Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Hello, and thank you for reading this. I have a Yardman Walk-behind lawnmower, and it's been working great for me these past 5 years. Unfortunately, someone reversed and hit the front right wheel and broke it. I am trying to look for options on how to get this fixed, and if I can do it myself by just purchasing the part that would be great. I was wondering if anyone know how difficult/easy the task is, whether or not I should get it done professionally, and how much it will cost for a new axle. The wheel itself has a few broken plastic parts, so I don't think it is salvageable.

If anyone out there can please help me out on this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks again.

Deepak Pathak

mrsandman@blazemail.com

There is a few things that I need to know first, is the broken axel a selp propelled axel? If it is, is it the axel that run's all the way across thats broke? If so that one will run about 20 bucks and will take a little work because you will have to take the gearbox apart. If it's one of the outside one's that have the short stub axel that will be pretty easy to fix and the cost is about 15 bucks. You can go to mtd.com and look for parts there, you can also look in the owners manual and see if they have a parts diagram and look up part numbers there with prices. You can find them a little cheaper at online small engine's part's places, I would also call local and see what the prices are. Good luck.

I don't mean to be a P.I.A. But the model number of the mower would help. If it is a front drive that uses a belt to drive it, that entire transmission costs about $30 and is pretty simple to change out.  As the other person noted, the axle is about $15. If it is a rear wheel drive, they can be a pain to change out or repair. Carl