New Balancer Installed
October 20 in the United States
☀️ 68 °F
Decided to put the power head back into my little tractor's bucket, and change out the balancer with it there. I will also use the bucket later to raise the power head back up to my tree winch set up,Read more







TravelerJust curious…why did you change the balance assembly?
TravelerOn the 150 the earlier balancers had a high failure rate. They also recommend a service life of ten years or 2000 hours. I’ve put 2000 hrs on the motor since purchasing it. If the balancer fails, its plastic gears can disintegrate into the oil pan causing oil starvation as they plug the strainer, ruining the engine, or at best requiring head removal to clean out the oil pan, so I just decided to do it now while I’ve got so much apart…