Tiller articles
Learn how to take good care of your tiller and the soil it tills with these articles and videos from Sears PartsDirect. For more DIY advice, check out our tiller repair help section to read up on common symptoms and their causes, along with step-by-step repair instructions.
Effective articles & videos to help repair your tillers
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This chart will help you find the right carburetor for your Craftsman snowblower, tiller or log splitter.…
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Rear tine tiller or front tine tiller, what to know to help in choosing the correct one for your needs.…
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front-tine tillers
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Most common symptoms to help you fix your tillers
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Main causes: clutch cable problems, faulty transmission…
Main causes: damaged tines, broken clevis pins, worn drive belt, faulty transmission, clutch cable problems, improper de…
Main causes: worn or broken drive belts, bad transmission, clutch cable problems…
Main causes: leaky engine head gasket, damaged sump gasket, damaged oil drain plug seal, loose or cracked fuel line, lea…
Main causes: broken shaft clevis pins, transmission failure…
Main causes: dirty carburetor, engine needs tune up, stale gas…
Main causes: carburetor failure, bad gasoline, dirty spark plug, broken recoil starter…
Most common repair guides to help fix your tillers
These step-by-step repair guides will help you safely fix what’s broken on your tiller.
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How to replace a tiller recoil starter
The recoil starter spins the engine when you pull the starter rope, and the rope retracts when released. If the recoil s…