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On your carb, on or near the bottom is a carb drain, some have a hose with a valve type plug that extends to the first tranny bolt. Open her up to see if there is gas in the float bowl.

The nut I don't believe really needs loctite,.....don't think the manufacturer used any. They just wack it with an impact and it's done. Be easy to clean it off and hit it with a impact. If you get paranoid a drop of blue locktite.

I would think every spring, part of getting ready for the season it would not hurt checking and cleaning the rollers anyway. Once you have done it the job isn't any big deal.

It's not only the stealerships thats screwing the public either. I just bought a package of hillman wall anchors at walmart and the whole package is bad. Took them with me when I went to the hardware store to get just one that worked. The guy there scanned the package the bad ones were in and found out they were not in the hillman line up/...... walmart only! figure's...walmart is buying rejects. I am going to ask for the manager when I take them back to walmart, I am pissed.

No grease or lube on rollers, lube the rest of variator'


Graphite powder on rollers ok though, oil/grease acts like a magnet for dirt and will screw up the action of rollers.

Brake lights are in the starting circuit. They just do not apply 12v from the brake being on. to the solenoid untill you press the start switch. 12v comes from ign sw. then to brake switch and the solenoid gets it's 12v from the brake being applied.

Some where in the wiring the wires are crossed where the start switch is.

The helix is the odd ball, only one of the brakes is used to get start voltage.

sounds like "no fuel" . a vacuum leaks will cause this. after changing all the hoses the next step would be to pull the carb and check the manifold, it is hard rubber and tends to crack. Cranking with the fuel supply hose off should produce fuel running out of hose. Is possible old fuel has sealed off the carb or the line that goes into the gas tank. Old crapaholl turns first into a gell then hardens. ethenol has killed more small engines than all the other causes put together.

Just be careful, Thats the motor's shaft it is on. I would be inclined to do some precision drilling and dremel cutting rather than over heat the shaft, especially since you have the new variator. One thought the variator is aluminum and it is weak in comparison to the motor shaft. I have a couple of tiny chisels that can cut soft aluminum with out heavy impact on the shaft. Heat may destroy oil seals.