[alt text: a screenshot of a tweet by @salgentile on Twitter, posted on 08/06/24. The tweet says, “Tim Walz will expand free school lunches, raise the minimum wage, make it easier to unionize, fix your carborator, replace the old wiring in your basement, spray that wasp’s nest under the deck, install a new spring for your garage door, and put a new chain on your lawnmower”.]
…Why the fuck would I need a chain on my lawnmower? AFAIK, push mowers are all direct drive for the blades, and riding lawn tractors use belts.
Carburetor, not ‘carborator’. And it’s mostly the most polluting engines–lawnmowers, chainsaws, etc.–that are still using carburetors. Every thing else that uses gasoline has switched to fuel injection.
And last, DO NOT LET ANYONE OTHER THAN A PROFESSIONAL CHANGE THE SPRING IN YOUR GARAGE DOOR.
and riding lawn tractors use belts.
The drivetrain to the driving wheels (usually rear) can still be with a chain.
I honestly haven’t seen one in >30 years with a chain. Admittedly, I haven’t been looking too hard.
