Screw 796496

Over a period of time, the small bold at the top rattled off. With it missing the muffler was rattling more and both of the bolts broke off inside the body of the engine and the muffler fell off.

1. I used the chisel and hammer to carefully remove the remaining broken bolts from the engine. 2. Once removed, i used the new ga ... Read more sket, the new bolts and the old muffler and bolted it all back on.
3. I then replaced the small bolt on the top to attach the muffler securely to the frame.

Remove carb, muffler,flywheel cover, flywheel and engine head, check for damage to valves and piston, clean cylinder head and top of piston, replace head gasket and head, adjust valves to manufactures specs, replace carband other parts that were removed, sounds complicated but it`s really not.

I first had to get the broken bolts out of the housing. This took the most time. How ever I got lucky and was able to grab the end and unscrew both bolts with vise grips. That does not happen often. After that I replaced the broken screws with the new ones I ordered. I also replaced the screws on the muffler guard. Screws worked great and ... Read more was back to mowing the jungle that had grown up within a few days. Gee, that was fun. Thank you replacementparts.com for getting my order to me in a timely manner.

Removed broken bolt in exhaust flange. Cleaned carb, replaced spark plug, changed oil, replaced air filter. Replaced on/off switch.