Will a Lawn Mower engine work?

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

will it work to make a winch with a 5 horsepower push lawn mower engine?

if it doesnt we were thinking of just sellling the mower to buy a good engine.

PAT · Ollie Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 51 City: oRLANDO

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Im guessing it has a verticle shaft? An you want a horizontal shaft.
So sell it an go to harborfreight an bu a honda knock off!

paulmc · Posted: Aug 15, 2008 1:59 am Post subject:

the best honda knocks off's i've seen are Loncin engines. They are bright yellow too so they look good.

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

ive got another engine thats a 14 horsepower with a vertical shaft, if we just mount a spool directly to the shaft do you think it will have enough power?

LFArmada · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 631 City: tucson

no. you need a cluch, and sprockets. No way around it.

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

LFArmada,

why wouldnt it work? is it just not fast enough?

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

first off as soon as you turn the motor on its gona start pulling the rope in with no clutch

LFArmada · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 631 City: tucson

you need a clutch for it to idle. And without the sprockets you would have absolutely no torque, unless you compensated with a huge spool inner diameter.

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

oh gotcha

that makes sense