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Lawn Mower's Replacement Tires???
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Posted by auteck (My Page) on Mon, Jun 1, 09 at 17:07
| Hello: I have a Troy Bilt lawn mower that needs new tires, but can't seem to find any. What I have found on eBay is the wheel with the tires. The wheels in my mower are perfect and don't need to be changed.
The cost of replacing the wheels and tires are about $100+, the mower is probably worth $75 or so. For me, the engine and everything esle aside from the tires runs great. It doesn't seem cost effective to buy the wheels because you need tires, when a couple of hundred $$$ more will get me a Recertified Honda HRX with basically everything new.
I don't want to buy a new mower because my runs great, still.
Any suggestions?
My mower looks like this one:
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RE: Lawn Mower's Replacement Tires???
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| Tires will most likely not be available for that one. Some high-end mowers have replacable tires. If you did find tires for it, you take the wheel off and put it in hot water along with the new tire. After a good soak, you work the softened tire off the wheel and work the new one on. This is such a colossal PITA that most people will just buy the wheels, which usually are worn out in the axle bushing anyway. In your case, with FWD, those are probably the tires that are worn. Most FWD mowers wear out the tires because FWD spins the wheels a lot instead of driving the mower. They also usually have nylon gears on them which don't last long, so you probably would be ahead to just replace the wheels. Don't forget to replace the axle bolts at the same time. |
RE: Lawn Mower's Replacement Tires???
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| Saxman, thanks for the reply. I don't use the FWD feature because it tears/pulls the grass, so I don't even have the gears connected. The tires are worn out due to wear good use. The worst are the rear ones, the thread is comming off of it. The deck is showing some surface rust here and there, but nothing terminal. I was thinking about selling it to my neighbor and getting a used 2-cycle Lawnboy from Craigslist for like $150 or so; what do you think? I really like the way the sound and that off set wheel in the front. The color also reminds me of Kawasaki motorcycles... Thanks for your imput. |
RE: Lawn Mower's Replacement Tires???
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"Hello: I have a Troy Bilt lawn mower that needs new tires, but can't seem to find any. What I have found on eBay is the wheel with the tires. The wheels in my mower are perfect and don't need to be changed.
The cost of replacing the wheels and tires are about $100+, the mower is probably worth $75 or so." RB> Unless you are planning to sell it, the current price of your mower isn't relevant when making a decision to repair. If the wheels could be had for $100 then you would get a functioning mower for $100. " For me, the engine and everything esle aside from the tires runs great. It doesn't seem cost effective to buy the wheels because you need tires, when a couple of hundred $$$ more will get me a Recertified Honda HRX with basically everything new." RB> Again, if the mower otherwise runs great then you have a choice - pay $100 for a functioning mower or pay $200 or more for a used machine that is likely suffering from deferred maintenance. Have you called the manufacturer to price out replacement wheels? |
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