Old GTS5 blade won't engage.

[crazy charlie]

Great mower. Too bad the clutch sounds like she is soured. Might see if you can take it apart and clean her up. I have no clue if that is possible. Perfectly good mower and some silly clutch fails. I never buy pushers with blade brakes for this reason. Good luck with it.

I should do that however I am apprehensive to remove the cover with pull cord as I am not the best
at putting things back together they way they originally were.Extra parts etc...lol. I usually hit entire mower with leaf blower when done and sometimes hit everything with garden hose and leave it in the sun to dry out.

 

[slomo]

Slomo, if you knew a little more about the GTS models, you would know they do not have a clutch.

Like this one you mean?

Or this one?

Maybe this one?

 

[slomo]

Or this one Rivets?


Final answer here. Notice BBC stands for blade brake clutch.

 

[slomo]

THAT is one tank of a mower. Wish they would make these again.

 

[Rivets]

Here is the service manual for those drive systems, but I don’t recommend trying to work on it unless you have a better than average mechanical ability. https://www.toro.com/getpub/22446

 

[crazy charlie]

THAT is one tank of a mower. Wish they would make these again.

Yes this badboy was built to last and still going strong.Just have to figure out why the blade engagement went straight from working to not working. I will try to figure it out .Thanks!! Charlie

 

[crazy charlie]

Here is the service manual for those drive systems, but I don’t recommend trying to work on it unless you have a better than average mechanical ability. https://www.toro.com/getpub/22446

Thanks, Im just gonna look at the simple stuff.Maybe take off the back cover to see how the cable works under there.I wouldn't want to make anything worse. I like this old girl ,she is built like my high school girlfriend....Like a brick S**thouse!! Lol

 

[Douglas Lee]

Some times the cables get sticky/rusty with age, maybe introducing a couple of drops of oil or a spray lube to the exposed cable will let them slide as they should.
Thanks,
Doug Lee
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