Found the wobble issue. Someone used the wrong blade adapter. This adapter is too short. It leaves the blade half way up inside the vertical part of the deck if not a little more than half. You have the rounded lip. Then the deck goes up vertical. They tried to space the adapter down with 6 lock washers that are not even close to the 7/8" crank size. Even with that mess of washers, the adapter was too short. Adapter didn't hold the adapter flush to the crank. I could see a wobble with the spark plug out while the wife pulled the rope. Good news is the crank looks straight while pulling the rope. Got to love these old Briggs engines. They left out the woodruff key in the adapter as well. You could see where the adapter was slightly spinning on the bottom of the crank. Blade was way up inside the deck. Funny it still cut ok.
My other three mowers, the blade is a half inch or slightly less till it hits the rolled deck lip. You can barely run your pinky finger with your pinky nail touching the blade and the pad of your finger on the deck lip. Now the search is on for the proper blade adapter.
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My other three mowers, the blade is a half inch or slightly less till it hits the rolled deck lip. You can barely run your pinky finger with your pinky nail touching the blade and the pad of your finger on the deck lip. Now the search is on for the proper blade adapter.
slomo
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