Repair nightmare
By Doug (Amherst, MA)
I bought this model at a Big Box store. After only four uses the oil leaked out of the gear case.
It turned out the bolts had been over-torqued at the factory and broke off inside. When I took it for warranty repair they did the work on it but also claimed I had clogged the carb with bad gas (right, four starts on a clean fresh can of gas) and replaced the carburetor.
I don't know if there was actually a problem with the carb, in which case the machine was pretty much crud; or whether it was a repair ripoff.
But, I envy all my neighbors with...