Weed Eater One

Morning,

Customer email me his issue on WE-261

I replaced the transaxle transmission on my we-261
today. Everything went almost ok.
Had a very difficult time aligning the bolt holes on the engine
plate to the transmission chassis.
The mower does well in first gear. anything beyond first gear the
gearshift will not stay in the slots and moves immediately
to highest gear. I usually mow the lawn in second gear, I used a bungee
cord to hold tension on the gear shift to keep it in second gear.
I don’t know how long this will last.
Perhaps you know what could be wrong.
My son who is a mechanical engineer and west point graduate
helped me and I assure you we followed the instructions to
the letter.
The transmission chassis outside horizontal top dimensions are too short.
The engine plate inside horizontal dimensions (existing equipment) is
at least 3/8 inches wider than the chassis and the bolt threads barely
engage, we had to use c clamps.
It was a very difficult fit.

Also I had to pay $362 total for the damned thing.