Hi, I’m Helen from eSpares. In this video I’m going to show you how
to replace the motor and drive assembly on this Flymo lawnmower. I’m using the Turbo
Compact 330, but the process will be very similar for any Flymo compact lawnmower or
indeed any Flymo lawnmower that looks similar to this.
Now if you find that your motor isn’t running and you’ve checked all the obvious things,
like cabling, fuses and the switch assembly, then it’s almost certainly a problem with
either the motor or the drive assembly. Now, unless there’s any physical damage to either
of these it’s often really hard to troubleshoot and prove which is at fault so it’s often
easiest to replace both at the same time, and that’s what im going to show you how
to do in this video. Now safety first, always make sure you disconnect from the mains before
you start any work. To begin with, I’m going to strip back the lawnmower so I can get to
the inside. I’m also going to remove the handle just to make my life easier because
it does get in the way. To remove the handle I need to pull this clip out and then push
the pin through, I need to do this on both sides and then I can just pull the handle
away. So now I need to remove the lid and the grass box and then remove the motor cover
which is held in place by these two screws.
Then I need to remove these two spade clips- you don’t need to remember which way round
they go because it doesn’t make a difference, remove these two foam filters, then I need
to flip the whole thing over. Now I’m going to use my Flymo spanner to undo the blade
bolt, this does come with your lawnmower but if you’ve lost it, it is available as a
spare on the espares website. So I’m wanting to remove the bolt, the blade, any spacers
and the impeller. Then I need to remove these 8 screws, now they are torx head screws so
I’m just going to swap over to a torx bit on my screwdriver.
Now when you undo the last screw, the assembly will drop through so you just want to hold
it. So this is my existing motor and drive assembly, you can see how it fits together
here with the belt. Now I need a few things from this setup to fit together my new setup,
I need the four fixing screws that hold the motor to the drive assembly, I need this little
dust cap here and because my belt’s in really good condition I’m just going to take that,
if your belt is a bit worn you’d be best to replace it. So now we have everything we
need, now the new drive assembly looks different to the old one but it’s just an updated
version, it is the genuine Flymo replacement so I’m just going to firstly pop on the
dust cap and then I’m going to mount the motor. The motor is held in place by 4 screws
and I want to put all 4 in but only about half way down, so as you can see, the motor
can slide in its screw holes and this helps us put the belt on. You can see now how the
drive assembly can slide and now we just need to pop the belt onto the motor spindle and
then round the drive assembly, just give it a few turns to make sure it’s on properly
and then we need to tighten it and lock it in place. So what we do is we use the weight
of the motor and we push down on the motor and then we tighten up the screws.
So with that done we just want to give it a few turns to make sure it’s turning correctly
and then we just need to put everything back together. When reattaching the spade clips
to the motor, it doesn’t matter which way round they go. Remember to put the blade on
the correct way, grass side should be facing you.
There you go, that’s how you replace the motor, or the drive assembly, or both on a
Flymo compact lawnmower. Motors and drive assemblies for all models of Flymo are available
on the eSpares website. Thanks for watching.