Toro electric start 22'' inch lawmower Model No. 20018. Starts fine manually but electric start just makes "erererer..." noise. Charging battery makes no difference, fuse looks fine. Had same problems last yr about this time and took it to dealer, whatever they did worked about 1/2 the summer, now it is doing the same thing.
There are a couple of things you can check;
First, check to make sure the bendix is engaging. It is the gear that meshes with the fly wheel.
If it is, then try and see how fast the motor is spinning. Don't look at the blade though. It could be a faulty starter motor.
Make sure to also check the battery voltage with a volt meter. It should read at 12.0 or higher.
The problem with little plastic gear is its too light to work after alittle too much friction on the bendix (the twisty shaft on which it is mounted. the real solution is a new design gear with a steel core fore weight and nylon to save gear teeth stripping. so toro baby get out another dime and fix the @#$%!@# problem. inthe meantime remove the gear asm clean the bendix thourly with varsol then os e
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