J-Mech, thanks for the response. I'm leaning toward leaving the balance gears in. It's a low hour engine in great shape. I keep reading horror stories about grenade gears wreaking havoc and destroying blocks. I just wonder if the balance gears get blamed far more than other causes. I'd bet Kohler didn't put them in just for the hell of it. Chris
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1968 104 , service replacement '96 K301, 42" deck
1997 Scotts 42502X8 , repowered with '96 B&S 18hp TwinII , 42" deck
2007 LA130,21hp Intek v-twin, 48" deck
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