Bartell TS100 - TROUBLESHOOTING; WONT START; STARTS BUT NO HIGH SPEED; TROWELS TURN, ENGINE AT IDLE

TS100 RIDE-ON TROWEL INSTRUCTION MANUAL
BARTELL MORRISON INC. BARTELL MORRISON (USA) LLC
375 ANNAGEM BLVD, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA, L5T 3A7, 905-364-4200 FAX 905-364-4201
200 COMMERCE DRIVE, FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, USA, 07728, 732-566-5400 FAX 732-566-5444
Created: 06/05
Revised: 06/14
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TROUBLESHOOTING
WON’T START
 Throttle fully open
 Hand lever wire broken
 No gas
 Dirty gas
 Gas filter plugged
 Gas line plugged
 Hole in gas line
 Gas supply valve turned off
 Dead-man safety switch inoperable (foot lever must
be depressed)
 Safety switch wire or connectors not making good
contact
 Other engine problems (Refer to engine manual)
STARTS BUT NO HIGH SPEED
 Engine problems
 Throttle cable broken or seized
 Throttle lever and connectors loose or out of adjust-
ment
 Clutch shoes worn
TROWELS TURN, ENGINE AT IDLE
 Idle too fast
 Belt too tight
 Clutch seized
MACHINE JUMPS ON FLOOR
 Concrete hardened on bottom of spider plate
 Trowels unevenly worn
 Spider plate seized
 Spider plate loose
 Trowel arms bent
 Adjusting screws (carriage bolts) incorrectly set -
use spider plate adjustment jig (pg,12)
 Mainshaft bent
 Steering handle too far right or left
SPIDER PLATE HARD TO GREASE
 Fittings plugged
 Cement in grease grooves of arms
 Grease fittings too tight
PITCH CONTROLS WILL NOT OPERATE BLADES
 Cable broken or out of adjustment
 Slot screw missing (under-side of handle)
 Pressure plate and/or yoke arm broken or badly
worn
 Hand crank adjuster not working
BELT WEARING RAPIDLY
 Belt adjusted improperly
 Pulley out of alignment
 Wrong belt/defective belt
 Clutch sticking

Gearbox seizing
OIL LEAKS
a) Top of gearbox
 Engine leaks
 Relief valve broken
 Too much oil in gearbox
 Set screw missing in cover
b) Between end cap and gearbox (recoil side)
 “O” ring damaged
 End cap not tight
c) At mainshaft or countershaft
 Relief valve seized
 Shaft and/or seal worn
BLADES HITTING EACH OTHER
(MODIFIED MODELS ONLY)
 Blades out of synchrony
 Sheared key in spider plate or gearbox
 Drive shaft misaligned
WON’T MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE
 Pins or forward/reverse lever broken
 Rod end seizing on F/R lever
 Connecting rod broken
WON’T STEER LEFT OR RIGHT
 Steering arms broken
 Linkage worn out
 Gearbox stud sheared
 Rod end connecting shaft loose
DRIVE SHAFT WILL NOT TURN
 Universal joint(s) seized
 Yoke arm broken
 Spline stripped
 Key sheared