hanko

My kids battery went kuput on his DLE 55, backfired and quit. Noticed some clicking noise up front after the battery was replaced. The tear down resulted with the crank shearing right at the prop hub. Had a spare crank, engines running fine. Never been wrecked, bought new in box, has 10 gallons through it. Never ran Lawn Girl, or was with a fat girl

CK1

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Sounds like a warranty issue. A low battery may cause a backfire but the crank should not have broken . I have seen plenty of backfires for a few different reasons on many different engines over the years, but none ever resulted in a broken crank . I think there must have already been a flaw in the crank .

hanko

You know i agree with you, but I had a new crank, and I just didnt want the engine to dissapear for month. Id be willing to bet them schmuks from hobby services would deny the claim anyway. Ad the shipping back and forth and it easier to do it myself. Im waiting for my buddy bob kline to chime in because he witnessed the whole thing, and Im expecting all kinds of stupid remarks on this one.

Tired Old Man

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How it would be handled is entirely dependant on where you originally obtained it.

pe reivers

And how you communicate your sorrows. ??
I know it should not matter, but hey.... we are all humans are we?

hanko

It came from Tower. Id' like to mention that I have many DLE engines and except for crashes Ive never had one fail. I assume it might have been a bad crank to begin with. I had in ignition fail on about the third flight and hobby services denied it. Bit then again I had one bad right out of the box and they sent a new one. Now how did they know I never ran it. Go figure.

ahicks

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Warranty police spying on you?

Tired Old Man

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I think Hanko has been quite diplomatic with his original post. Most gracious as well.

STUKA BARRY

I resemble that remark......