Well, IF Tiger actually did his research he would know that is impossible. I actually called my RBI Kohler Tech support to verify these are not thru holes and the size of the screws used in the holes initially which were 3/8-16 self tappers. Actually I was mainly checking on the screw as the SV had 8.5mm holes and the KT has 9mm holes which means less material for the self tappers to bite into for threads. Otherwords the screws if over tighten can pull out easier.
Personally I think it going very difficult to use thru screws since would require drilling thru holes and then mounting the sump/oil pan/closure plate and reassemble the engine while this is attached to the mower's engine plate.
I wish posters would stop just throwing things out just to hear their head rattle or in this case the keys rattle.
Here is the location of the mounting screw holes.
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What he should have said was IF there's room to drill through and put a nut on top. Lol
This would have eliminated the problem of him being wrong.
-I wish- there weren't so many people on social media and in forums that are just chomping at the bit to pull the
"GOTCHA" to tell someone they're wrong.
It's actually worse than the grammar Nazis because nobody pays any attention to them at this point and we all just wish they'd go away and lose their internet connections.
The pedantic nature of it becomes quite intense!
Why in the world would anyone waste so much time and effort looking things up or calling a representative etc when it's not their problem.
This is just a casual discussion forum where we offer advice that we think may help and we share experiences when we've actually done the exact repair or procedure etc so we can save them some time and let them know what will work and what won't or what is likely not to.
It's not our responsibility to delve into something that we haven't actually done to find out more information for ourselves so we can pass along to someone else.
It'd be just as simple to recommend they do that instead of someone else doing it since - it is their situation.
It's not that I don't want to be helpful but having to be concerned that someone's going to jump your crap and criticize a suggestion makes it almost not worth posting.
Almost I said because I thrive on conflict and have no problem stirring the pooh-poo pot.
His suggestion of using longer bolts and a nut on top (I would have probably added a lock washer too in the recommendation or at least a special type of locking nut) was still a valid suggestion since it works on a large majority of engines on at least some of their mounting legs.
I have learned in the past 3 or 4 years especially with facebook, to always word my post so they are not so specific that anyone has any grammatical standing to criticize my posts.
This leaves them only to criticize my opinions and personal preferences and do the character assassinations, which they certainly and quickly do.
I just love picturing their head spinning around and frothing at the mouth because they think I'm such a terrible human being because they can't
educate me, show me the light, help me become aware, get me to understand.... and it usually takes 2-3 times before they will give up and tell me what they really think of me personally - All most commonly from only one comment.
It's absolutely hilarious but it does make me hate most people.
Hate might be a strong word all the time, but it certainly applies a lot of the time and for many of them.
It's not that I'm sensitive, a snowflake or get been out of shape about it, but I have to admit it didn't use to bother me BECAUSE I didn't know about it.
But we have done, and the powers that be, is continually keep people interacting and at each other's throats by always giving them two different sides at minimum to choose.
Oh well, I don't think much of the world anyways. So there's that too.
