I believe that I might be the 1st person to post something good regarding a Kohler Courage Single-cylinder engine. :ROFL
I've had this mower since '08 and it's performed quite well...7 seasons & hundreds of hours of trouble-free service.
Given the Kohler Courage's questionable rep, I pulled it into the garage to 1st check the sump cover bolts & the valve clearance.
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Someone mentioned that an air-chisel is needed to remove the flywheel...I guess I lucked-out...This model has puller holes so the flywheel came-off in a snap:
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The front 3 bolts were below spec (216 inch-lbs)...I'd say they were around 150 inch-lbs...which isn't much. Regardless, I pulled all of the bolts & re-installed with thread-locker:
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flywheel torqued to spec (65 ft-lbs for the M12 bolt):
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I've had this mower since '08 and it's performed quite well...7 seasons & hundreds of hours of trouble-free service.
Given the Kohler Courage's questionable rep, I pulled it into the garage to 1st check the sump cover bolts & the valve clearance.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Someone mentioned that an air-chisel is needed to remove the flywheel...I guess I lucked-out...This model has puller holes so the flywheel came-off in a snap:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
The front 3 bolts were below spec (216 inch-lbs)...I'd say they were around 150 inch-lbs...which isn't much. Regardless, I pulled all of the bolts & re-installed with thread-locker:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
flywheel torqued to spec (65 ft-lbs for the M12 bolt):
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
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