Shop Feeler Gauges. Shop Tachometers. Shop Carburetor Pressure Gauges. Bearings are made up of metal inside of metal. Metal rubbing on metal wears out the bearings. To keep the metal from rubbing you need a lubricant. Keeping your bearings lubricated will extend the life of bearings.
Shop Grease Guns. Shop Oil Extractors. You know that funny little bend on the end of a lawn mower cable? Some times oil filters can be a real booger to get off so an oil filter wrench can come in real handy. Shop Oil Filter Wrenches. Here are the other tools you should consider purchasing. Lawn mowers are heavy and crawling underneath them can be dangerous.
At our world headquarters we have 3 of them. One dedicated to push mowers and two for riding mowers. Shop Lawn Mower Lifts. Typically belts have the part number stamped on them but this one is so worn the number is unreadable.
You try looking up the mower parts diagrams to find the belt part number. But since this mower is from the middle ages no diagram is available. Shop Belt Tools. Shop Compression Testers. How do I know this? Sometimes life teaches us lessons.
The end result is giving the customer a new flywheel at no charge because I broke the flywheel cooling fins. Shop Flywheel Tools. Compared to the doctors bills from high blood pressure a valve spring compressor is cheap.
Shop Valve Spring Compressors. In order to install new piston rings on the piston you have to expand the piston ring to slide it onto the piston.
Shop Piston Ring Expanders. Shop Piston Ring Compressors. Modern engines, especially newer overhead valve engines need the valve to be reset every couple years. To do that you need a valve grinder. Shop Snap Ring Pliers. Is your gas bad? Does it have too much alcohol aka ethanol? Shop Alcohol Test Kits. If you chainsaw is equipment with the PowerSharp System you can sharpen the chain right on the saw.
If not, you can always use a hand file. Hand files do the job but are very time consuming. I keep a hand file in my chainsaw case for quick touch ups. Shop Chain Grinders. For itinerant mechanics, the portable compact devices are more useful because he can easily tag along with these compact devices wherever there is a need for small engine repair. The smaller compact devices include those tools like the compression gauges, voltmeters, ammeters, and computerized analyzers that are used for tuning engines and those tools that are used for detecting bad engine parts.
A device used to measure the rotation speed of an object like an engine shaft in the car is called tachometer and is usually restricted to electrical or mechanical instruments. This device indicates revolutions per minute or RPM performed by an object.
Some specialty tools are needed to remove and install the small engine parts such as valve springs , piston, liner and etc.
While removing the exhaust and intake valves, one should compress the tiny coil spring or springs holding each valve. Once the height of the spring is reduced, a 2-piece collar can be released. The 2-piece collar is near the groove, located at the top of the valve stem. Then lift off the spring container, and by sliding the valve down the valve guide, you can remove the valve from the cylinder head easily.
For installing piston rings, which are new on the piston, the piston ring must be expanded, so that it can slide onto the piston. Since piston rings are delicate, and without having a ring expander, there is a high possibility that one can break the delicate piston ring.
After placing the new rings onto the piston, one needs to have piston or ring assembly to put it back into the cylinder. For doing that, one should compress the piston rings on the piston. After that, the whole process is easy. This tool is best used for installing as well as removing the carburetor seal.
It is an easy tool to use, and when needed, it can easily remove the seal. It is irrespective whether one is using a push mower or a ride-on mower, but procurement of all the tools for proper maintenance is the first step. For complex types of repairs, you may be needing power tools like electric screwdrivers, grinders, and drills.
You can use the grinders and drills for adjusting parts of the small engine, while the electric screwdrivers can enable you to secure and remove nuts and bolts very quickly. There are other possible tools that you may be needing in your small engine repair. These tools include the following:. The equipment lift is a tool that could help technicians work quickly and freely.
This equipment lift will lift the equipment that you need to repair up so that you can peruse this equipment easily and conveniently. The use of this tool may allow you to work even if you are alone and without the help of someone to lift the small engine parts. This tool exposes the underside and bottom of the small engine that you need to check up. Aside from the mechanical jacks and power tools, you will also be needing some mechanical shop tools like a sizeable air tank as a compressor with pounds of air.
You may also be needing a very accurate drill press if you need to bore perfectly perpendicular and parallel holes. You will also be needing a mechanical jack if you need to lift heavy equipment. If you want to access parts of the engine underneath, you can use the mechanical jack for this purpose. These mechanical jacks are convenient and portable as compared to the huge hydraulic jacks.
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