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Fantastic!  Thank you sooooo much!   I just now fixed the irritating (and as I now have learned here 'damaging') squeal on my 35 year old log splitter with a 10 HP,  horizontal shaft, Briggs and Stratton engine.  I've been living with this squeal "off and on" for 5 years now and luckily for me, no other components involved here needed to be replaced.  Thank you from central Maine, USA  <:

My flywheel kept shearing keys. Finally saw a vid using valve grinding compound to re-seat the flywheel to the crank. Clean well afterwards with brakleen or eqiv. Do not put any lube whatsoever on the shaft or flywheel. Torque the ratchet starter- use a hammer and brass drift if you need to to tighten it. Spec calls for 100 ft lbs. It fixed that and lubing the ratchet like described here eliminted the squeal!
Thanks!

excellent desacription on how to solve an irritating problem! Thank you

I’m sitting here with my son and my lawnmower scratching our heads. Thank you for this video we are going to try it out.

I saw a Steve’s small engine  video not to lube the balls in the starter mechanism.  So I cleaned it really good. I must of missed the lube the shaft part after cleaning 😮 I was wondering why the hole was there.  Two or three pumps with the chain saw bar grease gun did the job.  Thanks for addressing this  crazy problem and a great solution.

Needs a new starter clutch

THANK YOU, Jimmy!  I'll try it tonight!

Thanks! Solved my problem right away.

Mate, you're a bloody legend. Awesome video, I appreciate you sharing your diagnostic process, what the solution was and then a short tutorial at the end. More people should produce videos like this. I'm currently experiencing an awful screeching from a horizontal shaft rotary hoe. This thing is properly weathered. I knew the error was coming from the area this video was about as the shaft was hot only after a few seconds of running (high friction). However, while laying in bed procrastinating getting up for the day I've come across your amazing video and now know how to disassemble the mechanism. You're a legend mate, you've saved me so much time and problem solving

I just fixed y mulcher that had the same problem, it was also letting the puller rope out as well.  I just fixed it by cleaning those parts that your showed, cleaned them out in Kero and wiped dry.  I also cleaned the inside of the part thoroughly with super fine steel wool,  Washed it all out and used automatic gear oil  It is thin and should not attract dirt as grease or motor oil does,  I did not use any grease, I just used the auto transmission oil on the ball bearings too.  It worked a treat.  Great video.  I just thought I'd share what I did to fix mine.

I was ready to go buy a new Harbor Freight engine! I'm going to try this first! Thanks!

Did these steps and my mower works perfect again thanks and cheers mate

it worked thanks🎉🎉🎉

Thanks. Saved me a lot of time and money with your solution.

I have exactly the same shredder and a similar problem. Had cleaned and re-tensioned the coil starter but still had issues with the cord not retracting and the squealing. Came across your video, followed your suggestions and its now working perfectly. Thanks heaps. Cheers.

I got a second hand old 4000 watt generator, replaced a bunch of parts, but when it started, after 10 seconds or so, it would squeal like crazy. It wrecked the plastic rope pulley, and decided to replace that along with the starter clutch.  Same problem.  Tried different ideas, got disgusted, and turned to You Tube.  Came across your video, thought maybe that is my problem, the end of the crankshaft needed wire brushed, smoothed up, and just a little lube.  Thanks for your great video!!

Excellent video and explanations. I have same problem with my +50 yo 8hp B&S powered tiller. Thanks

Your a legend buddy thanks 🙏👏

Hello mate, thank you for your detailed video and explanation.  This was the issue I had with my old 8hp horizontal shaft model.