My deck had been vibrating, tearing the top and the rail bolts were all coming loose. I got a reinforcement plate welded onto it, put new hardware on and repainted it. Few years back when I got the overrun clutch fixed, I cobbled together an oddball collection of nuts and washers on the way-too-long bolt holding the clutch retainer cap on. It ran fine and never came off. Today I picked up some new thick fender washers and a shorter bolt and got it cleaned up. Well first run everything was fine except after the clutch kicked in a couple times it backed off the bolt and flipped the retainer cap off.
Any suggestions on why ... other than maybe I just had it touching the pulley too tight or need a lock washer or something?
Any chance someone has a C2 retainer cap in decent shape? Mine has been boogered pretty bad before I got it so it's really the problem.
I'm tempted to just put a big fender washer over it and ditch the cap. i don't think it really helps with grease or anything anyway.
