Comments on: Maintenance of a Toro 22 Inch Recycler Lawn Mower

By: pat

pat — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:36:41 +0000

I started abd mowed my backyard. Went to front yard, started and was mowing and noticed that the pull handle was down by the engine, thought it looked odd, but finished the front and put the mower in the shed. The next week I noticed that the Plastic holder that holds the pull handle was broken and could not get it start again. Now they have a 3 week wait!!
Seems that the recoil is inside the mower. Any ideas?

Pat

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:35:24 +0000

I have a toro 22in recycle rear whl drive and my right rear wheel grinds and spins if I have to mow a incline. It is model 20070.

By: elvira

elvira — Sat, 05 May 2012 20:32:03 +0000

hi;

my 4 year old toro 22 ” front recycle GTS 6.5 hp with a rear bagger starts but then dies after about a few seconds. what could the problm be and how costly is it to fix? I’ve tried to start it numerous times and there is gas.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:37:40 +0000

“I bought a new Toro Recycler 20067 22″ and it starts fine, but seems to bog down way to easily when I get into wet grass or thick grass. When you start it and its idle it stays at that speed while mowing as well is that normal? It never revs higher or anything and acts as if its not spinning the blade fast enough to cut the grass. I looked around the carb and see no adjustments, I’m not a fan of the auto throttle on it.

I cleaned the carb, put a new air filter on it, and new spark plug and new blade. Has acted the same since I first mowed with it and is about the same or a little worse this year.

Not sure what to do with it. I’m tired of it bogging down and barely able to cut dry semi thick grass at a grandma’s pace and the line of grass it lets”

I am having this same problem…barely mows and never sounds like it is reving up.

By: AL

AL — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:51:21 +0000

Hi all,
I have a Toro 20016 model 22″. While mowing the yard Sunday the engine bogged down and stalled out. I can’t get it started it seems that the belt may have come off under the black housing above the front wheels.
How do I get the housing off to inspect the belt and repair my mower.

Thanks in advance AL

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:26:57 +0000

Hi Marcus. Inspect the gas cap to make sure its venting is properly operational. If it has any small holes about a millimeter in diameter, they are vents to let air in during fuel leaving the tank to go to the engine while the engine is running. Try gently cleaning out any debris you find, by using a sewing pin, maybe also a clean, non fuzzy rag dampened with rubbing alcohol. After it’s clean, let the alcohol evaporate and replace the cap… Should be fine.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:52:57 +0000

replace the transmission gearbox. I just did on my ’08.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:01:20 +0000

I have a 2004 Toro 22″ recycler 20016. The self propell stopped working. I took off plate to access belt, belt is intact, but seems loose. I tried to adjust cable, that didn’t work. I called a local lawnmower repair place and was told that if belt wasn’t broken, it’s not the belt. I don’t know what the problem is. I have been using it as just a push lawnmower, but it would be nice to fix the self propell. Any advice?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:11:10 +0000

Hi Carroll,
I am having same problem my belt came loose all of a sudden, I bought a new belt thinking the one I had on there was warped but that is not the case, the housing on the front axle is just sort of floating on the axle, it’s not going side to side but tilting forward and back ever so slightly but enough to loosen the belt and cause the drive to not work. What do I need to do to get this to tighten I had the machine apart today and am not sure what you did to fix this? Please advise again? Thanks!

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:35:19 +0000

Thanks fo the tips. I was wondering how to get the oil out. I couldn’t find the plug.