Pawl

Removed the wheel and the gear assembly. Replaced the pawl and the spring. Reassembled and cut the grass.

Remove the entire assembly. Removed all old grease and dirt. Replaced all three parts. Reassembled without any lubricants. Works great. Grease and dirt were part of the problem.

1. Remove hub cap and wheel nut
2. Remove wheel
3. Remove e clip on drive gear
4. Remove drive gear, pawl, spring and washers
5. Inspect for wear and dirt
6. Clean all parts with soap and water, scrub with a brush to remove old grease
7. Replace dust shroud if broken (this keeps dirt and debris out in the first place!)
8. Reassemble, greasing each moving part with black lithium grease and replacing the old springs for new ones (you may have to flip the springs so that they cross over opposite of the way they came)
9. Replace the e clip with a new one (these can be bent out of shape when removing and fall off later)
10. Use silicone grease on the wheel shaft and put on the wheel
11. Test to make sure the drive is working properly before putting the hub cap back on
12. Done! Your self propel should work properly after this refresh.

removed wheel, and dust cover and replaced

Removed left rear wheel and replaced pinion, spring and pawl.

Removed old parts front wheel replaced with all new parts, followed parts diagram in owners manual to replace the parts

removed the wheel, slid off a couple disks, cleaned everything, lubed and replaced.

1. removed wheel cover
2. removed wheel
3. removed drive gear
4. removed defective dirt cover
5. replaced defective dirt shield with a new one
6. reassembled

cable was a little short

I needed to replace the blade adapter and components to fix the self propelled drive system.
Definitely take pictures when stripping down machinery to make sure you can put it back in the right sequence especially when they lots of little pieces.
The parts were delivered on time and was shipped complete