. I find the ground speed increases noticeably after performing this basic maintenance work.
Forgot to mention, if the previous owner had the mower set up for mulching (it will have the Easy Mulch cover plate), chances are the black plastic belt cover is completely packed with grass. The 10323 I just bought off Craigslist had this condition.
Jeff
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